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Sun, Sep 6, 2026, 08:08:10 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

THE US AIR FORCE JUST BOUGHT A STRIPPED-DOWN RADAR TO KEEP THE B-52 RELEVANT INTO THE 2040S...

On August 25, the Department of Defense announced $766 million in new contracts to keep modernizing the B-52 Stratofortress's radar.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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