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Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

usarmyengineer — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:30:54 EST

Que sean exhibidos en un air show no significa que estén en venta!!! Además hay que incitar a las autoridades para que investiguen cuáles eran las razones que llevaban a este hombre a querer comprar este artefacto!

That these articles are exhibited in air show does not mean that they are for sale! In addition it is necessary to urge the authorities so that they investigate which were the reasons for which this man wanted to buy this bomb!!!

usarmyengineer

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

bbfreak — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:25:04 EDT

BY HFC AT 08/27/07 10:42 AM

Why would anyone want to buy a B-52 when they could afford a B-1, instead?

Why not a B-52? Your talking about a bomber that has massive range, and can still kick your ass after 50 plus years. Which is why they're not going to replace them till 2020. I mean hell flying a bomber directly to wherever without refueling sends a very powerful message. If only military might were enough. Then America would win every war, but war is about more than might.

bbfreak

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

kultur — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:56:50 EDT

In post-post-Soviet Russia, B-52 Bomber stands in line to buy you!

kultur

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Jesse in Japan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:01:51 EDT

500 million dollars? The Air Force only paid about 15 million apiece for them and that was years ago, when they were still ordering them.

Jesse in Japan

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Bombear — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:21:36 EDT

@B52HVet: im with you on that...the BUFF is a great machine. yeah its got its issues...nothing a few new engines, a new cockpit, RVSM capability, a decent bathroom, a data link, a decent radar with some air to air capability (finding the tanker is hard sometimes, especially in bad weather), some new jammers, and a targeting pod couldnt fix....though we are getting the targeting pod so thats something at least. of course those are all issues the bone has too...and at least the BUFF can get above FL300, and there is deffinalty something to be said for being able to take extra pilots so you can take a nap, cause everyone loves a good nap.

Bombear

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

B52HVet — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:58:14 EDT

@HFC -Who would want a Bone anyway? It's an overgrown law dart. I worked on the BUFF for 6 years, and I tell ya, it's one amazing machine.

Fighter crews make movies...

Bomber Crews make HISTORY ;)

B52HVet

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

ottermann — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:28:20 EDT

@Promethh:

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ottermann

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Aneurism — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:47:13 EDT

@JCHRISTOPHER
THE US GOVT. can probably afford to send the Iranians an entire fleet of real F-14's in top notch serviciable condition and profit off of building F22's or whatever is current to shoot down the F-14's.

Aneurism

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Aneurism — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:37:08 EDT

Why didnt the B-52 flight crew take the money, give the Russian guy the plane, and take off to a nice non-extradition country, where one could afford a nice sized harem?

Aneurism

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:31:16 EDT

@jarobi: LOL

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Lorticon — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:29:04 EDT

500,000,000 Gizmodo dollars = 16,666,666 U.S. dollars
www.gizmodo.com

Affordable. A few bottles of Stoli should have sealed that deal.

Lorticon

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

CCM333 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:10:30 EDT

I wanna c him fly 2 work.. the whole 3 blocks...

CCM333

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

JChristopher — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:49:28 EDT

@Commentmaster

Too bad about smashing up the F-14s. Does not suprise me though. I thought Iran's F-14s have been grounded for a long time. I would think they have corroded away by now. Possibly not in the Desert.

Maybe the US Government should slip them parts that have been sabotaged.

JChristopher

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

James — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:26:19 EDT

I'd think they'd consider defecting for $500 million.

James

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Bombear — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:21:37 EDT

If I owned my own Buff the first thing I would do is put decent engines on it...the second would be put a decent bathroom in it....no one likes to poop in a bucket.

Bombear

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

gus91326 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:58:50 EDT

In russian voice: "I will make payment in check for $1 billion and an associate will pick up plane for me, da? I owe him money, and you pay him difference when he arrives, yes?"

gus91326

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

commentmaster — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:21:58 EDT

@JChristopher: I wish you could buy and F-14. That plane was awesome but unfortunately they are all being smashed to bits for fear that Iran might get their hands on them for spare parts. Iran already has a bunch of F-14s but they are getting old and they don't have parts to fix them.

commentmaster

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

jarobi — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:16:52 EDT

in soviet russia, B-52 buys you!

jarobi

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

junyo — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:06:37 EDT

@jerrt:
You tell him to come back in an hour with cash and a way to refuel the SOB, round up everyone you can find that speaks English and can keep a secret, and jack him the f' up when he comes back. Drop him (and any non-bribable bodyguards) out of a bomb bay somewhere over the Atlantic. Resign my commission and retire to Barbados. That's what you say.

junyo

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

lafond66 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:50:15 EDT

there are no F-14's for sale. I know someone in the Navy. They destroyed them to prevent them from being sold to enemy countries. So sad. BTW, Iran still actively uses F-14s. Those bastards.

lafond66

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Hvedhrungr — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:41:35 EDT

I'll take your B-52 and raise you one A380.

Hvedhrungr

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

jerrt — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:35:04 EDT

wow, what do you say after you give a 500 million dollar price, trying to be ridiculous, and then have your offer accepted? i mean sure it wasn't his to sell, but seriously...

jerrt

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

agentmckay — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:29:39 EDT

A B-52 would make one hella cool riding mower.

agentmckay

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Jps — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:11:41 EDT

I CAN HAS B-52 RPLANE?

Jps

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Bloody_Sorcerer — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:06:34 EDT

its russia, of course there's an open bar.

also, is it russian's largest newspaper? If so, which russian?

and F-14 Fleet... <3

Bloody_Sorcerer

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

girraffesack — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:56:45 EDT

Do Moscow airshows have open bar?

girraffesack

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

JChristopher — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:54:13 EDT

@ HFC:
A B-1? Way underpowered. Cannot get to altitude fully loaded. Also has a problem of crashing if it happens to suck in a bird into the intake of a motor.

For $500 million, one could buy the fleet of F-14s that were just retired.

JChristopher

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Promethh — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:53:13 EDT

@xstangx: From 30,000 feet, your Costco-sized bombing run would probably send bales of TP through your friend's roof and into his living room. What's the terminal velocity of TP pallets?

Promethh

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

xstangx — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:46:14 EDT

I'm sorry but thats not really news to me, it sounds more like high school gossip lol. I could have walked up to them too with some cool suit and glasses and said the same thing. How is this news if all that happened was talk. No names were dropped so pooey, but for the fact that this did happen i am jealous cuz i want to bomb some of my friends with toilet paper. ultimate teepee wars. think about 10k of toilet paper could fit in those things.

xstangx

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

HFC — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:42:28 EDT

Why would anyone want to buy a B-52 when they could afford a B-1, instead?

HFC

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

Geisrud — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:30:21 EDT

I wouldn't have sold it to him either. Everyone knows they come in pairs, you know, like a good set of speakers.

Geisrud

Dirty-Rich Russian Tries to Buy B-52 Bomber on the Spot for $500 Million

DashTheHand — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:24:05 EDT

You accept checks, right? Don't try to cash it til.... well.... you'll see.

DashTheHand