The NEW B-52 ENGINES Will CHANGE The Entire Aviation Industry! Here's Why

The United States military is about to give a cold war-era bomber aircraft a new lease of life, thanks to an upgrade that will see it fitted with new and more advanced engines. It is an upgrade that will see the workhorse of the country’s bomber force continue flying for a quarter century more, taking its total service time to about a century. Today, we reveal all the details about this move that is bound to alter military aviation industry.

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[johnslugger]

ITS ALL (I really hate these click-bait titles!!)

[alhubele]

Built back in the day when Boeing still produced quality aircraft that didn't fall apart in flight.

[some_guy]

Here at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana... AS LONG AS IT MAKES THEM QUIETER, I'M ALL FOR IT!

[jo-jobighiker]

Click bate... B52's does an engine swap. How does this change The Entire Aviation Industry?

[ginginthing]

I worked on the rewing program for the 52H's back in the early 70's. I thought the fuselages were on their last few years of life back then. It's an amazing aircraft.

[mikeharrington]

I was assigned to Helicopter Training Squadron Eighteen out of Milton, FL back in the early 80s. We were at a tactical landing training field, and I was hanging around outside the bird because it was hot as hell, and it was cooler under the rotor wash. I was standing there next to the Allison engine in the bird, the blades wopping over my head, when suddenly I heard the roar of much, much louder engines. I looked up, and there was a B-52 at about a 60 degree angle of bank turning into final to Eglin AFB about two miles away.

I heard that Stratofortress a mile away even while standing next to a turning helicopter. I can't imagine what it must've sounded like to any people that were directly underneath that behemoth turning into final like that. Even the pilots heard it inside as they were talking. Wild. Hopefully these new engines are quieter and burn cleaner. Man, that thing smoked, too. o.O

Oh yeah, I need to also state for the record: ⚓GO NAVY⚓

[timacrow]

When the B52 was rolled out, my mom was a recent college graduate; a few years later, in the late 1950s, she was a production/technical artist with Boeing working on B52s. She is now in her mid 90s, and the B52 still flies!

[curthenry]

I worked on B-52 in the early 70's, after discharge I hire a older man that worked at Boing in the 60's building B-52's. Jon and I spoke often on the B-52's, most conversation was that Jon did such a good job building B-52 and I did such a good job of maintaining B-52's they are still flying.

[OFallons]

“AI” reader seems pretty silly, it’s not the Army Air Corp anymore it’s the “AIR FORCE” the B52 was introduced when the AiR FORCE is running the show not the ARMY AIR CORP,

[MichaelKennedy-pnkv]

Really nice to see them flying for longer, but how exactly will it 'CHANGE The Entire Aviation Industry!'???

[blueblur]

If only Boeing could get back to this era of innovations and quality.

[rokuth]

On the replacing the TF33 engines to 2 GE 9X engines, much of what was said in the video is correct, however, the other issue is the sheer size of the GE engine. It may have just been too big to put on a B-52. As for reducing the number of engines to 4, it would have been a single engine on each engine pylon. That would not only provided greater efficiency, but also lower drag. However, there are also other aerodynamic issues that may have occurred because of this, as well as the cost of modifying the structures to accept 4 engines instead of 8. As it is, the F130 has the same thrust of the original TF33 engines, meaning no need to alter structural elements for an engine of greater thrust, and/or size. It ensures reliability, and durability, saving overall costs for the remaining life of the B-52.

[erictaylor]

An F-15 flying escort on a B-52 started doing aileron and barrel rolls, literally flying circles around the B-52. The F-15 pilot told the B-52 pilot "Anything you can do I cab do better."
The B-52 responded, "Oh yea? Watch this."
The B-52 continued flying without the slightest change to heading, altitude or speed for the next several minutes. The F-15 pilot finally ask, "What are you going to do?"
"Oh, I already did it. I shut down two of my engines."

[edjarrett]

The Buff stands as a testament to Boeing engineering. It was built with slide rules and will be flying when the B1 and B2 bombers are in the boneyard. It was a vastly over engineered platform and it’s the reason for its continued longevity.

[akranger]

The 20-25 year old BR 715 turbofans will change the aviation industry forever? Why? They are neither new or cutting edge but they are the perfect size to still maintain the podded engine layout. The 715s are used on a number of other aircraft such as ALL Boeing 717s (MD-95), Gulfstream jets of some models, Cessna Citation X and others. So they aren't going to change the entire industry and this video doesn't explain what they mean.

[marcelb]

I have never seen such a good technical review on the B- and it's new engine before. Kudos for the great work guys ! Cheers from Canada.

[derekheuring]

I'll never forget the first time I saw a B52. It was 1974 and I was skydiving at Lake Elsinore in California. We always did a "Hop and Pop" at the end of the day to slowly float down as the Sun set. The views from 7, 200' agl were magnificent at that time of day. A "Hop and Pop" was when we pulled our ripcords as soon as we were clear of the aircraft and had developed enough speed for the pilot chutes to pull our main chutes out. I was lazily hanging from my canopy when I saw a smudge of smoke off in the distance which I kept watching as it grew closer and closer. Eventually a fuselage and 4 engine pods were discerniblle. That's a very smoky DC 8 I remember thinking to myself. The aircraft kept moving towards me but it became apparent it was going to pass well to the West of the drop zone. It eventually got close enough that I could that the 4 engine pods each had 2 two engines....It's a B52! I shouted to no one but myself! Such a magnificent sight to be at the same height as the massive bomber!

[williampotter]

Many airliners have been retired simply because their engines become outdated and engines with lower maintenance costs and more economical fuel burns are available to new jets. The Buff is well overdue for new motors. Kind of a no-brainer. The cost savings over going through a new aircraft acquisition is enormous. The attorney fees alone would pay for this modification.

[derekheuring]

One of these days the USAF is going to honor a Grandfather, Father, and Grandson who have all flown or worked on the BUFF.

[franksanta-teresa]

The Air Force became a separate service from the Army in 1947; 0:57 "the Army(???) made 8 variants of this bomber aircraft and designated them A through H."