Opinion: Bumbling Caused B-52 Reengining Delay
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The U.S. Air Force is taking a serious look at reengining the Boeing B-52. The question is not whether it makes sense, but why it hasn’t been done. The answers include poor planning, budgetary procedures that defied economic logic and at least one bone-headed accounting error. Putting new engines on...
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