Posted on Oct 27, 2015
Air Force to announce Long Range Strike Bomber contract award. What are your thoughts?
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Today I received a DoD Advisory announcing that the Air Force will be announcing the contract award of the long range bomber contract this afternoon at 5:15 PM eastern standard time.
I expect this will be a fairly expensive contract. We have been fighting against islamic radicals for some time and have had limited requirements for long range bombers - conventional or stealth technology. Russia has been stepping up its game and Iran has been rattling swords for some time. What are your thoughts on the need for a new long rang bomber contract either to revamp the existing fleet or replace all or part of it?
http://www.defense.gov/News/Press-Advisories/Press-Advisory-View/Article/626036/air-force-to-announce-long-range-strike-bomber-contract-award?source=GovDelivery
I expect this will be a fairly expensive contract. We have been fighting against islamic radicals for some time and have had limited requirements for long range bombers - conventional or stealth technology. Russia has been stepping up its game and Iran has been rattling swords for some time. What are your thoughts on the need for a new long rang bomber contract either to revamp the existing fleet or replace all or part of it?
http://www.defense.gov/News/Press-Advisories/Press-Advisory-View/Article/626036/air-force-to-announce-long-range-strike-bomber-contract-award?source=GovDelivery
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Awesome, I think its overdue since strategic reach has not been the flavor of the month for many years. One of my dad's tours in Vietnam was as a tail gunner aboard B-52s. It is kind of funny to see a B-52 in a museum and then several steps over, still on the flight line.
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I think we need to upgrade part of our existing bomber fleet and that we may well need a future bomber in limited numbers in the next 20 years. Therefore I think the new bomber contract makes sense and hope it will include future development as well as upgrading and maintaining the existing fleet - granted this will take more than one contract.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
LTC Stephen F. I think the need for a new bomber would greatly depend on what its stated mission roles would be. If it is the same mission as the existing, proven aircraft, then I really have a hard time believing that we need something new. Sometimes they just get the design right the first time. Case in point 1911 pistols have been around for over a century, and yet they are still very popular. B-52 has been around for many moons, still effective, still getting the job done.
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LTC Stephen F.
MSgt Jack DeYoung - thanks for weighing in. To be honest I was not aware of the depth and breadth of the new contract award. I was hopeful it was focused on maintaining with limited upgrades to the existing fleet to keep the aircraft current; but, i didn't know any of the details.
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For Grumman to get into the fray, the B3 will be a mere expensive upgrade to the B2.
Save $$ and re-constitute the B-1 line
Save $$ and re-constitute the B-1 line
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Between Stratofortress, Lancer, and Spirit we have the ability to deliver our wrath where we need to when we need to. I think we just need to make sure that they have all the best possible avionics, controls, redundant backups, and crew comforts possible on the air frame.
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Start with the B-52 air frame, update the engines, avionics, and flight controls. It worked for the UH-1, why not?
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