F-35 video.

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Can you say what the projected cost savings are? if a B52 fleet can be maintained for 80 years and we can safely say that other countries are 4-6 years from having a technological equivalence and far longer to reach a numerical equivalence, then we certainly could have extended maintainence on our existing fleet for a few years while our government gets its house in order.

Your first question - I have no idea.
You statement after that.... I view it like software.
It becomes obsolete the day you release it.

The B-52 remains in the inventory for a two basic reasons AFAIC.
One is that it continues to get new electronics and technology every year.
The other is that it was an an amazingly good design, so much so that some say it was a fluke. ( a good fluke)