• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    This would be a terrible idea for a false flag, this is an aircraft older than the typical US senator, operating from a base in the middle of the USA. It’s most likely that this was a mechanical issue.

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      this is an aircraft older than the typical US senator

      Let’s not get too hasty, the B-52H variant was first produced in 1961, making it 65 years old. A 65 year old incumbent senator still has three, maybe four good decades left in office…