That's a cool plane. AFAIK it was a really tricky plane to fly, actually crashed quite a lot.
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It was a complex aircraft that required considerable maintenance, much of which required specialized equipment, which made it three times as expensive to operate as the B-52. Also against it was an unfavorably high accident rate: 26 aircraft were lost in accidents, 22.4% of total production
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