CNN just ran a report with their crew getting super rare access to a 33-hour B-52 mission. I want to say something about the B-52. The first one was delivered in 1955. The last one in 1962. It featured prominently in "Dr. Strangelove" (1964). Not only are they still flying today, but the Air Force currently plans to fly them through 2050! Obviously they've had upgrades of all sorts (especially instrumentation, avionics, etc.), but it's still the same air frame. When all is said and done, they may have been flying for nearly a full century.
Now, here's the punch line. Who manufactured the B-52? Boeing.
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