Boeing proposes re-engining B-52s with Allison-built RB211s
Boeing offered the U.S. Air Force yesterday the chance to re-engine its 94 remaining B-52H bombers with 40,000-lbst.-class Rolls-Royce RB211- 535 turbofans built by Rolls' newly acquired U.S. subsidiary, Allison Engine Co., in a five-year program beginning in the year 2000. An AF team is already at...
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