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Description: brilliant.org/CuriousDroid The B-52 has been in service for nearly 60 years and yet with new upgrades, it could still here into the 2050s or beyond, that could be that it's in service for around 100 years, far longer than any other aircraft and possibly outliving the planes brought in to replace it, the B-1 and B-2. So how and why will they do this and keep a very analogue aircraft relevant in the era of digital warfare. This video is sponsored by Brilliant.org : brilliant.org/CuriousDroid Written, Researched and Presented by Paul Shillito Images and Footage : USAF, Boeing, US DoD, RAF, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, GE, Soltau Cruiser , John Schlupp, The Museum of Flight A big thank you also goes to all our Patreons :-) Eριχθόνιος JL Etienne Dechamps inunotaisho Kedar Deshpande Big Bubbaloola Henning Bitsch ChasingSol Alix Lesiv Carl Soderstrom Cameron Elliot Dylan Leblanc Cash Garman Marco Mangen Steve J - LakeCountySpacePort Brian Kelly Damien Pasche Jonathan Travers Henri Saussure Alok G Singh john edwards Vincent Janne Kurikka Prashanth Ruthala Sk1er stefan hufenbach Lorne Diebel Kai Spuhler Walt Dennig Andrew SMITH Enlight.bg Allan Versaevel SHAMIR Jonathan Merage Daniele Noacco Alan Johns Collin Copfer László Antal Johan Rombaut Pyloric Music from the Youtube library Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner