Various shots of Barksdale's B-52 Stratofortress bombers in action, from take offs to training runs. Credits: A1C Jayson Burns, A1C Shellby Matullo, A1C Lauren OConnor, SSSgt. Tyler Prince, A1C Gabriel Stuart | 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs | Date: 09.10.2015

I would love to be on one of those bombers and flying with the crew to where they are going to, and back. I use to work on the G models they had at Barksdale AFB, and got to fly to our satellite base on one when they was changing the aircraft out. The thing which amazed me was how they landed so effortlessly where when you land in other aircraft you knew it because of the noise from the landing gears.

I always wondered if they could put a multi target air to air radar on this plane and use it as a standoff air denial platform in support of interceptors with the immense payload capacity those buffs can hold.

One of the longest serving plane kept airborne for years, served 50 years beyond its expected life, served as one of the most powerful American aircraft. Now we have 737 max what happened Boeing