GOAT US Heavy Bomber?
GOAT US Heavy Bomber? 22 votes
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B-52 StratofortressMy uncle flew the B 29 but the B 52 is the GOAT of all GOATS
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B-29 SuperfortressThe B-29 finished off a war and saved hundreds of thousands of American lives and millions of Japanese ones. And yes @BearsWiin the Red Army invading Manchuria played a major role here as well.
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B-29 Superfortress
A strong case can be made for the B-52. The service life is w/o peer. It would be like having B-29s still dropping bombs in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.RaceBannon said:My uncle flew the B 29 but the B 52 is the GOAT of all GOATS
We'll never know how many millions of American lives were saved by heavy the B-52s ready to nuke the Ruskies into oblivion.
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B-52 StratofortressThere's an interesting story that my History Guysm probably know better, about the Soviets getting hold of 4 B-29s after emergency landings in their territory. They copied them, slavishly, including using imperial measurements when the engineers only knew metric,
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B-29 Superfortress
I saw a great doc once on this on the history channel. The planes were interned in the USSR when they were still neutral in the Pacific and the Ruskies copied them down to the last nut and bolt. We? first saw them at some air show and were like WTF?GrundleStiltzkin said:There's an interesting story that my History Guysm probably know better, about the Soviets getting hold of 4 B-29s after emergency landings in their territory. They copied them, slavishly, including using imperial measurements when the engineers only knew metric,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4
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B-52 StratofortressAlways 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-17 Flying FortressThe B-17 was the original so tough to turn my back on it.
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B-29 SuperfortressGotta 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-29 Superfortress
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-17 Flying FortressI 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
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.
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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.
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B-52 Stratofortress
6 turnin', four burnin' takes the absurd cake.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
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.
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B-52 StratofortressThe original Peacemaker
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B-52 Stratofortress
Upset, teary and nearly hyperventilatingRaceBannon said:The original Peacemaker
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.RaceBannon said:The original Peacemaker
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B-29 Superfortress
God created all men. Sam Colt made them equal.RaceBannon said:The original Peacemaker
2 most iconic side arms of all time are both Colts.
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B-29 Superfortressdnc 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-2 SpiritI meant to vote B-1 Lancer but clicked B-2 like an idiot. Every bomber on the list is cool as fuck.
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B-52 StratofortressB-52 have dropped so much payload over the decades. I want bombs delivered, and those planes deliver bombs like nothing else ever built. Their service life alone puts them on the top of the heap for me.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer. you left off...Which one of these in the stealth bomber?
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B-29 Superfortress
The B-24BennyBeaver said:Which one of these in the stealth bomber?
