The award has to go to the legendary B-52 strategic bomber. Boeing's big baby first flew in 1952 and the 8-engine behemoth has been the backbone of American airpower ever since. Now the Pentagon has inked a $12-billion contract to update its remaining fleet of 85-operational B-52s. The US Air Force expects these aircraft to remain in service beyond 2040 which will probably be some sort of record or even a bunch of records. The Americans have B-52s today crewed by the children of fathers who flew them a generation earlier.
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