Originally Posted by
Fonsini
Unless I'm very much mistaken that photo is Dale Brown's fictional EB-52 Megafortress from the novel "Flight of the Old Dog". The exact same concept on the exact same platform - basically a flying battleship with pallets of AMRAAMS and various ASMs.
Someone owes someone some royalties......
Certainly was (ORAC did mention that in the opener), to be followed by the EB1 Vampire (if memory serves).