Elements of Power Blog hits it out of the park again!

via Elements of Power Blogspot.

The B-52 is a beautiful over-engineered-by-slide-rule beast first flown on April 15, 1952 that has now flown for 60 years. The newest airframe is now over 50 years old. The 50+ operational life of the B-52 began with it being a high altitude penetrating bomber, painfully transitioning to a low altitude penetrating bomber, and then finally to its current primary role as a standoff weapons launch platform.

The Value of History: Perspective

Novices in mathematics, science, or engineering are forever demanding infallible, universal, mechanical methods for solving problems. -J. R. Pierce

It has been written that “What If?” is historian’s “favorite secret question”. Would the B-52 have become the venerable icon of airpower that it is ‘then’, if American communications and norms had been different?
What if’ 1946-1952 was anything like 2006-2012?

And then he goes on to ABSOLUTELY NAIL the critics of the F-35 (and other modern day program) up against the wall like a cheap suit that seen better days (and the critics of the F-35 have seen better days).

I won't spoil it.  Go to his site to read the goodness.

Long story short.  

The critics are all frauds.  Each and every one of them.  They're either tryng to impress their friends or they're lying thru there teeth or both.

Fuck'em.