The C-130 is still in service too, for the same reason. The mission hasn&#x27;t changed. The B-52 simply doesn&#x27;t do anything really technological - it&#x27;s not stealthed, it&#x27;s not intended to go head-to-head with fighters. It carries a big load of bombs and drops them somewhere, and the technology for that was fundamentally done by the &#x27;60s. There will come a time when we don&#x27;t need to redesign our aircraft every few decades any more than we do our infantry&#x27;s rifles.