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GOAT US Heavy Bomber?
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B-29 Superfortress
Similar story for me. Grand pappy Captain Yella led a company in France, Germany and Austria from Aug '44 to May '45. He didn't have enough points to get out of the service yet so they had him training for the invasion of the Japanese home islands. Then the B-29 did what no other plane had the range and payload to achieve.Fishpo31 said:Gotta go with the B-29. Got my pops out of the South Pacific, freeing him up to focus on other things, like eventually making me...It is the most important airplane of my life, literally...
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B-52 Stratofortress
Heavy enoughYellowSnow said:
Medium bomber poll.GrundleStiltzkin said:Always had a soft spot for the F-111. I mean, Aardvark is a great name for a nuclear harbinger of death. And it's a penetrator, lulz
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B-52 StratofortressB-36 was a great engineering "betcha we can" effort.
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B-52 StratofortressThe B 52 won the cold war
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B-29 Superfortress
Until the B-47 and B-52s came online it was in the only plane with the range and payload to get an H bomb to Moscow.GrundleStiltzkin said:B-36 was a great engineering "betcha we can" effort.
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B-52 Stratofortress
Pretty sure my grandmother was a Rosie on those planes.dnc said:I am nothing if not a homer.
Built in South Seattle.
Most famous one they made is the Memphis Belle.
Like I could vote for anything else.
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B-29 Superfortress
Lots of stuff won the cold war, but it played a key role.RaceBannon said:The B 52 won the cold war
People also forget the B-52 gave us? the 707 and things have never been the same since. Am I right @Logistics or am I right? -
B-52 StratofortressWhen our missiles were blowing up on the launch pad we had 24/7 coverage via the B 52. The projection of strength was amazing and awe inspiring to the villages around the world
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B-17 Flying Fortress
YKWYWFGrundleStiltzkin said:
Pretty sure my grandmother was a Rosie on those planes.dnc said:I am nothing if not a homer.
Built in South Seattle.
Most famous one they made is the Memphis Belle.
Like I could vote for anything else. -
B-36 Peacemaker
B-29 or B-52 is probably what I’d go with but a name like Peacemaker is pretty awesome.GrundleStiltzkin said:B-36 was a great engineering "betcha we can" effort.
