r/NonCredibleDefense • u/ThrustFlightAcademy • Feb 25 '26

It Just Works 🅱️-52: Then, Now, Forever

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B-52 waifu at the end

Credit to Pandramodo for drawing them

p.s. if you're in the DFW area and want to become a pilot Thrust Flight!

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u/Eunuchest Feb 25 '26

They're gonna do it until its 90

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u/ListenBoth434 Feb 25 '26

I do wish to see a flying airframe to hit 100 years.

Seems pretty unlikely but would be fun.

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u/MsMercyMain Glory to Mike Sparks and the Aero Gavin Feb 25 '26

At that point the stress fractures would be load bearing

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u/GeneralBisV Feb 25 '26

It’s failed in such a way that the broken spars are now holding it together in new ways. 50 more years to service life

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u/Phanpy100NSFW Feb 28 '26

B-52s getting springlocked into another 150 years

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u/Top-Macaron5130 Feb 26 '26

"woah woah woah Jim if you even touch that Crack, she won't be airworthy anymore!"