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From: Steve.Hix@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: B1 in gulf
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Date: 3 Jun 91 19:07:21 GMT
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From: Steve.Hix@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)


The B-52 had been around for quite a while before it was used in VN.
(I don't think the B-52H's were used in Kuwait, since they're doing the
same basic job as the B-1B's.)

The model most commonly-used there was not the H model (and I don't
think the G, either), but D's and E's modified to carry a bigger
convential payload.

The B-52 has hung around for a long time, partly because of a large
number of different versions over the years, and upgrading of existing
airframes.  There are B-52's and there are B-52's.  When one version
got upgraded avionics or engines, it didn't follow that other versions
got them, too.

A fellow I worked with about 15 years ago had spent most of his Air
Force career working around B-52 simulators...which were all analog.
At the time, were somewhat impressed with the PDP-11/45-controlled
Falcon 20 simulator we worked with. :}