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A veritable Cold War armada of Boeing B-52s lies idle in the Sonora Desert sun at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Ariz. (Paul Chesley/Getty Images)
A veritable Cold War armada of Boeing B-52s lies idle in the Sonora Desert sun at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Ariz. (Paul Chesley/Getty Images)