Jeff Bolton tells the inside story of how the mother of all heavy bombers will remain deadly for another 50 years even as it heads towards 100 years of service, and what it’s like to fly her.
The iconic and much-loved Boeing B-52H ‘BUFF’ Stratofortress is receiving its most significant upgrade in more than 50 years of operation with new engines, radar, sensors, and instrumentation. With the coming technology leap she’s also going from a five to four-person crew. Bob Dylan told us: “The times they are a-changin’,” and the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fella) is a poster child for the legendary lyrics.
This is the inside story of how the mother of all heavy bombers will remain lethal for another 50 years even as it heads towards 100 years of service, and what it’s like to fly her.
