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Tom Cole: “We're still flying B52s now, not your daddy's B52, a lot of…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 16:41

I mean, that's Tinker's greatest value is the ability to keep 30 and 40 and 50 year old airplanes combat worthy. And, and they're still really good. I mean, you know, We're still flying B52s now, not your daddy's B52, a lot of new stuff in there. But the point is that that frame is going to be usable for us probably for about a century. It's about 60 years old now. It's kind of amazing to hear that airplane could still be flying a century after it debuted. You're right. The end. (16:41–16:53)

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