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From: jln@elaine31.stanford.edu (Jared Nedzel)
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Subject: Re: B-1s in the Gulf
Message-ID: <1991Jan22.013204.16943@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 22 Jan 91 01:32:04 GMT
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From: jln@elaine31.stanford.edu (Jared Nedzel)
In article <1991Jan21.033124.29056@cbnews.att.com> yun@eng.umd.edu (Dragon Taunter) writes:


}From: yun@eng.umd.edu (Dragon Taunter)
}waylancm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Legion) writes:
}
}}Someone(I don't remember who...didn't save the article) asked why B-52s
}}are doing all the carpet bombing instead of B-1s.
}}
}}Well, B-1s ARE supposedly capable of doing the conventional mission. I say
}}supposedly because as I recall, they got grounded (again) about a month
}}ago. . .
}
}According to a recent Nova episode it was said that B-1s are grounded
}until some crucial piece of software is delivered.  Right now they are
}gathering dust in their hangars.  Seems that even with the extra
}billions of dollars spent on software procurement for the military,
}there is no change in the quality of the code.  

Not correct. Yes, there are problems with the software for the ECM.
No, that has not prevented the aircraft from flying. Yes, that would
reduce the aircraft's effectiveness in penetrating the Soviet air defenses.
But the lack of software for the ECM system is not going cause the
Air Force to put the planes in hangars and let them collect dust.

Recently though, the B-1s were grounded to due a couple recent
engine failures. I don't know their current status.


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