Serious Bankrupted USAF recycle 55 yr old scrapped B52 bomber

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Because one B-52 crashed, so they pull another from graveyard out to recycle for duty!

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B-52 Escapes 'The Boneyard'
2016-10-04 16:16
B-52 Escapes 'The Boneyard'

A 55-year-old B-52 Stratofortress that had been mothballed has been returned to service.

The plane had formerly been consigned to 'the boneyard', otherwise known as the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, a repository for aging aircraft at Davis Monthan Air Force Base.

More: 'Inside The Boneyard'

But in this instance, this particular B-52, called 'Ghost Rider' and numbered 61-007, was given a 19-month refurbishment and returned to service.


'Ghost Rider' takes off for Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The plane took 45,000 hours to restore

According to Janes.com, the US Air Force (USAF) recalled 'Ghost Rider' from retirement because another B-52 was seriously damaged and the USAF wanted to replace it, keeping its 76-plane B-52H fleet at full force.

Another B-52 has since been destroyed on Guam in an accident, though it isn't clear yet if this too will be replaced.

The USAF used to manage a 744-plane B-52 fleet, but the number was reduced in line with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), that was signed with Russia in 1991.

More: 'US Deploys B-52 Heavy Bombers To Britain'
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