8 killed in B-52 Stratofortress crash at Edwards Air Force Base
www.nbclosangeles.com
A B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff Monday from Edwards Air Force base in California’s Mojave Desert, according to the base.
  • BranBucket@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 days ago

    this is an aircraft older than the typical US senator

    Let’s not get too hasty, the B-52H variant was first produced in 1961, making it 65 years old. A 65 year old incumbent senator still has three, maybe four good decades left in office…