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From: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
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Subject: B-52s in use
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Date: 12 Jun 91 04:54:19 GMT
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From: Mary Shafer <shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>


Scott Johnson (Scott.Johnson@f1020.n391.z1.FidoNet.Org) writes:
>>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.
> Nope. ALL the -D and earlier models have been retired and have now been
> either scrapped or are mouldering in the SW deserts.

Nope.  There's one -B still flying.  It's the NB-52B here at Dryden.
It was the eighth B-52 built and it's the lowest airframe time B-52
still in existance. 

For the trivia-minded--what's the oldest airplane still flying for the
U S Air Force?  Tail number not required, exact type will do.

	[Could it be the 39-year old Lockheed T-33A 
	 mentioned in Digest 7.36? --CDR]

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Mary Shafer  shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov  ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer
NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
Of course I don't speak for NASA
"Turn to kill, not to engage."  CDR Willie Driscoll