{"id":355883,"date":"2026-01-26T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/b-52-stratofortress-poised-reach-100-years-flying\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:00:17","slug":"why-the-b-52-stratofortress-is-poised-to-reach-a-century-of-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=355883","title":{"rendered":"Why The B-52 Stratofortress Is Poised To Reach A Century Of Flying"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress<\/a><\/span> has already been in service for 71 years, while the oldest B-52 airframes in USAF service are now 66 years old. This is far older than almost any aircraft in the world ever reaches in active service. But instead of looking at an upcoming retirement, these old airframes are about to get a facelift that will keep them in service until the 2050s and possibly into the 2060s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The B-52 might not be retiring until the 1960s meaning it will likely set a new record for the longest in service US combat aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,2038,1328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-b-52","category-united-states-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t