JetBuddy wrote:Thanks for the spreadsheet!
Plenty of both G and even F models are stored. Likely with far less hours on the frame than the current H.
I think rebuilding and "zero-hour" pre-H frames with the new engines, flight deck, radar and all the bells and whistles would be a better idea than to use the current H. It would probably cost nearly as much as building a new plane from scratch, but upgrading H-frames is not cheap either. And in the end, you'd still have a fleet of H stored if the s*it really hits the fan sometime in the future.
Technically only the -G model can also be used, all other previous series have many structural changes from the -G and -H models .(wet wing with integral fuel tanks, beefed up structure, shortened tail fin by 8 feet, etc.)
Structurally the -G is a -H with older jet engines, but most - G's seem to be spliced (not chopped as the older series !) into pieces to be used for spare parts for the active -H fleet
13 B-52Hs were in storage at AMARG (previous known as AMARC), two have been re-activated to replace hull losses, so 11 remaining.
AFAIK, according the new START ,signed in 2010, extended in 2021 until 2026, The USAF is allowed to have a nuclear bomber force of 113 aircraft (93 B-52H's and 20 B2's).