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Pentagon orders 11.9-billion-dollar modernization of B-52s
Sep 30, 2010, 15:05 GMT
Washington - The US Defence Department contracted Wednesday with aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co for 11.9 billion dollars in modernizations to the venerable B-52 bomber fleet.
The Pentagon announced the eight-year programme.
B-52s were last built in 1962 and are among the oldest aircraft in the US military fleet. The massive, high-altitude bombers have been repeatedly refurbished and continue to be workhorses, carrying and delivering payloads, which today are often guided bombs.
On Tuesday, the US Navy ordered 124 new jet fighters from Boeing in a 5.3-billion-dollar contract for delivery from 2012-15.
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