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  • B-52 to be re-engined....FINALLY.

    "Rolls-Royce in Boeing talks for $3B USD B-52 engine contract - report
    LONDON (AFX) - Rolls-Royce PLC is in talks with Boeing Co and the US Air Force (USAF) over an ambitious plan to put new engines on America's fleet of B-52 bombers, The Sunday Times reported citing the aero-engines company.
    The contract could prove extremely lucrative for the winning bidder. The USAF has 85 B-52s in its active fleet, and nine in reserve.

    Four or eight engines would be required for each aircraft as well as a considerable number of spares. One American military analyst said the contract could eventually be worth more than 3 bln usd, according to the newspaper.

    The B-52s, which were used extensively during the recent war in Iraq, are the mainstay of America's long-range bomber force.

    But they have been in service for more than 40 years, and are powered by Pratt & Whitney engines that were designed in the 1950s. Boeing, which made the B-52, has been asked to examine whether it makes sense to fit new engines. A similar, unsolicited, study was done in 1996, but the project was passed over in favour of upgrades to the cockpit and weapons systems, the newspaper said.

    Rolls-Royce confirmed this weekend that it had proposed two solutions after receiving a request for information from Boeing.

    Rolls-Royce thinks the B-52's eight engines could be replaced by four of its RB211 jets -- an engine that powers many wide-bodied commercial aircraft -- or eight smaller BR700s.

    Rolls-Royce's two American rivals, Pratt and General Electric, are also understood to have submitted proposals to Boeing to replace the B-52 power plants with more modern equipment, the article added."


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  • #2
    The USAF has 85 B-52s in its active fleet, and nine in reserve.
    The USAF has 94 B-52's??? That's it???
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    • #3
      Originally posted by bigross86
      The USAF has 85 B-52s in its active fleet, and nine in reserve.
      The USAF has 94 B-52's??? That's it???
      Thats alot

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      • #4
        Compared to what used to be?
        Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

        Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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        • #5
          We have more B-52's then some nations have in there whole air force.

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          • #6
            If they have less than 100 planes then they're not an Air Force, they're an Air Team.
            Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

            Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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            • #7
              We have 84 B-52's, 94 B-1B's, and 21 B-2A's.

              Nothing to sneeze at for sure.

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              • #8
                Yeah,and how many fighters does the USAF have? It seems that the air war is taking priority over supporting ground troops using airplanes.
                Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

                Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by M21Sniper
                  We have 84 B-52's, 94 B-1B's, and 21 B-2A's.

                  Nothing to sneeze at for sure.
                  But more is nearly always better.


                  oh for the days when you could lay a trail of Mk-82's across the entirety of France.... not that it would take much more than a cell of B-52's to make them surrender...
                  Your look more lost than a bastard child on fathers day.

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                  • #10
                    It would take a broken B-52 on the ground that can never take off to make them surrender.
                    Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

                    Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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                    • #11
                      I think if you threatened to take a B-52 out of the bone yard and drop daisies on them they would surrender. Right after they crap in their pants.

                      744 B-52's of all models were built with the last plane (an 'H' model) being delivered in 1962. The 'H' models are the only ones currently left in service.


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                      Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
                      (Been There)

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                      • #12
                        I think it would really be worth it for Israel to buy a couple of the ones in the Boneyard. Another Arab-Israeli war is due to happen, and you can't count on Fighter-Bombers to attack targets like GHQ's and C3I if they're defending the skies...
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                        • #13
                          That's what their nuclear missiles are for...... :D

                          BTW, how come I just got demoted from Specialist to Private first Class???? I should be closing in on Corporal with about 5 or 6 more posts ....

                          Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
                          (Been There)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Captain C
                            That's what their nuclear missiles are for...... :D

                            BTW, how come I just got demoted from Specialist to Private first Class???? I should be closing in on Corporal with about 5 or 6 more posts ....

                            0-24 posts is now an E-1 private, no mosquito wings. 25-49 is private E-2, 50-74 is PFC, 75-99 is corporal.
                            "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                            • #15
                              Big Ross. Think Man. If you station a BUFF at Ramat David, you'd need to extend the runway to Jerusalem for a take off. Israel gave up strategic bombing after 56 when we retired the B-17s.

                              Now a Bone or B-2 wing I could agree to.
                              Pa'am Tzanhan, Tamid Tzanhan.

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