In a future bomber force, old and ugly beats new and snazzy

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (AP) — In the topsy-turvy world of U.S. strategic bombers, older and uglier beats newer and snazzier. As the Air Force charts the future of its bomber aircraft fleet, the youngest and priciest — the stealthy B-2 — is to be retired first. The oldest and stodgiest — the Vietnam-era B-52, nicknamed the Big Ugly Fat Fellow — will go last. It could still be flying at age 100. A driving force behind these calculations is the enormous cost of f