Originally Posted by
BobbyHowie
I saw a photo of a B52 in flight with 4 engines. Can't remember the make I'm afraid. Was the early 80's I think.
Bobby, there have been several proposals to put 4 engines on the B-52 over the decades, but that has now been shelved. Two B-52F's were used to test a single large fan (in place of an inner engine pair) for the C-5 and 747 program, but I do not believe one ever flew with 4 large fans other than in artists renderings.
If all these TF-33's get freed up coming off B-52's and the remaining K/E-135's that still have them + spares, I do wonder if that would be enough to keep the smaller E-3 fleet running?