I was stationed there, it is indeed in Florida and not Arizona. And it is the home of AC-130's, in other words it was a short flight across the road to the park.
For a second or two, the WW 2 segment showed what looked like a B 24 Liberator during the B 17 portion, was a curious choice. You can`t mistake the twin tail plane.
We currently have 76 operational B-52s in USAF's inventory.. Now imagine this... During the 1972 Operation Linebacker II, US Air Force bombed Vietnam with over 200 B-52 bombers.. SO that's 200 bombers in one theater.. We had much more.... Man, numbers do mean something despite the fact that one B-2 can strike more targets directly than 50 B-52s could 50-60 years ago.. But still, the numbers count and ours are way too small today for any serious near peer conflict scenario.
It’s sad when they are retired to become a bird rest stop. The worst has got to be becoming a target drone. I always think of the maintenance personnel that sweated and froze keeping all that metal ready to go. In a moments notice. Oh the lucky ones that could fit into a hanger in the frozen winter months of Michigan. We had just a few bases there.
01:18 "...had to rely on vintage avionics with CRT displays and pressure gauges..." made me laugh out loud! You should look at the panel in my old gal: not a CRT in sight, all steam gauges with round dials!
In 1974 to 1975 I was a military contractor at NADC Warminster in PA, we had an all-orange QF-4B BuNo 148386, that they modified to be a drone. I had heard it was supposed to be used to develop jamming electronics. We called it the Orange Pumpkin. We heard it got shot down on the first test, oops. I have a photo of it in flight over NADC Warminster I found online.
It’s about time they fitted this museum piece with engines that don’t make the sky black when it takes off or starts up its engines. It must be the biggest polluting plane on the planet.!
i worked in fuel systems on the B52 at travis AFB in 1966. when the wing tanks were full , they almost touched the ground . sometimes we would just hop up on the wing , walk to the tank we needed to fix and remove the cover and they were crazy loud when taxing by our work area .
The American Airlines Maintenance Center in Tulsa is pretty huge too. Although AA management has been outsourcing heavy maintenance for a while now. I’m not sure how many jobs they still have.
I mean our best bomber first flight was in 74! I’ve always said when WW3 breaks out these fancy new aircrafts won’t win us the war it’s going to be the old ones that are built faster and are cheaper to make!
Anyone notice the alien heads in the windows of the airframe while on the trailer at 5 minute mark? 😂
Yep! Hilarious!
I got to sit in a B-52 co-pilot's seat. Incredibly cramped. Hats off to the crews that fly these and keep them flying.
Now the Air Force Museum is restoring the “Swoose”,the only B-17D in existence.
Hurlburt, is in Florida.
I was stationed there, it is indeed in Florida and not Arizona. And it is the home of AC-130's, in other words it was a short flight across the road to the park.
Correct, except for that random comma that doesn’t belong.
Being in and from AZ I know Davis Monthan well, but Hurlburt had me confused ready to Google.
What an amazing aircraft. Thanks for the presentation.
B-1B,B-2,B-21:
Grandfather,Are you all right?
Hurlbert Field is in northern Florida. I did a month of TDY there in the early 80's.
The BUFF is hugely versatile,that’s why they kept it around so long.
Super job on this one! Thank you very much. 😃😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤
10:50 R.I.P. “Texas Raiders”!
For a second or two, the WW 2 segment showed what looked like a B 24 Liberator during the B 17 portion, was a curious choice. You can`t mistake the twin tail plane.
We currently have 76 operational B-52s in USAF's inventory.. Now imagine this... During the 1972 Operation Linebacker II, US Air Force bombed Vietnam with over 200 B-52 bombers.. SO that's 200 bombers in one theater.. We had much more.... Man, numbers do mean something despite the fact that one B-2 can strike more targets directly than 50 B-52s could 50-60 years ago.. But still, the numbers count and ours are way too small today for any serious near peer conflict scenario.
With all those bombers and a technologically inferior enemy, we still lost the war. Don't ever forget that.
Great information. Thank you
It’s sad when they are retired to become a bird rest stop. The worst has got to be becoming a target drone. I always think of the maintenance personnel that sweated and froze keeping all that metal ready to go. In a moments notice. Oh the lucky ones that could fit into a hanger in the frozen winter months of Michigan. We had just a few bases there.
01:18 "...had to rely on vintage avionics with CRT displays and pressure gauges..." made me laugh out loud! You should look at the panel in my old gal: not a CRT in sight, all steam gauges with round dials!
They retired QF-4's a few years back the only QF now is the F-16.
Could a museum resident B-52G be upgraded/converted to a B-52J?
Anything is possible with enough money, but we’d never spend the money for that poor return on investment
In 1974 to 1975 I was a military contractor at NADC Warminster in PA, we had an all-orange QF-4B BuNo 148386, that they modified to be a drone. I had heard it was supposed to be used to develop jamming electronics. We called it the Orange Pumpkin. We heard it got shot down on the first test, oops. I have a photo of it in flight over NADC Warminster I found online.
Hopefully the latest upgrade has a dvd/vd player instead of a play only cassette
Why no 8 Tracks?
C130 Hercules is one bad plane !
It’s about time they fitted this museum piece with engines that don’t make the sky black when it takes off or starts up its engines. It must be the biggest polluting plane on the planet.!
Keep worshipping the people taking private jets and telling everyone to cut down on travel while yourat hit
I would like to see much more images and updates about the engine rebuild of the B-52. Thanks.
Now a fitting a name would be fighting Gertrude.
Why are they so inaccurate? It’s not even worth watching after reading a few comments.
i worked in fuel systems on the B52 at travis AFB in 1966. when the wing tanks were full , they almost touched the ground . sometimes we would just hop up on the wing , walk to the tank we needed to fix and remove the cover and they were crazy loud when taxing by our work area .
The B-52's wing tips flex +/- 8ft in flight
Hurlburt Air Field is in Florida, not Arizona.
Of course, it in Oklahoma, because without DOD jobs, there would be no business in Oklahoma
The American Airlines Maintenance Center in Tulsa is pretty huge too. Although AA management has been outsourcing heavy maintenance for a while now. I’m not sure how many jobs they still have.
1:15 B-52 flyin a bit close to Russian airspace???
Those be Russian airforce jets!!!
So what… the Russians do this even when they’re not anywhere near Russian airspace.
There are actually a lot of B-52's in the bone yard.
All but one or two are just parts bins. None of those are viable for reactivation.
Seeing people in masks just pisses me off.y’all can’t get newer footage?
Try less red bull
The United States Air Force is flying museum pieces around pretending they can survive on the modern battlefield. It’s absolutely ludicrous.
They are cheaper to operate and maintain than the B2s. They still serve a purpose.
I mean our best bomber first flight was in 74! I’ve always said when WW3 breaks out these fancy new aircrafts won’t win us the war it’s going to be the old ones that are built faster and are cheaper to make!
You have no clue
They scrapped all G models they could have pulled those from the desert. 700 built we have 88 that can fly
76 are still in service. There’s at most two that could be restored from the boneyard