If you are the one claiming it’s the perfect cargo plane, even better than cargo planes, it’s on you to prove it. What even is this conversation, it started you thinking cargo airplanes were civilian and then you just duck and weave on everything in the weirdest way.
I think the missing piece here is that B-52 isn’t just a pretty good cargo hauler, it’s a pretty good cargo hauler that we don’t need to buy a whole new airframe to get. Think of it less as “we’re commissioning these B-52s” and more as “hey look we found a way to use all these B-52s we already had” only this just keeps working forever.
There’s tons of cargo plane models, why not use one of them?
Military aircraft have lots of specific technical requirements that civilian planes dont deal with.
There are plenty of military cargo planes. They have the C designation. C130 is a popular one.
Thats tiny baby plane. Need big big plane, but not too big. Just right size and range.
There are a whole shit ton of models for every need and size.
Let me know which one is right Ill let the Joint Chiefs know.
If you are the one claiming it’s the perfect cargo plane, even better than cargo planes, it’s on you to prove it. What even is this conversation, it started you thinking cargo airplanes were civilian and then you just duck and weave on everything in the weirdest way.
I think the missing piece here is that B-52 isn’t just a pretty good cargo hauler, it’s a pretty good cargo hauler that we don’t need to buy a whole new airframe to get. Think of it less as “we’re commissioning these B-52s” and more as “hey look we found a way to use all these B-52s we already had” only this just keeps working forever.
Well they upgraded all the engines at some point. I don’t know the cost breakdown between engines vs frame but I don’t think it’s good.
I never claimed any of that. Perhaps you are thinking of something else?
Because of the military industrial complex.
… Which still benefits from making military cargo planes.