I was enlisted in The USAF at Loring Air Force base Maine from 1978 to 1982. I was a security specialist guarding 4 B 52’s uploaded with nuclear weapons and nine KC 135’s. This video brings back great memories!
As a retired USAF member...very proud to see these birds " scramble ".. n awesome to see the crews hit n git! Very proud of all of those " BUFFS" , as we called them during Nam! Does this old Vet well! Thanks for sharing!
@Tom Martyr nothing is free and of the few things this government is actually supposed to do, protecting it's borders and citizens is high up on the list. Besides, if it wasn't for the military might of this country, all that "free" stuff you want could easily be taken by another country.
"H" model B-52s shown in this clip are stationed at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana these 52s came from the 7th Bomb at Carswell AFB, Texas now closed and is now a Naval Air Station.
Большое уважение наземному составу, техникам. От них всегда, в большей степени, зависит вылет экипажей самолётов. Сам лётчик ВТА, поэтому с удовольствием просмотрел видео. Всем лётчикам, не смотря на принадлежность к странам, респект. Мы потомки Антуан де Сент-Экзюпери.
@@Buk-hx4mb Ну, у нас немного другие названия для самолётов. Ту-95 ,, Медведь,, , Ту-160 ,, Белый Лебедь,, . Я, более 10 ти лет отлетал на Ан-12 ,,Куб,, . А наши ,,Русланы,, и ,,Мрию,, даже сравнить не с чем, монстры. Удачи и здоровья. С уважением Сергей.
@@СергейУманский-н6гand Russia destroyed the biggest cargo airplane ever made by Russia, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, during a bombing attack on the Ukrainian airfields!! And now Russia nor Ukraine don't have another one like it, and the one that was destroyed is beyond repair!!
I spent my summers in Limestone, ME, just about 2 miles south of Losing AFB where my Dad was stationed in the 50's and my brother and I would just lay on the grass and watch the B-5×'s fly "HOT'S" every time during the 60's and into the early 70's. Thank you.
I Love these videos. When I was a kid in the late 1960s and 1970s, my Grandparents lived 40 Minutes from Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, CA. They had B52s, The U2, and KC 135s. Grandpa would load us all up in his Ford Pick Up and drive to one of the fields by Beales Runway. We used to watch planes take off and land. It so cool.
I had the pleasure of having a childhood with two weeks every summer spent at my grandmother's camp on Hot Brook Lake in Danforth, Maine. During those years, Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine was a B-52 base and they would practice flying those things at ultra-low altitude OVER Hot Brook Lake four or five times a day. It's a very quiet lake with only a handful of camps on it, many times I would be out in my row boat or canoe and hear that thing coming just in time to plug my ears and look up. There it would be, cruising low and slow right over the tree tops and then right over my damn boat as it continued across the lake. The same was done with F-15 or F-16 fighters but they were never as slow and never as cool as those bombers. That all ended when the base closed around 1991.
I was an aircraft mechanic working on the B-52s and KC-135s at Loring. The last B-52 left Loring on November 16, 1993. The last KC-135 left Loring on March 2, 1994. I finished my time in the Air Force about one week after that.
I have watched stuff like this for 55 years of B52s & B47s. I still get exited & wish I could fly again. GOD Bless our military & their families. H. Dexter
Ya, and bless the ones who give you a chance to use these mad machines. Bless the ones who die to keep some mad people in USA happy and employed. Wonder how will it feel to have these planes drop their blessings on US of A
@@shillong2011 It will never happen. I dont know where you live but we very nearly lost our freedoms 75 years ago. We were all saved by an incredible generation of people in the world. They sacrificed everything for people around the globe. It's obvious you are a pus-y and haven't served anyone or anything. Keep up the good work.
@@RiDankulous I have lived on the flight path of a major air Force Base. They are a C17 base. I'm talking 50 years and have only seen 1 B52 landing for a static display at an airshow.
@@thereissomecoolstuff yes killed Japanese with nuclear bombs, killed Vietnamese children with napalm.deatroyed Iraq for non existing weapons To preserve your freedom you sell most number of arms to equally stupid nations
I went to school at Hill Field Elementary and when those B-52 would start up, it would be so loud that the teachers had to stop what ever they were doing and wait for them to leave the runway. The school was located across a fence and highway from the air strip. It was awesome, but scary because even the ground would rumble when those big bird started. Then they would finally leave and things would go back to normal. It was awesome. My daddy worked in Electronics Top Secret building. Thanks for the memories! 😊😊
When I was a senior in high school, I lived on Peace Air Force Base in Potsmouth, New Hampshire. That was in 63-64. I would wake in the morning and watch the tails of B-52's over the tops of the buildings between my house and the airstrip getting in formation for take off. After all these years it's still a strong memory.
I lived in Dover right under the flight path of these big boys when I was growing up. To me it was so cool then they had an alert at night and they would take off one after another. One time when one was coming in the plane ,I think, was trying to fly under the radar he was so low. I sure miss them days.
Thanks, I enjoyed. I flew 0058 and 0022 when I was at Homestead AFB. Amazing that we had such an experience. However, Ten hours in an ejection seat was painful.
James Holder...At least they have a head on board, sort of. Not to mention the ability to get out of your seat & being able to stretch. I sat right seat when my Brother n Law was the Aircraft commander. AWESOME FUCKING DAYS WHILE I WAS ATTACHED TO S.A.C.
These huge stratofortress are a beauty to see them take ff. A lot of training and courage to do this. Thank God these guys are willing. I love and respect all of you! God love and protect all of you! My 2 brothers are in heaven now, they were in the Korean War. These men are so handsome in their uniforms. WE are behind you! Frankie Ravan
I was based outta Minot AFB, North Dakota . . . assigned to Detachment 7, 37th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron . . . a Military Airlift Command tenant unit, on a Strategic Air Command base ! 😎🇺🇸
Boy does that bring back memories! I spent 5 years at Minot AFB in N. Dakota working on "H" model B-52's and eventually got shipped to Loring AFB by Limestone Maine where I spent another 21/2 years working "G" model B-52's. They are quite the bird I can tell you but it was definitely a love/hate relationship working on those beasts.
Love/hate you say but it must be one of the best jobs in the world to work with these kind of things. And there are not too many of these kind of things in the world.
@@lottnio8207 For me, being a crew chief was the best job in the air force. So far as the hate part comes in? The B-52 isn't an easy bird to work on. It's big, heavy, and a lot of the things you have to do on it don't come easy. Not to mention you've got a bird with huge amount of hours on the air frame so every time it comes back from a mission then you are looking a truck load of hours just to get it patched back up and flying again. For example, to do a preflight on a B-52 takes 8 hours if you go by the book on it. And that's if there is nothing major wrong with it. Now the love part of it? There is no better feeling of knowing you just busted your butt to get that bird up and flying again. The "G" model bomber I worked on at Loring was a 1957 model and I was born in 1958 so it was older than me and that is saying something. And I have a huge respect for it too as it still continues to outshine many of our current bombers. It's a great plane and it is tough too. Time has proven that. Yes, it was indeed an honor to work on it.
My father was a crew chief on B52 until he retired in 1985. I grew up to hearing those beautiful beast. Whenever I see or hear one it brings happy tears to my eyes and reminds me of my father.
My father was bombed by a B52 before he retired in 1985. I grew up hearing those horrifying beast. Whenever I see or hear one it brings sad tears to my eyes and reminds me of my father.
In the early seventies I was stationed at Naval Air Station Kingsville Texas when a B-52 requested a flyover of the runway just to show off. It was an amazing sight to behold.
Yes, how many times did you think that what if these machines were turned on you. Us of a has hardly had a war raining on them lie people of Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and others. Yes you suffered in 9/11 but look what you did.You destroyed entire civilizations as a revenge
That neighborhood on Terciera is still there. It looks like it's maintained by somebody, probably the US. I didn't realize that B52's were based there.
Grew up with these beasts in my backyard. My dad was a navigator on 52's at Pease AFB in New Hampshire. God they are a beautiful plane and show the power that we once had.
All that debt that occurred from bombing Viet Nam that's still not paid off! Yep LBJ, and Nixon screwed the pooch getting involved in a Neo-Colonial War FDR was not going to allow.
I watched the B-52 the first time it flew in 1954. It had a B-47 and a delta-wing fighter as escorts and camera planes. It flew a lazy loop from Seattle down around Tacoma and back and never retracted its landing gear. I would have been very impressed with its size if I hadn't seen a B-36 passing over low, a couple of years before.
Hi Steve. I don't take anything away from your experience but these things are truly dinosaurs. My God the start up sequence with the overburn of kerosene . Lucky Greta wasn't around to see that. Awesome machines in their day but surplus to demand today My god- blown off the face of the earth before they take off - illusion but not Ilusnikoff. My life aeronautical experience highlight LBJ AF1 and Concord , F11 F18 F35 and Mark 9 Spitfire & P51 Mustang Rolls Royce Merlin We can only live what we experience but I am an old man now I don' t need war my life savi g's are already under attack with out the green woke rubbish
The ladies have changed a bit from the D Series but I still love her. Fifty years later and she still my favorite girl. Never forget your first dance with her. 307th SAW SAC
Yeah, I liked that too... tired of hearing the armed forces get totally bagged about because of the behavior of a miniscule percentage. More plaudits are definitely in order!
The “critics” never flew the plane … The H models still in service were built in 1960 … that’s 63 years ago … and once the Buff is re-engined with F103 Rolls Royce, planned operational until 2050! … never in history has a weapon system, let alone a combat aircraft, lasted 90 years! “Critics” are like most people on social media … opinions are like sphincters … everyone’s got one! Thank you for your interest … A twenty year B-52 pilot.
Huge plane, will never go out of date. It was ahead of its time. I lived on Richmond Air base in NSW Australia. We had what they called the Star Lifter. Pretty loud, however to a plane lover like myself, it was all part of the excitement. We also had the Galaxy come to our base as well. The number of wheels on this plane was amazing. People far and wide came to get a glimpse of it. I would have loved to see a B52, however I was not fortunate enough to see one. I would loved to see a Lancaster fly as well. The B29 Superfortress would just be awesome to see. Just love those war type engines with propellers. You can see how much work went into building them. Great video Thank you so much Sue Sydney Australia
I live just a few miles from the former Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, NH and saw and felt hundreds of these B52’s approaching the runway just hundreds of feet overhead. An amazing sight and sound that you never get used to.
I served at K I Sawyer AFB, aka K I Siberia, in the late 70s. Security police. The video brings back a flood of memories. Mostly of the -45 degree nights and chest deep snow. I enjoyed hearing the buffs again.
I grew up and live in Marquette by K I Sawyer, and loved watching the B52's, KC135's, and F106's flying around every day. I had moved away for some years but brought my wife up to my parents house. Early one morning we were woken up by this persistent rumbling noise, my wife jumped up and ran to the window and just about crapped herself, here was a stream of 8 B52'S and a number of 135's following them leaving Sawyer banking over Marquette and heading off somewhere. I suspected it was another ORI (operational readiness inspection), but my wife was a bit freaked out until I explained what was going on. She was pretty impressed.
@@mikeparks4488 Seeing the whole base clear out made me feel proud. Watching all those aircraft one after another. I remember the one ori when I had just gotten married. The base sirens went off. I told my wife we were going to be bombed. I had an old twin bed in the basement. That was the best afternoon I can remember. Lol.
@@denniscook1422 I was on a B-52 crew in 1973. On my wedding day, 250 miles away from the base, I got a telephone call. "We just began an ORI...but you didn't get this call". In an ORI EVERYBODY and their brother was supposed to show up!
@Tom Martyr I think you may be taking your last name too seriously. My tax dollars support these beauties. God bless them on their missions. As for all the bleeding hearts out there, move to a third world country and help truly needy people. Americans don't want their kids educated. They just want free cell phones and handouts for being parents.
I’ve been up close to this mighty plane just like the ground crew in this video and only then you realise the sheer size of this massive aircraft . She is truly awe inspiring . This was at the Darwin Aviation Museum in Australia . Thank you for this beautiful video Cheers from Australia and keep posting more videos . The B 52 is one of my favourite planes together with the C5 and C 17 .
Yes! I was at Lackland in the late 60s and would drive up on the WEs to Bergstrom to visit, meet, & greet the Buff's aircrews. What an education and such fine men and women who took care of and flew those "weapon systems."
I was in the Army, stationed at Bergstrom temporarily for about 3 months in the summer of 1960, while our Nike Missile site in Elroy Texas was being completed. The thing I remember is being in the Day room playing pool, and when they were revved the engines, we could not hear ourselves talking across the pool table. What a roar those engines make, and the Air Force guys told us that they even used sound deflectors while doing this.
The B-52 and I have something in common.....we were both made the same year. What a great friend she's been! Thanks for the vid....brought back some really (mostly) good memories.
LOL, I predate the first operational B-52s by about 5 years. Worked on them at March AFB near Riverside, CA when it was 22nd Bomb Wing Headquarters and part of the Strategic Air Command. We had 30 B-52Cs and 30 B-52Ds and 60 KC-135 tankers to go with them.
I lived in Riverside, California near March Air Force Base when I was a kid. My class went on a field trip there when I was about seven years old. We got to go inside a B-52, a C135 refueling tanker, and an F-4 Phantom. All out on the airfield. Then a K9 demonstration by the military police. What a great day for a kid!
Chris my father was stationed @ March when he retired in 72. I got the same tour you did even got to eat in the flight line snack bar with pilots & crew. we lived in base housing right across the highway from the runway. that was one strict Air base when they moved STUFF! being 12 yrs. old it was awesome.
I was stationed at March from 1973 to 1976. March was HQ 15th Air Force SAC and the B-52s were assigned to the 22nd Bomb Wing. I was in the 33rd Comm Squadron and supported the computer systems through which command and control was maintained for all the bomber, fighter, and missile assets.
I served on B-52D's at March AFB until the D's were retired to the Bone Yard in '82. The 22nd got brand new KC-10's and converted to an all tanker wing.
I was a mechanic working on B-52s and KC-135s at Loring AFB, Maine. At that same time, my brother was a mechanic at K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan. Both of those bases are closed now.
We stopped at Loring on the way to Goose Bay in late 1968 Lucid Dreamer. Most all the SAC bases are now closed. I was also stationed at Ramey AFB from 1968-70 , also closed. The D models tall tails were my favorite.
@@ConservativeVet84 My daughter was in L.E., Security police when she was in the Air Force, amd that was in the 90's. Her first husband also did the same thing but was a K9 officer. He still has the ashes of one of the dogs he handled.
In the mid 1960's the family was heading to Maine towing our 25' sailboat for a 2week cruise. We were on I95 near Bangor Maine. At that time Bangor Airport was a SAC base with a squadron of B52's. One of the runways ends at the highway so the planes fly over I95 on take off. I hear dad say "Ah s___" as he looked at the runway ahead. A B52 was taking off. It would fly right over us and Dad was afraid the engine wash would flip the trailer. Thankfully it didn't but man what a sight.
I recently watched a docu on the B-52 that said they don't actually "rotate" at takeoff, but rather sort of lift off with all landing gear leaving the ground almost simultaneously. Apparently they land the same way. Very impressive!
These are historial 8 engine jet propulsion bombers still in service. Congratulations to the US Air Force B52 flight team. We thank You for your Service. Aim high and keep America strong!
I flew Buffs from '81 to '92 at K.I. Sawyer AFB (410th BMW) and Barksdale AFB. I was assigned to 8AF but flew with the 2 BMW. It's an amazing aircraft, but it can really wear you out after flying in for 12 hours.
I was at K.I. in 1970. Last duty station. I watched as these pilots got out of the BUFF's in 1967 after a 12 hour bomb run. They looked beat. Fun to watch the tail gunner get out of the D model tall tails also
My Dad was Wing Commander at Carswell AFB when he flew B-52s - many years ago. Other than fighter jets, the B-52 is my favorite plane. Nothing can compare to them.
I felt this was one of the best made aircraft videos. Favorite shots were the close up of the pilot looking out his open window and the bird still in its parking spot while another of its squadron was taking off seemingly right over its wings. You could feel the speed and precision of this operation from that shot. Good filming. Good editing. No crap shots left in. No camera shaking. No dirt on the lens. Just good stuff. THANKS!
The RAF V-bombers, particularly the Avro Vulcan had the same 'Simstart' as it was called then which ignited all four engines at once and was suggested by a Royal Air Force sergeant who received a commendation for the idea in 1959 or thereabouts.
@@charade97 Hey thank you for that bit of info. I enjoy aviation so much its great finding out new information about these aircraft that played such an important part to our Freedom.
i never knew they could do that, the only times i ever saw them they were in the air. the planes could get in the air very fast and go drop a few. SKY KING.
I had the honor of flying the Buff for twenty years as an instructor pilot … Blytheville AR , Guam, Loring ME, & Barksdale LA … the most incredible bomber ever … Thank you so much to all the crew chiefs & maintenance personal for providing me the greatest … The B-52 will be in operation until 2050! Hope my grandsons get to fly the greatest airplane ever built … like their grandpa!
@@Sarbet888 Good question … the video shows the H model B-52 … the current model in operation … all the earlier models (F, D, G which I flew are either in museums or the “boneyard”) … The H model uses Pratt & Whitney F33 engines … very old and inefficient compared to the newer engines in commercial aircraft …in fact, the last F33 engine was built in 1985! … all older jet engines spew smoke! The good news is the H model is in the process of upgrading all 8 engines to the F103 Rolls Royce … Now if you want to see smoke, watch videos of the older models (D-G) on takeoff … what we had were “wet jets” … on takeoff we carried 10,000 pounds of water … of which was injected into the 8 engines … the water increased the air/fuel density which greatly increased the thrust … in fact more thrust than the current H model! … after about 90 seconds airborne, water would be depleted, then we became a “normal “ jet … earlier models of our KC-135 tankers also had the wet jets capability … they too are now in the boneyard … I can’t tell you what it was like to takeoff in a three-ship MITO takeoff with 10 seconds spacing! … so much smoke you couldn’t see shit 😄 If you get the chance and you are in the Tucson, Arizona area, you must visit the AF boneyard at Davis Mothan AFB … incredible! Hope this helps John
I had just turned 18(November 1961) and was stationed at Larson AFB Washington (now closed)was assigned to the 462nd SAC wing as an aircraft ground refueling specialist. Standing by the flightline watching a group of B52's takeoff one after the other just took my breath away. Will never forget that sound
I know I'm preaching to the choir here when I say that besides the air crew, there are hundreds of smart and dedicated enlisted troops on the flight line and off making this happen.
I lived in Red Shute, Louisiana for 2 years in the 70's. Barksdale AFB was only a couple miles north west. I was directly under one of the landing/take off paths .Got a birds eye view of these monsters up close over my house almost every day, and night just a few hundred feet above. Its hard to explain how big and loud they were! Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep, The Air Force had no mercy on its civilian neighbors. After I got use to it, I kind of felt proud and secure having them Beautiful Beasts on our side!
We may not be able to afford healthcare as a nation, and education may be horrifically underfunded, but us proud Americans can sleep unpeacefully knowing our airplanes are the biggest and loudest!
@@davidblick2192 The US comes in third when comparing the GDP to education budget worldwide, yet our Navy has the second biggest Air Force in the world (our Air Force is first) and our military budget, which is the highest in the world, is nearly 3x China's second place. I'm going to assume the healthcare part is just a joke, but I can get those numbers too if you're unconvinced. They're not pretty.
One of the reasons you can sleep safely at night. These men and women protect us with their very lives. God bless and keep ALL of our military personnel...I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S.
.... the right tool to cover defensless third world countries with bomb carpets or senslessly flying around nuclear warheads... 🥴. this makes the world a saver place...
While stationed at BAF as a cable splicer working on the flight line I would salute the pilots of the B52 as they did touch and goes or came in for landing. The pilots would salute me back, it was an awesome experience.
Барахло а не самолёт, потонцеал не заложен, скорость маленькая,топливо треть от подъёма берёт, оборудование старое,одним словом кляча,ил-28 в своё время опережал этот хлам.
What an amazing aircraft, still flying today with a life expectancy of another 20 years, and this bomber was used in the Vietnam war , back in the 1960’s. ! It just proves that they definitely got it right!
Such B52 transported murderers to Vietnam to kill 3 million Vietnamese for 20 years with their own losses, as always, 60,000 dead, because each subsequent terrorist-Hasidic war of Ameyrica means millions of dead, cripples and suffering, and billions of dollars in profit for the USA. In all the conflicts after WWII, where the USA and Hasidic Israel were fought, over 9 million citizens of other countries were killed and today they are adding thousands of dead bodies in Ukraine, and who knows, maybe soon in Poland or all of Europe.
I live here in Sacramento, California, USA....back when Mather was an active Air Force base, around 1986, I saw 3 of these B-52's take off at once, then a U-2....the big trail of smoke from the B-52's hung around for 10-15 minutes.... The U-2 was impressive, whisper quiet, and as soon as they got air...went nearly vertical climb...
I have always loved watching B-52's take off and land. They're probably my favorite as far as watching them land and takeoff. They're just so amazing, plus the fact that they've been around for 60 to 70 or so years
@@steves3760 Too bad the Orange Dumpster Fire couldn't get in the service with his bad arches. It's amazing how he can support himself around the Golf course!
I worked on the B-52 D/F/G/H at my first duty station, Castle AFB in Merced, CA in 1973. We couldn't believe how old the planes were then and they are still flying.... Amazing!!!!
I was at Castle from 1977 to 1981 worked in shop (93 FMS JEIM )on the TF 33 h my first assignment. Our motto “if we can’t fix it, it ain’t broke”. My son was at BARKSDALE in 2017 went to visit him great to see the “Buff” still active,
You'd be saddened if you saw attwater or the old base now (at least around 2017) what a 💩🕳️ now! I was tdy there around 94 to help pack up the AGE shop and ship off the equipment
I had the privilege of watching B52s in action. It was awesome, daunting, and beautiful at the same time. And I'm glad they are on our side. The only thing an enemy can do is run.
I was a proud crew chief on a B-52 D from March 1962 to Dec.1969. We too pride in our aircraft and made sure when we presented our aircraft to the flight crew it was airworthy.
Thank you for your service and taking great care of a tax funded aircraft. The fact that they are still flying and viable says a lot about the excellent manner in which you operated them.
I worked on the launch truck in U-tapao Thailand,1968. Nothing more exciting for a 21 year old than to be part of sending 12 B-52D off on a mission. Now at 75 I still have shivers when I see this footage.
Most if you thought this was great , back in SAC their alert take off was 15 sec apart. when the first plane lifted off, # 4 started his roll. Their would be 3 on the runway that had not lifted off. It was very noise!!!! Some of the engines are 60 years old and have been repaired a lots of times. Bless her heart
Hard to believe they literally flew some of these Stratoforts clear from Louisiana straight to Iraq and Kuwait in 91. The IRG had some of the worst days of their lives when those birds flew overhead, without a doubt.
B-52 is a beautiful plane of the sixties years. Eight jet engines are impressive. The big passenger plane Boeing-747 has four jet engines. Today B-52 is looking excellent too.
Still one of the coolest looking planes ever designed. I grew upten minutes from carswell afb. Back in the cold war 80s when they were still flying airborne alerts.
Growing up only a few miles from Fairchild AFB spokane wa these monsters would fly over and the windows would shake , Absolutely terrifying but beautiful.
I used to work night shift when I was stationed at Minot AFB. GOt used to sleeping in the daytime with them flying over base housing all morning and afternoon. You get used to it. Remember: That is the sound of freedom!
Dad was a career USAF SAC pilot and flew the 52 during the 60's and 70's. He flew Chrome Dome in the 60's out of Westover AFB in MA and McCoy AFB in Orlando and was actually in the air the day Kennedy was assassinated. They got orders to arm their nucs and light up Moscow as the US thought the Russians got him and he knew at that point that it was a one-way mission. After they crossed into Russian airspace from Turkey, they got orders to divert to Seville, Spain and he said when they all deplaned, their flightsuits were soaked with sweat. He also flew the Buff in Nam in 67 and 72 when they were knocking them down with SAM's. Said as the lead squadron commander, he said all he could do was turn his radio off when the screams of being hit became too unbearable and he hoped he'd make it out alive when he nauseously climbed into the cockpit on every subsequent sortie. He told me all of this before he passed and ever since, there's no one that holds a candle to him to me although all of our serviceman and women are as hallowed. He used to take his Super 8 video camera up with him and had his copilot film the midair refuels - they zoomed in and you could see the boom operator from the KC135 waving at them from his window. We'd watch these on home movie night and would always laugh. Dad's been gone since 2002 and I've missed him every day. High Flight Dad!
Years ago, lived in Virginia Beach- flight path to Naval Air Station in Norfolk. One of these coming in over the beach- broke windows!! I had just moved to Virginia Beach, and was overwhelmed by this gigantosaur landing. Beautiful and scary at the same time. Still haven't forgotten.
Maybe Langley AFB? We lived in VB from '71 until '80. Maybe 2 miles from the end of one of the runways. I saw, heard and felt many aircraft over those years but I never saw one of these. It's all USMC F-18 and CH-53 where we live today. Nothing like NAS Oceana though.
ME AS WELL ! BUT THE THRILL & CHILL WAS SO GREAT , AND I WAS SO PROUD TO BE PART OF IT ALL -- AS SMALL A PART AS I HAD .. GOD BLESS THOSE THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR ALL THIS TO OCCUR ..
I was honored to serve in the AF from '68 to '74 as a crew chief on a B52 E model at Castle AFB during the Vietnam war. The 1st one was built in '52 and are not scheduled to be retired until 2050. They are amazing.
@Roger Wilco I was with the 93rd OMS and based in Merced, CA. I went TDY to Thailand 7 times but the longest I stayed was 2 weeks. We could of met if he was a crew chief but I don't remember anybody's name from there.
@Roger Wilco I heard several stories like that and don't doubt anyone of them. We were 18, 19 year old and as smart as we were bullet proof. We were rebuilding the 52s at Castle and taking them back to whichever base they got assigned. I went to Thailand 7 times but also Guam and Okinawa for a total of 21 missions. Thailand was my favorite.
You'd be sad to see what they did to that former base. I was stationed at Travis around 94 and helped pack up the AGE shop and ship the equipment off. I was in attwater around 2017 on my way to Fresno and that area is a giant cess pool now!
Was at Castle from 88 - 92. Buff was my least favorite acft to work of the six from my time in Service. The Tankers were a dream in man hours and reliability rates in comparison. Both acft still going though. Nothing compares.
When you work on these beasts every day, you get desensitized as to how big and powerful they are.... now that it has been a L O N G time since I worked on one, I appreciate seeing one. They may be a biga$$ BUFF, but I fondly remember working on them.....even if you were FRIED working in the tail on avionics gear in August in Louisiana.... yeah, capital letters FRIED.
@@hapakima1635 No region of the US is consistently hot enough to be considered all year summer. However death valley in California has held the world record for high temperatures for over a decade, hottest ever measured was 54.4 C.
I grew up in the 50's and 60's living down the flight path of Castle Air Base near Atwater, CA. I miss the sound of those 52's taking off and also watching them come in for landings at night. They would be stacked up for miles back in the sky. Nothing louder than a 52 taking off, it makes the ground shake. I also miss those F4's breaking the sound barrier, loved that sonic boom.
Spent 4 years working on these at Wurtsmith AFB. . They are amazing. We loaded 6 ea Cruise missiles on each inboard pylon besides filling the bomb bays.
I was stationed at a remote radar site in northeast Wyoming in 1966. Elsworth AFB was our support base. I can remember seeing FOUR B-52's take off at the SAME time. Everything on the base was shaking. They are impressive.
David, I have drank Beers with Ellsworth personnel in Rapid City. I was a Jarhead at the time, Artillery, but my brother was Security Forces at Ellsworth. Went up there to hang out with him and his buddies once, late 90’s. Ellsworth has been slated to be the first operational and training base for the newly unveiled B21. Although I am a Marine, I am still damn proud of the Air Force’s lineage, and it’s Global Strike Capability. Our grandfather served as a navigator in a B17 out of Great Britain with the 96th Bomb Group, 337th Bomb Squadron. 🇺🇸
God I love my US Of A. This is ominous awesomeness. To have recorded a full frontal… …of this magnificent flying art of war taking off would have been priceless.
I remember pulling alert as a crew chief on B-52Ds at Carswell AFB and by the time he got his pitot tube cover off, our acft would have been rolling. I had one pilot tell me that if I ever heard him clear me off headsets, I was too late. You waited for that first row of generator panel lights to come on, pulled the comm cord and ran for dear life. Exciting times.
@@michaelhall9759 Crew Chief on the D's as well out of Dyess back in the 70's. I hear ya. Back then the covers were canvas and in the winter sometimes they froze-on. Being they were canvas they just burnt off when heat applied, no worries. And Yes, waaaaaay too long getting out in this vid. Carts fired on 2 and 8, take those up to start at least a few more and start the rest while taxing out. I had one Capt. release brakes too soon thus putting way too much pressure on chocks to pull, so with hand signals I told him full throttle which he did and he jumped chocks just so he could be the first out.
I was enlisted in The USAF at Loring Air Force base Maine from 1978 to 1982. I was a security specialist guarding 4 B 52’s uploaded with nuclear weapons and nine KC 135’s. This video brings back great memories!
Are you serious? I can't believe you if you have a roblox photo.
и ты этим гордишься, что ваши самолёты не сбросят ядерные бомбы на США, а сбросят на другие страны ?.. какой патриотизм !
When I was 12 year old, my neighbor, an air force pilot offered me a ride in a b-52 in Texas. I was so impressed and in love. B-52's are awesome!
what a chance of a lifetime,if i was offered a ride in a b 2 bomber.,i would probaly have a dentist appointment!
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@@leewatkins1610 Screw the dentist appointment! Unless it was an immediate need. I'm flying on the bomber!
Carswel Afb ?
Thank you to all that serve, I did not but nothing makes me prouder to be an American citizen than watching videos of our awesome military
really? nothing????
thank you.
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I’m a USAF Vet from the mid 1970’s. They are still the best damn bomber airframe in the sky’s today. Music to my ears.
look at tu-160
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Yes, they are. Thank you for your service!
As a retired USAF member...very proud to see these birds
" scramble ".. n awesome to see the crews hit n git! Very proud of all of those
" BUFFS" , as we called them during Nam!
Does this old Vet well!
Thanks for sharing!
@Tom Martyr spoken like a true softy lefty...
When you are getting shot at by a doctorate in terrorism..call someone who will give a toot!
@Tom Martyr WaaaaaaaaaH!
@Tom Martyr nothing is free and of the few things this government is actually supposed to do, protecting it's borders and citizens is high up on the list. Besides, if it wasn't for the military might of this country, all that "free" stuff you want could easily be taken by another country.
"H" model B-52s shown in this clip are stationed at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana these 52s came from the 7th Bomb at Carswell AFB, Texas now closed and is now a Naval Air Station.
Большое уважение наземному составу, техникам. От них всегда, в большей степени, зависит вылет экипажей самолётов. Сам лётчик ВТА, поэтому с удовольствием просмотрел видео.
Всем лётчикам, не смотря на принадлежность к странам, респект. Мы потомки Антуан де Сент-Экзюпери.
Sasza, u was w Rosji jest taka krowa?
@@Buk-hx4mb Ну, у нас немного другие названия для самолётов. Ту-95 ,, Медведь,, , Ту-160 ,, Белый Лебедь,, . Я, более 10 ти лет отлетал на Ан-12 ,,Куб,, . А наши ,,Русланы,, и ,,Мрию,, даже сравнить не с чем, монстры. Удачи и здоровья. С уважением Сергей.
@@СергейУманский-н6гand Russia destroyed the biggest cargo airplane ever made by Russia, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, during a bombing attack on the Ukrainian airfields!! And now Russia nor Ukraine don't have another one like it, and the one that was destroyed is beyond repair!!
@@anthonywilliams9852 The AN-225 Dream aircraft destroyed by Russia was manufactured in Ukraine.
I spent my summers in Limestone, ME, just about 2 miles south of Losing AFB where my Dad was stationed in the 50's and my brother and I would just lay on the grass and watch the B-5×'s fly "HOT'S" every time during the 60's and into the early 70's. Thank you.
I Love these videos. When I was a kid in the late 1960s and 1970s, my Grandparents lived 40 Minutes from Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, CA. They had B52s, The U2, and KC 135s. Grandpa would load us all up in his Ford Pick Up and drive to one of the fields by Beales Runway. We used to watch planes take off and land. It so cool.
awesome US Air Force and all the crew that keeps these B 52's going. True warriors !
I had the pleasure of having a childhood with two weeks every summer spent at my grandmother's camp on Hot Brook Lake in Danforth, Maine. During those years, Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine was a B-52 base and they would practice flying those things at ultra-low altitude OVER Hot Brook Lake four or five times a day. It's a very quiet lake with only a handful of camps on it, many times I would be out in my row boat or canoe and hear that thing coming just in time to plug my ears and look up. There it would be, cruising low and slow right over the tree tops and then right over my damn boat as it continued across the lake. The same was done with F-15 or F-16 fighters but they were never as slow and never as cool as those bombers. That all ended when the base closed around 1991.
I was an aircraft mechanic working on the B-52s and KC-135s at Loring. The last B-52 left Loring on November 16, 1993. The last KC-135 left Loring on March 2, 1994. I finished my time in the Air Force about one week after that.
I have watched stuff like this for 55 years of B52s & B47s. I still get exited & wish I could fly again. GOD Bless our military & their families.
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Thank you if your served.
Ya, and bless the ones who give you a chance to use these mad machines. Bless the ones who die to keep some mad people in USA happy and employed. Wonder how will it feel to have these planes drop their blessings on US of A
@@shillong2011 It will never happen. I dont know where you live but we very nearly lost our freedoms 75 years ago. We were all saved by an incredible generation of people in the world. They sacrificed everything for people around the globe. It's obvious you are a pus-y and haven't served anyone or anything. Keep up the good work.
@@RiDankulous I have lived on the flight path of a major air Force Base. They are a C17 base. I'm talking 50 years and have only seen 1 B52 landing for a static display at an airshow.
@@thereissomecoolstuff yes killed Japanese with nuclear bombs, killed Vietnamese children with napalm.deatroyed Iraq for non existing weapons
To preserve your freedom you sell most number of arms to equally stupid nations
I went to school at Hill Field Elementary and when those B-52 would start up, it would be so loud that the teachers had to stop what ever they were doing and wait for them to leave the runway. The school was located across a fence and highway from the air strip. It was awesome, but scary because even the ground would rumble when those big bird started. Then they would finally leave and things would go back to normal. It was awesome. My daddy worked in Electronics Top Secret building. Thanks for the memories! 😊😊
When I was a senior in high school, I lived on Peace Air Force Base in Potsmouth, New Hampshire. That was in 63-64. I would wake in the morning and watch the tails of B-52's over the tops of the buildings between my house and the airstrip getting in formation for take off. After all these years it's still a strong memory.
I lived in Dover right under the flight path of these big boys when I was growing up. To me it was so cool then they had an alert at night and they would take off one after another. One time when one was coming in the plane ,I think, was trying to fly under the radar he was so low. I sure miss them days.
Awesome memory 👍🏻
I didn't care for the two same type engines screaming on Navy Attack bomber A-6's.
Vivian Williams, that must have been wonderful. 😊
@@nh2az1 Never knew they were at Dover.
Thanks, I enjoyed. I flew 0058 and 0022 when I was at Homestead AFB. Amazing that we had such an experience. However, Ten hours in an ejection seat was painful.
Homestead has B-52's?
How do you think my butt felt guarding them for 12 hours at -45?
James Holder...At least they have a head on board, sort of. Not to mention the ability to get out of your seat & being able to stretch. I sat right seat when my Brother n Law was the Aircraft commander. AWESOME FUCKING DAYS WHILE I WAS ATTACHED TO S.A.C.
@@denniscook1422 After 12 hours at -45 there was probably no feeling left, I hoped you were paid well.
@@Hattonbank no. The military doesn't pay very much at the lower ranks. We qualify for food stamps the pay is so low.
These huge stratofortress are a beauty to see them take ff. A lot of training and courage to do this. Thank God these guys are willing. I love and respect all of you! God love and protect all of you! My 2 brothers are in heaven now, they were in the Korean War. These men are so handsome in their uniforms. WE are behind you! Frankie Ravan
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Let's chat sometime, Gene. My email - supronopaul . . . @gmail . . . .com ! I split up in 3 parts since it won't take ... all at once ! 😎
I was based outta Minot AFB, North Dakota . . . assigned to Detachment 7, 37th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron . . . a Military Airlift Command tenant unit, on a Strategic Air Command base ! 😎🇺🇸
Love God potential killer which this plane is? Do you remember tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? God said do not kill , or may be I’m wrong?
@@МагомедкамильИсаев-к5ы it's "Don't murder". There has long been a misunderstanding about this.
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My dad worked on these beasts for 10 years!! I got to do a flight in one, scariest thing in my life!!!!!! Beautiful bird...
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Boy does that bring back memories! I spent 5 years at Minot AFB in N. Dakota working on "H" model B-52's and eventually got shipped to Loring AFB by Limestone Maine where I spent another 21/2 years working "G" model B-52's. They are quite the bird I can tell you but it was definitely a love/hate relationship working on those beasts.
Love/hate you say but it must be one of the best jobs in the world to work with these kind of things. And there are not too many of these kind of things in the world.
@@lottnio8207 For me, being a crew chief was the best job in the air force. So far as the hate part comes in? The B-52 isn't an easy bird to work on. It's big, heavy, and a lot of the things you have to do on it don't come easy. Not to mention you've got a bird with huge amount of hours on the air frame so every time it comes back from a mission then you are looking a truck load of hours just to get it patched back up and flying again. For example, to do a preflight on a B-52 takes 8 hours if you go by the book on it. And that's if there is nothing major wrong with it. Now the love part of it? There is no better feeling of knowing you just busted your butt to get that bird up and flying again. The "G" model bomber I worked on at Loring was a 1957 model and I was born in 1958 so it was older than me and that is saying something. And I have a huge respect for it too as it still continues to outshine many of our current bombers. It's a great plane and it is tough too. Time has proven that. Yes, it was indeed an honor to work on it.
My father was a crew chief on B52 until he retired in 1985. I grew up to hearing those beautiful beast. Whenever I see or hear one it brings happy tears to my eyes and reminds me of my father.
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My father was bombed by a B52 before he retired in 1985. I grew up hearing those horrifying beast. Whenever I see or hear one it brings sad tears to my eyes and reminds me of my father.
In the early seventies I was stationed at Naval Air Station Kingsville Texas when a B-52 requested a flyover of the runway just to show off. It was an amazing sight to behold.
There will never be another as grand, graceful, and to-the-point as this Plane is! May she fly 60 to 70 more years... fly on, fly on. :)
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I was raised in the 70's in The Azores in Terceira Island watching the B52's taking off and landing. Thank you US Air Force, I still love it today.
Yes, how many times did you think that what if these machines were turned on you. Us of a has hardly had a war raining on them lie people of Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and others. Yes you suffered in 9/11 but look what you did.You destroyed entire civilizations as a revenge
That neighborhood on Terciera is still there. It looks like it's maintained by somebody, probably the US. I didn't realize that B52's were based there.
Wow.. I was stationed there in’83-84..I loved the people and the base 🇺🇸👍
Grew up with these beasts in my backyard. My dad was a navigator on 52's at Pease AFB in New Hampshire. God they are a beautiful plane and show the power that we once had.
All that debt that occurred from bombing Viet Nam that's still not paid off! Yep LBJ, and Nixon screwed the pooch getting involved in a Neo-Colonial War FDR was not going to allow.
Christopher rogers, Propers to your dad and your legacy.
Great video quality and technique! Well done!
I watched the B-52 the first time it flew in 1954. It had a B-47 and a delta-wing fighter as escorts and camera planes. It flew a lazy loop from Seattle down around Tacoma and back and never retracted its landing gear. I would have been very impressed with its size if I hadn't seen a B-36 passing over low, a couple of years before.
Hi Steve.
I don't take anything away from your experience but these things are truly dinosaurs. My God the start up sequence with the overburn of kerosene . Lucky Greta wasn't around to see that. Awesome machines in their day but surplus to demand today
My god- blown off the face of the earth before they take off - illusion but not Ilusnikoff. My life aeronautical experience highlight LBJ AF1 and Concord , F11 F18 F35 and Mark 9 Spitfire & P51 Mustang Rolls Royce Merlin
We can only live what we experience but I am an old man now I don' t need war my life savi g's are already under attack with out the green woke rubbish
@grantoldfield3790 If you don't mind, explain what's happening there with the kerosene in the engines? Lordy that seems archaic and filthy! Thx!
The ladies have changed a bit from the D Series but I still love her. Fifty years later and she still my favorite girl. Never forget your first dance with her. 307th SAW SAC
I was at KI Sawyer 71 to 74. Iam sure we had 0058 and 061 there. Sure look familiar. 410th OMS.
amazing number of wheels
A Magnificent flying machine, best airframe I have ever worked on🇺🇸👍
410 MMS, 81-85
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I am honored to see pilots of different ethnic groups flying for our country. I salute you all!!
Yeah, I liked that too... tired of hearing the armed forces get totally bagged about because of the behavior of a miniscule percentage. More plaudits are definitely in order!
The most incredible aircraft ever built in history:) the size the quality and the design of it impressive:) protect America we salute you:)
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Not to mention, all work was done the old fashion way, slide rulers,& MANY OTHER HAND TOOLS N BRAIN POWER. NO MODERN DAY COMPUTERS TO DO THE WORK !!!
This aircraft deemed outdated from the get go, but lasted way longer than its critics! Respect.
Everything is outdated if you ask a military contractor, but these planes are expected to serve into the 2050s.
The “critics” never flew the plane …
The H models still in service were built in 1960 … that’s 63 years ago … and once the Buff is re-engined with F103 Rolls Royce, planned operational until 2050! … never in history has a weapon system, let alone a combat aircraft, lasted 90 years!
“Critics” are like most people on social media … opinions are like sphincters … everyone’s got one!
Thank you for your interest …
A twenty year B-52 pilot.
1:30 May I know what is the guy doing with the rope pulling❓❔
@@Mindcroscope Crew chief pulling the covers off the pitot tubes … the pitot tubes are covered to prevent ice or dust while the plane sits on alert.
@@johnbrandon859 ...Thank you for the info about the rope pulling at B-52's port-side pilot tube. 👍
Huge plane, will never go out of date.
It was ahead of its time.
I lived on Richmond Air base in NSW Australia. We had what they called the Star Lifter. Pretty loud, however to a plane lover like myself, it was all part of the excitement.
We also had the Galaxy come to our base as well. The number of wheels on this plane was amazing. People far and wide came to get a glimpse of it.
I would have loved to see a B52, however I was not fortunate enough to see one.
I would loved to see a Lancaster fly as well. The B29 Superfortress would just be awesome to see. Just love those war type engines with propellers. You can see how much work went into building them.
Great video
Thank you so much
Sue Sydney Australia
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Until we come up with something less polluting.
Hello Susan
Whats the puurpose of this plane?
@@atulgarg5824 To destroy.
I live just a few miles from the former Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, NH and saw and felt hundreds of these B52’s approaching the runway just hundreds of feet overhead. An amazing sight and sound that you never get used to.
I served at K I Sawyer AFB, aka K I Siberia, in the late 70s. Security police. The video brings back a flood of memories. Mostly of the -45 degree nights and chest deep snow. I enjoyed hearing the buffs again.
I grew up and live in Marquette by K I Sawyer, and loved watching the B52's, KC135's, and F106's flying around every day. I had moved away for some years but brought my wife up to my parents house. Early one morning we were woken up by this persistent rumbling noise, my wife jumped up and ran to the window and just about crapped herself, here was a stream of 8 B52'S and a number of 135's following them leaving Sawyer banking over Marquette and heading off somewhere. I suspected it was another ORI (operational readiness inspection), but my wife was a bit freaked out until I explained what was going on. She was pretty impressed.
@@mikeparks4488 Seeing the whole base clear out made me feel proud. Watching all those aircraft one after another. I remember the one ori when I had just gotten married. The base sirens went off. I told my wife we were going to be bombed. I had an old twin bed in the basement. That was the best afternoon I can remember. Lol.
@@denniscook1422 I was on a B-52 crew in 1973. On my wedding day, 250 miles away from the base, I got a telephone call. "We just began an ORI...but you didn't get this call". In an ORI EVERYBODY and their brother was supposed to show up!
That's a badass bomber I love watching it every time it takes off or lands
@Tom Martyr I think you may be taking your last name too seriously. My tax dollars support these beauties. God bless them on their missions. As for all the bleeding hearts out there, move to a third world country and help truly needy people. Americans don't want their kids educated. They just want free cell phones and handouts for being parents.
I’ve been up close to this mighty plane just like the ground crew in this video and only then you realise the sheer size of this massive aircraft . She is truly awe inspiring . This was at the Darwin Aviation Museum in Australia . Thank you for this beautiful video Cheers from Australia and keep posting more videos . The B 52 is one of my favourite planes together with the C5 and C 17 .
Jude Fernandez WING SPAN IS HUGE......747 is bigger plane. A380 is even bigger.....Antov 225 is still bigger... but B52 wing span is the biggest
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Been there, done that! Was a B-52 crew chief on #0213G at Griffiths AFB in Rome, NY 1968-69.
In 63 & 64 I was in SAC at Bergstrom AFB with these big babies. God, I still love watching them !!
Yes! I was at Lackland in the late 60s and would drive up on the WEs to Bergstrom to visit, meet, & greet the Buff's aircrews. What an education and such fine men and women who took care of and flew those "weapon systems."
I was in the Army, stationed at Bergstrom temporarily for about 3 months in the summer of 1960, while our Nike Missile site in Elroy Texas was being completed.
The thing I remember is being in the Day room playing pool, and when they were revved the engines, we could not hear ourselves talking across the pool table. What a roar those engines make, and the Air Force guys told us that they even used sound deflectors while doing this.
The B-52 and I have something in common.....we were both made the same year. What a great friend she's been! Thanks for the vid....brought back some really (mostly) good memories.
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LOL, I predate the first operational B-52s by about 5 years. Worked on them at March AFB near Riverside, CA when it was 22nd Bomb Wing Headquarters and part of the Strategic Air Command. We had 30 B-52Cs and 30 B-52Ds and 60 KC-135 tankers to go with them.
لُا الُُه الُا الُلُُه مٌحُمٌدِ رَسِوَلُ الُلُُه
سِبّحُانَ الُلُُه. وَالُحُمٌدِالُلُُه
الُلُُه الُكِبّرَ
لُا حُوَلُةِ وَلُا قًوَةِ الُا بّالُلُُه الُْعلُيَ الُْعظٌيَمٌ
لُلُُه فَيَ ٌخلُقًةِ شِوَنَ
حُسِبّنَاء الُلُُه وَنَْعمٌ الُوَكِيَلُ
I lived in Riverside, California near March Air Force Base when I was a kid. My class went on a field trip there when I was about seven years old. We got to go inside a B-52, a C135 refueling tanker, and an F-4 Phantom. All out on the airfield. Then a K9 demonstration by the military police. What a great day for a kid!
Chris my father was stationed @ March when he retired in 72. I got the same tour you did even got to eat in the flight line snack bar with pilots & crew. we lived in base housing right across the highway from the runway. that was one strict Air base when they moved STUFF! being 12 yrs. old it was awesome.
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I was stationed at March from 1973 to 1976. March was HQ 15th Air Force SAC and the B-52s were assigned to the 22nd Bomb Wing. I was in the 33rd Comm Squadron and supported the computer systems through which command and control was maintained for all the bomber, fighter, and missile assets.
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I served on B-52D's at March AFB until the D's were retired to the Bone Yard in '82. The 22nd got brand new KC-10's and converted to an all tanker wing.
I was a mechanic working on B-52s and KC-135s at Loring AFB, Maine. At that same time, my brother was a mechanic at K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan. Both of those bases are closed now.
We stopped at Loring on the way to Goose Bay in late 1968 Lucid Dreamer. Most all the SAC bases are now closed. I was also stationed at Ramey AFB from 1968-70 , also closed. The D models tall tails were my favorite.
I was at Castle in California jet mechanic kc135 . Early 80’s
Why do these engines have such a high pitch sound as compared to other jet engines? Thx.
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@KB Mahato Are you attempting to type while drunk?
I do not miss those days standing guard for 8-14 hours as a Close In Sentry. Cold, wet, hungry, thirsty, and no one giving a crap about you.
Means, you were one of those US military?
We salute you
In the early 80’s as Security Police and than later as Security Forces
@@ConservativeVet84 My daughter was in L.E., Security police when she was in the Air Force, amd that was in the 90's.
Her first husband also did the same thing but was a K9 officer. He still has the ashes of one of the dogs he handled.
I hated the 'hump' too! I've got to say, having been through many klaxons, that was the sloppiest alert scramble I have ever seen.
In the mid 1960's the family was heading to Maine towing our 25' sailboat for a 2week cruise. We were on I95 near Bangor Maine. At that time Bangor Airport was a SAC base with a squadron of B52's. One of the runways ends at the highway so the planes fly over I95 on take off. I hear dad say "Ah s___" as he looked at the runway ahead. A B52 was taking off. It would fly right over us and Dad was afraid the engine wash would flip the trailer. Thankfully it didn't but man what a sight.
I recently watched a docu on the B-52 that said they don't actually "rotate" at takeoff, but rather sort of lift off with all landing gear leaving the ground almost simultaneously. Apparently they land the same way. Very impressive!
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Большой шкав громче падает.Привет из России.
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These are historial 8 engine jet propulsion bombers still in service. Congratulations to the US Air Force B52 flight team. We thank You for your Service. Aim high and keep America strong!
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Great Video, fantastic planes, thanks for sharing
I flew Buffs from '81 to '92 at K.I. Sawyer AFB (410th BMW) and Barksdale AFB. I was assigned to 8AF but flew with the 2 BMW. It's an amazing aircraft, but it can really wear you out after flying in for 12 hours.
I was at K.I. in 1970. Last duty station. I watched as these pilots got out of the BUFF's in 1967 after a 12 hour bomb run. They looked beat. Fun to watch the tail gunner get out of the D model tall tails also
My uncle was a boom operator on a kc135at K.I.sawyer, most likely gassed you up once or twice.
My Dad was Wing Commander at Carswell AFB when he flew B-52s - many years ago. Other than fighter jets, the B-52 is my favorite plane. Nothing can compare to them.
I felt this was one of the best made aircraft videos. Favorite shots were the close up of the pilot looking out his open window and the bird still in its parking spot while another of its squadron was taking off seemingly right over its wings. You could feel the speed and precision of this operation from that shot. Good filming. Good editing. No crap shots left in. No camera shaking. No dirt on the lens. Just good stuff. THANKS!
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What a beautiful and legendry bird thanks
Will it crash into F35 as no rada can detect F35?
My kids dad was at Grand Forks North Dakota. I loved watching the planes there. He wasn’t a pilot but still loved the planes
I grew up on Air Force bases. My Dab flew B 52s. I love the sound of them taking off.
This was my last duty station in 77, brings back alot of memories.
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That was a BADASS super fast ballistic 8 engine simultaneously startup? Never seen that before too cool LONGLIVE B-52 Stratofortress
that was so awesome!!!
It's a pretty dirty aircraft. We would call it a Dreckschleuder.
The RAF V-bombers, particularly the Avro Vulcan had the same 'Simstart' as it was called then which ignited all four engines at once and was suggested by a Royal Air Force sergeant who received a commendation for the idea in 1959 or thereabouts.
@@charade97 Hey thank you for that bit of info. I enjoy aviation so much its great finding out new information about these aircraft that played such an important part to our Freedom.
i never knew they could do that, the only times i ever saw them they were in the air. the planes could get in the air very fast and go drop a few. SKY KING.
💙💙💙The Stratofortress is still one of the most rad planes ever.💙💙💙
I was stationed at Barksdale in the mid 70s and it was a blast watching these things take off and land. And the same planes are still flying today!
My dad was a B-52 navigator stationed at Barksdale from around 77-85. To this day it's still amazing to watch these craft.
Thank you for your service. I grew up in NE Texas and went to many air shows at Barksdale. ❤
I was stationed there in’84-87..B52s were BADASSES🇺🇸👍
Did you remember the strip?
What a superbly graceful yet starkly menacing aircraft. May it fly forever.
I had the honor of flying the Buff for twenty years as an instructor pilot … Blytheville AR , Guam, Loring ME, & Barksdale LA … the most incredible bomber ever …
Thank you so much to all the crew chiefs & maintenance personal for providing me the greatest …
The B-52 will be in operation until 2050!
Hope my grandsons get to fly the greatest airplane ever built … like their grandpa!
You don't see smoke like this in civil transportation planes; why so much dark smoke? Thank you for your service.
@@Sarbet888 Good question … the video shows the H model B-52 … the current model in operation … all the earlier models (F, D, G which I flew are either in museums or the “boneyard”) …
The H model uses Pratt & Whitney F33 engines … very old and inefficient compared to the newer engines in commercial aircraft …in fact, the last F33 engine was built in 1985! … all older jet engines spew smoke!
The good news is the H model is in the process of upgrading all 8 engines to the F103 Rolls Royce …
Now if you want to see smoke, watch videos of the older models (D-G) on takeoff … what we had were “wet jets” … on takeoff we carried 10,000 pounds of water … of which was injected into the 8 engines … the water increased the air/fuel density which greatly increased the thrust … in fact more thrust than the current H model! … after about 90 seconds airborne, water would be depleted, then we became a “normal “ jet … earlier models of our KC-135 tankers also had the wet jets capability … they too are now in the boneyard …
I can’t tell you what it was like to takeoff in a three-ship MITO takeoff with 10 seconds spacing! … so much smoke you couldn’t see shit 😄
If you get the chance and you are in the Tucson, Arizona area, you must visit the AF boneyard at Davis Mothan AFB … incredible!
Hope this helps
John
@@johnbrandon859 Thank you, it helps a lot.
I had just turned 18(November 1961) and was stationed at Larson AFB Washington (now closed)was assigned to the 462nd SAC wing as an aircraft ground refueling specialist. Standing by the flightline watching a group of B52's takeoff one after the other just took my breath away. Will never forget that sound
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Beatiful USA plane . Pilot very good . Good picture . Respect ! ❤❤❤
I know I'm preaching to the choir here when I say that besides the air crew, there are hundreds of smart and dedicated enlisted troops on the flight line and off making this happen.
I lived in Red Shute, Louisiana for 2 years in the 70's. Barksdale AFB was only a couple miles north west. I was directly under one of the landing/take off paths .Got a birds eye view of these monsters up close over my house almost every day, and night just a few hundred feet above. Its hard to explain how big and loud they were! Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep, The Air Force had no mercy on its civilian neighbors. After I got use to it, I kind of felt proud and secure having them Beautiful Beasts on our side!
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We may not be able to afford healthcare as a nation, and education may be horrifically underfunded, but us proud Americans can sleep unpeacefully knowing our airplanes are the biggest and loudest!
@@Ben00000 Education is horrifically overfunded and we have very good healthcare.
@@davidblick2192 The US comes in third when comparing the GDP to education budget worldwide, yet our Navy has the second biggest Air Force in the world (our Air Force is first) and our military budget, which is the highest in the world, is nearly 3x China's second place.
I'm going to assume the healthcare part is just a joke, but I can get those numbers too if you're unconvinced. They're not pretty.
Camp Lejeune in NC has signs that say, "Excuse the noise, It's the sound of freedom".
One of the reasons you can sleep safely at night. These men and women protect us with their very lives. God bless and keep ALL of our military personnel...I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S.
It's precisely because of these planes carrying nuclear war heads that we should not sleep at night.
Great carpet bombing machines for enemies that are not a threat to the security of the US.
Protect you against whom?
.... the right tool to cover defensless third world countries with bomb carpets or senslessly flying around nuclear warheads... 🥴. this makes the world a saver place...
@@snakeinthegrass7630 you'll be surprised knowing if not for these machines
While stationed at BAF as a cable splicer working on the flight line I would salute the pilots of the B52 as they did touch and goes or came in for landing. The pilots would salute me back, it was an awesome experience.
Самолёт супер! Восемь турбин и 15000 км полета! И это притом,что создан он был 60 лет назад! Чудо- машина!
Хорошая мишень!
Барахло а не самолёт, потонцеал не заложен, скорость маленькая,топливо треть от подъёма берёт, оборудование старое,одним словом кляча,ил-28 в своё время опережал этот хлам.
@@Проницатель писать правильно научись,грамотей одно слово-две ошибки
@@ГКЧП-н9у да ладно,ты сначала думать правильно научись а то в твоей голове всё криво.
@@ГКЧП-н9у так я смотрю у тебя самой ошибка на ошибке,ну ты креветка умная.
What an amazing aircraft, still flying today with a life expectancy of another 20 years, and this bomber was used in the Vietnam war , back in the 1960’s. !
It just proves that they definitely got it right!
It's a beast of a plane.
Yes, and they got it right with slide rules and no calculators.
I think it's another 40 years or more life expectancy, if it gets the needed upgrades and refits.
Dze , 34 máy bay B52 rơi trên bầu trời Hà Nội .
@@lvlndco Mostly up to who has the politicians in their pockets.
I'll never forget seeing one of these beasts in person at a local Air Force base. This bird first flew in 1952!
Such B52 transported murderers to Vietnam to kill 3 million Vietnamese for 20 years with their own losses, as always, 60,000 dead, because each subsequent terrorist-Hasidic war of Ameyrica means millions of dead, cripples and suffering, and billions of dollars in profit for the USA. In all the conflicts after WWII, where the USA and Hasidic Israel were fought, over 9 million citizens of other countries were killed and today they are adding thousands of dead bodies in Ukraine, and who knows, maybe soon in Poland or all of Europe.
Imagine these beauties flying over a neighborhood
I live here in Sacramento, California, USA....back when Mather was an active Air Force base, around 1986, I saw 3 of these B-52's take off at once, then a U-2....the big trail of smoke from the B-52's hung around for 10-15 minutes....
The U-2 was impressive, whisper quiet, and as soon as they got air...went nearly vertical climb...
Hey Doug.im Vincent's brother .Our Dad used to take us out there all the time
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I have always loved watching B-52's take off and land. They're probably my favorite as far as watching them land and takeoff. They're just so amazing, plus the fact that they've been around for 60 to 70 or so years
None of this matters with drunk uncle lyin hidin biden and heels up harrASS at the helm. They hate America and our citizens.
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@@steves3760 Too bad the Orange Dumpster Fire couldn't get in the service with his bad arches. It's amazing how he can support himself around the Golf course!
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I worked on the B-52 D/F/G/H at my first duty station, Castle AFB in Merced, CA in 1973. We couldn't believe how old the planes were then and they are still flying.... Amazing!!!!
And they will be flying until at least 2050.
I was at Castle from 1977 to 1981 worked in shop (93 FMS JEIM )on the TF 33 h my first assignment. Our motto “if we can’t fix it, it ain’t broke”. My son was at BARKSDALE in 2017 went to visit him great to see the “Buff” still active,
You'd be saddened if you saw attwater or the old base now (at least around 2017) what a 💩🕳️ now! I was tdy there around 94 to help pack up the AGE shop and ship off the equipment
Wow I love this USA earpors,,, I'm watching from the Philippines ❤❤
Ту 160 сила и мощь!
I had the privilege of watching B52s in action. It was awesome, daunting, and beautiful at the same time. And I'm glad they are on our side. The only thing an enemy can do is run.
You are wrong :))
Or you can shoot it down ;)
I was a proud crew chief on a B-52 D from March 1962 to Dec.1969. We too pride in our aircraft and made sure when we presented our aircraft to the flight crew it was airworthy.
Thank you for your service and taking great care of a tax funded aircraft. The fact that they are still flying and viable says a lot about the excellent manner in which you operated them.
I worked on the launch truck in U-tapao Thailand,1968. Nothing more exciting for a 21 year old than to be part of sending 12 B-52D off on a mission. Now at 75 I still have shivers when I see this footage.
Those B-52 are in fact a piece of Art!
Thanks to all of these men and women for serving I love each and every one of them. I hope y'all have a very Merry Christmas
Most if you thought this was great , back in SAC their alert take off was 15 sec apart. when the first plane lifted off, # 4 started his roll. Their would be 3 on the runway that had not lifted off. It was very noise!!!! Some of the engines are 60 years old and have been repaired a lots of times. Bless her heart
Wow. Cool.input. thnx. This amazing. Def would not wanna be on receiving end of this haha. Wow!@ badass
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I was a crew chief at Barksdale from 85 to 89. I spent 7 days on the alert pad and 7 days off. Great time of my life!
I loved Shreveport as a civilian in the 70's. Had a wild time to say the least!
Hard to believe they literally flew some of these Stratoforts clear from Louisiana straight to Iraq and Kuwait in 91. The IRG had some of the worst days of their lives when those birds flew overhead, without a doubt.
incredibly matured piece of aeronautical engineering. Good plane, no doubt.
Ту 95 старый, а B-52 зрелый😁
B-52 is a beautiful plane of the sixties years. Eight jet engines are impressive. The big passenger plane Boeing-747 has four jet engines. Today B-52 is looking excellent too.
She may be old but she's powerful.. Russia, China, North korea, Iran.
уже прям жидко по какал!!!
not powerful as much as those countries people!
That’s not a she!!!!!!
Still one of the coolest looking planes ever designed. I grew upten minutes from carswell afb. Back in the cold war 80s when they were still flying airborne alerts.
I was stationed at Carswell ... Hospital not flightline.
Concorde laughing its ass off
My Dad was Wing Commander at Carswell when I was in high school. He flew B-52s. I have many memories of him leaving in the middle of the night.
@@denisebonnell7610 I probably watched him fly numerous times. Small world...
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Growing up only a few miles from Fairchild AFB spokane wa these monsters would fly over and the windows would shake , Absolutely terrifying but beautiful.
I used to work night shift when I was stationed at Minot AFB. GOt used to sleeping in the daytime with them flying over base housing all morning and afternoon. You get used to it. Remember: That is the sound of freedom!
@@warrenash5370 yes it is I miss those giants flying over
I flew on KC-135s out of FAFB from ‘75-79. Love the area up there.
Go Zags!
Dad was a career USAF SAC pilot and flew the 52 during the 60's and 70's. He flew Chrome Dome in the 60's out of Westover AFB in MA and McCoy AFB in Orlando and was actually in the air the day Kennedy was assassinated. They got orders to arm their nucs and light up Moscow as the US thought the Russians got him and he knew at that point that it was a one-way mission. After they crossed into Russian airspace from Turkey, they got orders to divert to Seville, Spain and he said when they all deplaned, their flightsuits were soaked with sweat. He also flew the Buff in Nam in 67 and 72 when they were knocking them down with SAM's. Said as the lead squadron commander, he said all he could do was turn his radio off when the screams of being hit became too unbearable and he hoped he'd make it out alive when he nauseously climbed into the cockpit on every subsequent sortie. He told me all of this before he passed and ever since, there's no one that holds a candle to him to me although all of our serviceman and women are as hallowed. He used to take his Super 8 video camera up with him and had his copilot film the midair refuels - they zoomed in and you could see the boom operator from the KC135 waving at them from his window. We'd watch these on home movie night and would always laugh. Dad's been gone since 2002 and I've missed him every day. High Flight Dad!
I was lucky enough to see one fly over our house as a kid and it was rather terrifying but amazing too.
These are so awesome. Thanks!
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Years ago, lived in Virginia Beach- flight path to Naval Air Station in Norfolk. One of these coming in over the beach- broke windows!! I had just moved to Virginia Beach, and was overwhelmed by this gigantosaur landing. Beautiful and scary at the same time. Still haven't forgotten.
تمام كله تمام..
You must mean Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach. I doubt B-52's flew over Virginia Beach to land at NAS Norfolk, it's not a Master Jet Base.
Maybe Langley AFB?
We lived in VB from '71 until '80.
Maybe 2 miles from the end of one of the runways.
I saw, heard and felt many aircraft over those years but I never saw one of these.
It's all USMC F-18 and CH-53 where we live today.
Nothing like NAS Oceana though.
I was stationed there and the memory of these exercises still gives me chills. Thank you!
ME AS WELL ! BUT THE THRILL & CHILL WAS SO GREAT , AND I WAS SO PROUD TO BE PART OF IT ALL -- AS SMALL A PART AS I HAD .. GOD BLESS THOSE THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR ALL THIS TO OCCUR ..
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Allways support for US airforce.👍👍👍
They truly are an amazing plane. They made my teeth chatter and windows shake. No other feeling like it in the world, thanks to our Military.
Yes they are that ##
Well, it's okay that you didn't shit out of fear
@@szuman2415 was I supposed too?
@@sharonwhite4847 I wrote a bit too hard, sorry but it made me laugh "They made my teeth chatter"
I was honored to serve in the AF from '68 to '74 as a crew chief on a B52 E model at Castle AFB during the Vietnam war. The 1st one was built in '52 and are not scheduled to be retired until 2050. They are amazing.
@Roger Wilco I was with the 93rd OMS and based in Merced, CA. I went TDY to Thailand 7 times but the longest I stayed was 2 weeks. We could of met if he was a crew chief but I don't remember anybody's name from there.
@Roger Wilco I heard several stories like that and don't doubt anyone of them. We were 18, 19 year old and as smart as we were bullet proof. We were rebuilding the 52s at Castle and taking them back to whichever base they got assigned. I went to Thailand 7 times but also Guam and Okinawa for a total of 21 missions. Thailand was my favorite.
You'd be sad to see what they did to that former base. I was stationed at Travis around 94 and helped pack up the AGE shop and ship the equipment off. I was in attwater around 2017 on my way to Fresno and that area is a giant cess pool now!
Was at Castle from 88 - 92. Buff was my least favorite acft to work of the six from my time in Service. The Tankers were a dream in man hours and reliability rates in comparison. Both acft still going though. Nothing compares.
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When you work on these beasts every day, you get desensitized as to how big and powerful they are.... now that it has been a L O N G time since I worked on one, I appreciate seeing one. They may be a biga$$ BUFF, but I fondly remember working on them.....even if you were FRIED working in the tail on avionics gear in August in Louisiana.... yeah, capital letters FRIED.
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How hot it was in celsius and what is the hottest place in usa that has almost 365 days summer?
@@hapakima1635 No region of the US is consistently hot enough to be considered all year summer. However death valley in California has held the world record for high temperatures for over a decade, hottest ever measured was 54.4 C.
I spent 4 years at Minot as a Navigator Bombardier during the 60s. Greatest experience on a beautiful plane.
I grew up in the 50's and 60's living down the flight path of Castle Air Base near Atwater, CA. I miss the sound of those 52's taking off and also watching them come in for landings at night. They would be stacked up for miles back in the sky. Nothing louder than a 52 taking off, it makes the ground shake. I also miss those F4's breaking the sound barrier, loved that sonic boom.
YOU STILL CAN FIND SOME PIECES OF B-52 IN VIETNAM
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Spent 4 years working on these at Wurtsmith AFB. . They are amazing. We loaded 6 ea Cruise missiles on each inboard pylon besides filling the bomb bays.
Wurtsmith 1962-1966 Airframe Repair (sheetmetal) 2 cruise missiles per plane. This plane still flies because the main frame is the only original part.
I lived in Oscoda when I was a kid and we used to ride our bikes out there and watch these beautiful planes takeoff and land.
I was stationed at a remote radar site in northeast Wyoming in 1966. Elsworth AFB was our support base. I can remember seeing FOUR B-52's take off at the SAME time. Everything on the base was shaking. They are impressive.
Прикинь мужик,это один из тех которые ты видел и ему 60 лет.
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David,
I have drank Beers with Ellsworth personnel in Rapid City. I was a Jarhead at the time, Artillery, but my brother was Security Forces at Ellsworth. Went up there to hang out with him and his buddies once, late 90’s.
Ellsworth has been slated to be the first operational and training base for the newly unveiled B21.
Although I am a Marine, I am still damn proud of the Air Force’s lineage, and it’s Global Strike Capability.
Our grandfather served as a navigator in a B17 out of Great Britain with the 96th Bomb Group, 337th Bomb Squadron.
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God I love my US Of A. This is ominous awesomeness. To have recorded a full frontal…
…of this magnificent flying art of war taking off would have been priceless.
Stationed at Barksdale for 4 years. HQ 2AF Loved it. Kudos on a great video. Great production
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1:45 I love the comedy routine removing the pitot tube cover.
I remember pulling alert as a crew chief on B-52Ds at Carswell AFB and by the time he got his pitot tube cover off, our acft would have been rolling. I had one pilot tell me that if I ever heard him clear me off headsets, I was too late. You waited for that first row of generator panel lights to come on, pulled the comm cord and ran for dear life. Exciting times.
@@michaelhall9759 Crew Chief on the D's as well out of Dyess back in the 70's. I hear ya. Back then the covers were canvas and in the winter sometimes they froze-on. Being they were canvas they just burnt off when heat applied, no worries. And Yes, waaaaaay too long getting out in this vid. Carts fired on 2 and 8, take those up to start at least a few more and start the rest while taxing out. I had one Capt. release brakes too soon thus putting way too much pressure on chocks to pull, so with hand signals I told him full throttle which he did and he jumped chocks just so he could be the first out.
I thank my ‘blood father’ for his service as a Navigator during Vietnam war!
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B-52 từng bị việt nam bắn rụng như sung ở hà nội rồi 😂
How many B52s were shot down in Vietnam?
بہت عمدہ جہاز ہے B 52. ماشااللہ😍❤🌺🌻🌼🌹🏵💮🌸💐🇵🇰