re: #172 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Compare the USAF’s lack of love for the A-10 with Once Again The USAF Is Looking To Re-Engine Its B-52 Fleet. What the two aircraft have in common is that each is uniquely suited to its mission. If the Air Force thought that they could get a horrendously expensive, stealthed heavy bomber past Congress the B-52 would also be on the block. That won’t happen so they’re pushing for the techno toy that they think they can get.

I’ve never understood why the B-52 wasn’t re-engined long ago. Hell, two engines could do the job of those eight any time in the last 40 years.