Comments on: B-52 Crashes Off Guam, Killing At Least 3

Air Force Says Rescue Teams Searching For Remaining 3 Airmen Aboard Bomber

[nojoy01]

Also, what might be confusing to some people, is there was a B-2 Bomber lost on Guam back in April. That''s this link that is a sidebar to the reporting of the loss of the B-52 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/23/national/main3868142.shtml?source=related_story

Hope maybe this clears up some of the confusion in these comments for you.

[nojoy01]

Why does an Aircraft designed in 1954 costs 1.2 Billion dollars?

Posted by republic1776 at 10:06 AM : Jul 21, 2008

My best guess republic1776 is that they''''re talking like accountants. The cost of replacing the aircraft with another (different, since they don''''t make B52s anymore) aircraft capable of performing the same mission. Like maybe a B2.

Posted by nojoy01 at 10:39 AM : Jul 21, 2008

Posted by stn_sage at 07:11 PM : Jul 21, 2008

stn_sage & republic1776. Above is a repost to republic1776s'' question re: cost of estimated loss.
To put it another way. The aircraft that was lost needs to be replaced. The B-52 is no longer being built. Therefore, it has to be replaced by something being built now w/2008 $, not 1962 $.

[hbevis]

FeelFree4U at 11:28 PM : Jul 21, 2008

I AM NOT MAKING ANY KIND OF THREAT AT ALL. I AM A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND HAVE JUST ABOUT SEEN IT ALL. I AM JUST TELLING YOU THAT YOU SHOULD WATCH WHAT YOU WRITE AND SAY TO CERTAIN PEOPLE.

AND IF YOU ARE NOT ANY BETTER AMERICAN THAN THE WAY YOU WRITE THEN YOU NEED TO HUNT YOURSELF ANOTHER COUNTRY TO LIVE IN.

[feelfree4u]

Re: "I you were to say in person to some people in certain places, what you have posted you would not make it home."

"For someone to post what you have posted YOU HAVE TO BE STUPID, CRAZY AND DERANGED."

Posted by hbevis


This, from someone making veiled threats and frothing insults over the Internet.

[hbevis]

How old are these bombers? Some men today are piloting the same aircraft their fathers flew.

Prayers go out to those "who gave the last full measure of devotion".

Posted by Scratch0058 at 08:08 PM : Jul 21, 2008

AGE HAS NOT MUCH TO DO WITH ANYTHING. THESE PLANES HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED AND FLYING YEARS. THEY STATED FLYING IN THE EARLY 1950''s.

[hbevis]

One less war plane available to murder and maim innocent civilians in the current criminal crusade for Pax Americana.

Posted by FeelFree4U at 10:23 PM : Jul 21, 2008

I you were to say in person to some people in certain places, what you have posted you would not make it home.

For someone to post what you have posted YOU HAVE TO BE STUPID, CRAZY AND DERANGED.

[toolmangler-2009]

Posted by orange129 at 09:14 PM : Jul 21, 2008


SPAMMER

[scratch0058]

How old are these bombers? Some men today are piloting the same aircraft their fathers flew.

Prayers go out to those "who gave the last full measure of devotion".

[stn_sage]

Was the plane that crashed Monday morning off Guam actually the B-52 bomber, or the newer B-2 version?

The side article, a mention of the cost of the B-2 in the article (as opposed to the B-52), and the knowledge that this administration likes to pressure the media to obscure information, makes it UNCLEAR!

CBS- please confirm bomber type and cost of B-52!

[daysrnumbrd]

The Air Force intends to keep the B-52 in service until at least 2040, an unprecedented length of service for a military aircraft.

Posted by hbevis at 06:34 PM : Jul 21, 2008
..........

Yep, and the U.S. used the DC-3 in the Korean War as well as the beginnings of the Vietnam War as well.

Why scrap a good thing!

(I still think we should have kept the battle ships going. And some top brass in the Navy are saying the same thing).