Correction: the new version of the BUFF is the B-52J, not K Fun fact: at one point, the USAF was considering putting Stinger AAM’s in the tail to replace the tail gun, which itself varied according to the version. Most models sported a quad .50 cal machine gun turret but the B-52H sported a 20mm Vulcan Gatling cannon Here’s hoping we get a stealth and/or airborne laser version of the BUFF, ala Dale Brown EB-52 Megafortress or AL-52 Dragon Requesting videos on the following: -switchblade aircraft designs such as the FA-37 Talon from the ‘05 movie “Stealth” or the X-02 Wyvern from the Ace Combat franchise (the concept, not the actual fighters I mentioned) -Super Tomcat-21 and ASF-14 -the NATF program as a whole -early ATF proposals/McDonnell Douglas’ ATF proposal -Sea Apache -F-20 Tigershark -Bae SABA -Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Bomber proposal -Northrop’s proposal for what would become the F-117 Nighthawk -Interstate TDR -JSF proposals OTHER THAN the X-32 and X-35 -XFV-12 -Gloster Meteor -the proposals that didn’t win the F-X program that spawned the F-15 Eagle -Erado E.555 -model 853 quiet bird -the USSR’s Project P-2 submarine
Someone is paying attention. New engines, new command and control systems, possible drone control systems. Never underestimate the imagination or ability of the Skunk works and Their kin.😉🇺🇸
With modern missiles, this would probably work lol. In fact, it'd be stupid easy to stick a radar and 4 AMRAAM missiles back there for just in case. Wouldn't be surprised if they considered it.
*the clip at **5:06** is explained here:* On Friday, 24 June 1994, a United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States,[1] after its pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur "Bud" Holland, maneuvered the bomber beyond its operational limits and lost control. The aircraft stalled, fell to the ground and exploded, killing Holland and the other three crew aboard. The crash was captured on video and was shown repeatedly on news broadcasts throughout the world. The subsequent investigation concluded that the crash was attributable primarily to three factors: Holland's personality and behavior, USAF leaders' delayed or inadequate reactions to earlier incidents involving Holland, and the sequence of events during the aircraft's final flight. The crash is now used in military and civilian aviation environments as a case study in teaching crew resource management. It is also often used by the U.S. Armed Forces during aviation safety training as an example of the importance of compliance with safety regulations and correcting the behavior of anyone who violates safety procedures.
They do something to correct behavior because nobody has done anything. You’d think by now someone would steal a plane, fly under something, drop something on something…
I actually remember that. I saw the crash on the news, not in person. If I recall correctly, B-52 pilots used to pull those sort of stunts on a regular basis.
The Lockheed U-2, C-130, and Boeing B-52 have one thing in common. They're outliers. Well loved, upgradable and extremely difficult to replace. Long live the Outliers!
Fun Fact, out of all strategic bombers currently in service (B-52, Tu-95, B-1, Tu-160, B-2) the B-52 is the only one to have been shot down, if I remember correctly.
@@MoskusMoskiferus1611 The Tu-22 isn't in service and not strategic. The Tu-22M, which is in service, isn't strategic and wasn't shot down. It got it's in air refueling capability removed, thus it's range is limited nowadays. It's comparable to the H-6 but actually proven to be effective in combat.
Fun Fact, out of all strategic bombers currently in service (listed above), the B-52 is the only that has been in a full on war where there was actual combat, and not bullshit threats.
An aircraft doesn't get shot down unless it goes against a HIGHLY defended target....like Hanoi. Even then 30 B-52's shot down or severely damaged enough to scrap, stacked up against over 700 bomb runs is not a bad statistic...........4%.
The Space Battleship Yamato was the retrofitting high tech equipment to the Japanese Navy Battle Ship Yamato to go into space to find DNA to fix Earth’s ecology….. And to fight the Comet Empire.
At least in the early 1970's, BUFF crews REGULARLY practiced low leve,l (300-400 ft), bombing runs. Those low level attacks were required to penetrate Soviet radar detection.
I think you missed a quite significant use of B-52. They were used by NASA for high altitude research and more importantly used to launch X-15 rocker powered spaceplanes. Many astronauts cut their teeth on the X-15, and many other X-planes launched by NASA B-52 eventually give them enough data for designing the space shuttle.
@7:50 I would just like to add in the Phantom-B52 FF Incident: The Tail Gunner of the referred to B52 mistakenly took the following F4 Wild Weasel aircraft behind the 52 as an Iraqi MiG, and proceeded to lock his fire control radar onto the F4. The F4's RWR caught this, and the pilot locked onto it thinking it was a SAM, and fired a HARM.
I’m 20 right now, my great grandfather was born in the late 1800s, he fought in ww1 and seen ww2 and Korea, he’s seen every major war up until his death in the 80s. Craziest thing the B-52 was still flying when he died and now that I’m 20 it’s still flying, by the time I’m an old man or gone the B-52 may still be in service assuming everything goes well for the airforces plan to keep it.
Speaking of the B-52, there was a 90's alternative rock group named after the Stratofortress with hits such as "Rock Lobster", "Private Idaho", "Love Shack", "Roam Around The World" and "Meet The Flintstones". Good old memories from way back.
The B-52 was my favorite aircraft growing up. I had a model of it with like a 3 foot wingspan, ran around my house as kid performing JDAM precision strikes and carpet bombings on my pets, lol.
The B-52: Delivering 70,000 lbs. of Star-Spangled FREEDOM to oppressed peoples all over the world. Actually, before either of the accidents cited in the video, there was a B-52 crash over North Carolina in 1961. It was carrying a pair of 4 megaton warheads. It was determined that only a single safe/arm switch had prevented one of the warheads from detonating upon impact.
2:53 there was also a Convair with their YB-60 where they decided to mate their existing B-36 Peacemaker to highly swept wings and changed the mixed piston/jet propulsion for eight jet engines while (unlike B-52) keeping the mostly conventional landing gear setup... and considering how B-52 started (an enlarged B-48), I wonder if Convair and Northrop actually did have point, having either more conventional or much more radical design...
The pinnacle of “Don’t fix what’s working”. The Chinese similarly is still using a 70’s bomber from the Soviets… seems like they aren’t planning to replace that either.
I was an electronic warfare systems specialist- AFSC 45631A, at Fairchild, Spokane. Miss working on these planes. I don't miss burping the ALQ 155 coolant. Lt Col Bud Holland always pissed off our group when he flew. He stressed the hell out of the planes and all of our shit was always broke. He took one almost straight up off the deck during an airshow. Afterwards, we had equipment that snapped the safety wiring and was flying around in the tail. Looks like his hotdog act finally got him and unfortunately others in '94. Miss the days of these jamming systems though. I went on to building 3G, 4G and 5G cellular networks in the real world. Boring compared to the BUFF. The good old days.
@@robertdragoff6909 A Dorito which twice breached US airspace and bombed the US during exercises conducted by the USAF. Something the B-52 failed to do. And it could out fly the BUFF. I have actually seen it doing barrel rolls and even loops because its power to weight ratio was so high.
@bigblue6917 Did not actually drop bombs, but apart from that what you say is true (it was exercise skyguard, or something like that). There were eight vulcans involved and the post exercise analysis deemed that most targets would have been hit (forget how many), and more impressive that three of the aircraft would actually have made it home. The vulcan was designed to a similar specification as the B-52 and first flew in 1952 as well.
One of the coolest things I've seen was a b52 doing low level flying hugging the ground, as it dropped into dry falls in Washington State. I got to see it approaching from the Spokane direction then it kept getting bigger.
What a nice video on a relatively normal aircraft. One thing that always perplexed me is, despite the BUFF nickname, I always found the design of the wings and body to be very long and skinny. I'd imagine it to look more like an An 124 with that name and the amount of bombs it could carry. Is there a reason I'm overlooking or is it just me? I guess it's because it is built solely for bombs and not general cargo, but I always wondered why it looks so skinny at certain angles.
Well it is huge, probably the biggest combat aircraft in the airforce at the time of it getting that knick name. So "fat" probably isn't referring to its looks, but rather its size.
It was pretty large at 1950 standard withe the 8 engine that is the same as the 4 on the 707, that is a pretty big aircraft. But of cause wirh the 1960.. the engine used in the 747 is about 3 times more powerful. Making the 4 engines of the 747 1.5 times more powerful than then8 engines of the b52. One more reason why the b52 is ugly is the landing gear arrangement.
The B52 is not America's ultimate bomber. In fact it's not even close. It doesn't have the best payload. It's not very fast. It doesn't have the most range. It doesn't have the best avionics, sensors, radars, or countermeasures. The only thing it does have on other bombers in the US fleet is that it's MODERATELY easier and cheaper to maintain. Other than that it's actually pretty junk.
I was 10 when the first flight happened. I wouldn't have believed it if someone said B52s would still be flying 70 years later. But here I am and its still flying for the military. I'll probably be long gone before it is retired from the military. By the way, it doesn't seem like 71 years have gone by since I was 10 years old. Time sure does seem to fly by while you are havingg fun(and even when it's not so fun). So, to all young fellas, watch out, it won't be that long before you are an old fart like me.
Seriously i saw one of these in person and it was amazing, Hands down my favorite Bomber in the world, I love the B-52 Stratofortress. Even made a Transformers character with this as it's alternate mode. In short the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is indeed the B.U.F.F: the Brave Ultimate Flying Fortress.
This plane is old as my grandma and grandpa. My grandpa could've seen these fly if he volunteered to go to Vietnam, but my grandma didn't like that so he couldn't go
I remember a few weeks ago, the US Air Force decommissioned an aircraft (can't remember which one) and an journalist asked when they were going to decommission the B-52. The Person in charge of the press conference told the reporter that they would get back to them on that one. A few days late, the Air Force announced an update to the B-52 and stated that it will remain in service until 2050 - which would make it around 100 years old. It's amazing how the Air Force can struggle so with the F-35, but the bloody B-52 remains in the air for more than 70 years.
Honestly, as long as there's a need for a big fucking plane that can carry a fuckload of bombs, I think this plane will just keep getting upgrades here and there and never go out of service. 100 years? Pah, we can go more than that!
I know you cover aviation and other odd projects but any chance you could do the M2 Browning? A heavy machine gun that has been in continuous service for over a hundred years.
The video at 5:07 wasn't an accident. That was a crash at an airshow after a hotshot pilot Lieutenant Colonel Arthur "Bud" Holland pushed the plane beyond it's limit.
But yet, it really depends on just how well Northrop Grumman does with the new B-21 Raider. If they can keep the cost down on that plane, the B-21, which will be far less expensive to produce than the B-2 Spirit, could be built in large enough numbers to retire the B-52 earlier than envisaged.
Just imagine if the US built the same aircraft (like same mission requirements and size) but with today’s technology. Imagine how much more efficient and maintenance friendly it would be. What would a 2020s design look like? I like to think it would be similar to a 747 but militarised.
It's unnecessary. The cost would balloon to the point the saving weren't worth it anyway. On top of the fact that this plane flies surprisingly occasionally (even less than cargo plane) and the fuel and maintenance saving was even unnecessary
@@haydnw869 We can do better. You can't outrun SAM nowadays with Mach 10 speed. Your only chance is low flying stealth plane. Not perfect, but works well enough. Well we can make cheaper alternative to B-2 spirit. 80% task for 20% efforts and maintenance. And then we can make it much more than B-2 spirit and still not hemorrhaging money and still relevan even on extreme case scenario- OH WAIT, WE DID WITH B-21
The year is 2254, the B-52 is retired becaus written languages have become too evolved for people to read the service manuals. Otherwise they would still be perfectly functional and fit for their role. The US Air Force decides to just teleport bombs onto ground targets instead
planes that big should be equipped with multi-vector targeting radar, and be able to fire AA missiles directed to all directions (to where the bandit is)
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Do B17 and B29 next pls! They are my favourite bombers
What's next plane you are going to review ?. Could you make a video about Helwan Ha-300 and HAL HF-24 Marut ?
The engine of HA-300 was designed by the same Austrian Engineer who developed the Turboprop engine for Tu-95
This plane outlived many of my family members which some were born years after it's first flight
Exactly
Wow.
Sry for your family
How can they out live B-52 ...if u want to out live B-52 ...i suggest you build a nuclear energy at your home
Thats some weak easily perishable stock
They probably didn't have as much money spent on them
Being an Air Force brat, I always liked the BUFF. Thank you for giving it your attention.
You absolutely need to do the TU-95.
Grandpa Buff to habitual Linecrosser
A prop driven high altitude bomber capable of traveling at 600 mph. It just can't get cooler.
Correction: the new version of the BUFF is the B-52J, not K
Fun fact: at one point, the USAF was considering putting Stinger AAM’s in the tail to replace the tail gun, which itself varied according to the version. Most models sported a quad .50 cal machine gun turret but the B-52H sported a 20mm Vulcan Gatling cannon
Here’s hoping we get a stealth and/or airborne laser version of the BUFF, ala Dale Brown EB-52 Megafortress or AL-52 Dragon
Requesting videos on the following:
-switchblade aircraft designs such as the FA-37 Talon from the ‘05 movie “Stealth” or the X-02 Wyvern from the Ace Combat franchise (the concept, not the actual fighters I mentioned)
-Super Tomcat-21 and ASF-14
-the NATF program as a whole
-early ATF proposals/McDonnell Douglas’ ATF proposal
-Sea Apache
-F-20 Tigershark
-Bae SABA
-Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Bomber proposal
-Northrop’s proposal for what would become the F-117 Nighthawk
-Interstate TDR
-JSF proposals OTHER THAN the X-32 and X-35
-XFV-12
-Gloster Meteor
-the proposals that didn’t win the F-X program that spawned the F-15 Eagle
-Erado E.555
-model 853 quiet bird
-the USSR’s Project P-2 submarine
I second this list!
Someone is paying attention. New engines, new command and control systems, possible drone control systems. Never underestimate the imagination or ability of the Skunk works and Their kin.😉🇺🇸
With modern missiles, this would probably work lol. In fact, it'd be stupid easy to stick a radar and 4 AMRAAM missiles back there for just in case. Wouldn't be surprised if they considered it.
I would love to have Real EB-1C Vampire. The "mission adaptive" wings and SPEAR system would be game changers.
“You wouldn’t draw a dorito, or an F-14 on steroids, you would probably draw something like the B-52.” Well said, well said.
Me as a Brit "Nah, I'm drawing a dorito"
Russians: Nyet, We're drawing the Tu-95.
I would draw a b-17 which is just a small b-52
F-14 on steroids is a great way to describe the B-1 Lancer, however i'd much rather prefer "Coked up F-111 Aardvark"
*the clip at **5:06** is explained here:* On Friday, 24 June 1994, a United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States,[1] after its pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur "Bud" Holland, maneuvered the bomber beyond its operational limits and lost control. The aircraft stalled, fell to the ground and exploded, killing Holland and the other three crew aboard. The crash was captured on video and was shown repeatedly on news broadcasts throughout the world.
The subsequent investigation concluded that the crash was attributable primarily to three factors: Holland's personality and behavior, USAF leaders' delayed or inadequate reactions to earlier incidents involving Holland, and the sequence of events during the aircraft's final flight. The crash is now used in military and civilian aviation environments as a case study in teaching crew resource management. It is also often used by the U.S. Armed Forces during aviation safety training as an example of the importance of compliance with safety regulations and correcting the behavior of anyone who violates safety procedures.
I was coming up Craig road and saw this. In fairness no one liked the investigation. Holland had a legendary reputation on base.
I actually came to the comments to see if anyone commented this, thanks
@@M167A1 that's crazy. However, the Halo effect is a thing. despite his reputation on base... well his legacy is sealed.
They do something to correct behavior because nobody has done anything. You’d think by now someone would steal a plane, fly under something, drop something on something…
I actually remember that. I saw the crash on the news, not in person. If I recall correctly, B-52 pilots used to pull those sort of stunts on a regular basis.
My dad worked on these in the late 50s. Every time I see one I cry a little bit. Rip dad
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*THE GOAT!!!*
Imagine in 2486, when Americans are bombing a Chinese base on Mercury with space B-52s
Nah imagine a B-52 fighting enemies from 5th to 7th dimensions
I just imagined some futuristic space battle and the B-52 is flying straight trhough it. That plane is the definition "Don´t fix what aint broken"
The Lockheed U-2, C-130, and Boeing B-52 have one thing in common. They're outliers. Well loved, upgradable and extremely difficult to replace. Long live the Outliers!
Fun Fact, out of all strategic bombers currently in service (B-52, Tu-95, B-1, Tu-160, B-2) the B-52 is the only one to have been shot down, if I remember correctly.
Tu-22 ?
@@MoskusMoskiferus1611 The Tu-22 isn't in service and not strategic.
The Tu-22M, which is in service, isn't strategic and wasn't shot down. It got it's in air refueling capability removed, thus it's range is limited nowadays. It's comparable to the H-6 but actually proven to be effective in combat.
Fun Fact, out of all strategic bombers currently in service (listed above), the B-52 is the only that has been in a full on war where there was actual combat, and not bullshit threats.
An aircraft doesn't get shot down unless it goes against a HIGHLY defended target....like Hanoi. Even then 30 B-52's shot down or severely damaged enough to scrap, stacked up against over 700 bomb runs is not a bad statistic...........4%.
@@patmahomesisthegoat1622 b-2 iraq war and afganistan
Now to install Warp Drives and a TARDIS on that thing
@@senioravocado1864I keep forgetting to look up what the space battleship Yamato is, thanks for the reminder lol
The Space Battleship Yamato was the retrofitting high tech equipment to the Japanese Navy Battle Ship Yamato to go into space to find DNA to fix Earth’s ecology…..
And to fight the Comet Empire.
How does that TARDIS handle mass?
@@matsv201
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@@robertdragoff6909 the TARDIS have more space on the inside than the outside. But how do the mass transfer to the outside?
Nice! I had not heard of the story of the B52s flying lower than an air carrier deck! That's impressive!
At least in the early 1970's, BUFF crews REGULARLY practiced low leve,l (300-400 ft), bombing runs. Those low level attacks were required to penetrate Soviet radar detection.
@@badguy5554Also was great for spotting drug runners in the ocean.
I think you missed a quite significant use of B-52. They were used by NASA for high altitude research and more importantly used to launch X-15 rocker powered spaceplanes. Many astronauts cut their teeth on the X-15, and many other X-planes launched by NASA B-52 eventually give them enough data for designing the space shuttle.
Are those who dudes who admitted faking the moon landing in water? 😂
@7:50
I would just like to add in the Phantom-B52 FF Incident:
The Tail Gunner of the referred to B52 mistakenly took the following F4 Wild Weasel aircraft behind the 52 as an Iraqi MiG, and proceeded to lock his fire control radar onto the F4.
The F4's RWR caught this, and the pilot locked onto it thinking it was a SAM, and fired a HARM.
I’m 20 right now, my great grandfather was born in the late 1800s, he fought in ww1 and seen ww2 and Korea, he’s seen every major war up until his death in the 80s. Craziest thing the B-52 was still flying when he died and now that I’m 20 it’s still flying, by the time I’m an old man or gone the B-52 may still be in service assuming everything goes well for the airforces plan to keep it.
This plane is like the old pickup truck you keep for years in the family it does the job all that time
"...many tons of conventional democracy..."
im dead 😂😂😂
had me dying lmao
Explosive Democracy is a purely noble policy
Speaking of the B-52, there was a 90's alternative rock group named after the Stratofortress with hits such as "Rock Lobster", "Private Idaho", "Love Shack", "Roam Around The World" and "Meet The Flintstones". Good old memories from way back.
I was just having a conversation with my mom about this, I told her the only B-52 I knew was the BUFF then she named the songs and it clicked 😂
The B-52 was my favorite aircraft growing up. I had a model of it with like a 3 foot wingspan, ran around my house as kid performing JDAM precision strikes and carpet bombings on my pets, lol.
Based
Must have been the monogram kit 1/72 scale. I built a few of them when I was a kid.
Honestly the jdam is the perfect munition for the b52
The B-52: Delivering 70,000 lbs. of Star-Spangled FREEDOM to oppressed peoples all over the world.
Actually, before either of the accidents cited in the video, there was a B-52 crash over North Carolina in 1961. It was carrying a pair of 4 megaton warheads. It was determined that only a single safe/arm switch had prevented one of the warheads from detonating upon impact.
Watch the B-52H is still flying when the B-21 retired
The B-52 is also the only airplane that can vibrate its vertical stabilizer clean off and still land safely... 😁
I definitely would like a video on the Tu-95, which is also being updated with new engines and electronics. Thanks!
I’m always awed by the proportions of the B-52; the long, slender body offset by its large, thicc wings
Yes, Tu-95 vid would be worthy of your treatment.
2:53 there was also a Convair with their YB-60 where they decided to mate their existing B-36 Peacemaker to highly swept wings and changed the mixed piston/jet propulsion for eight jet engines while (unlike B-52) keeping the mostly conventional landing gear setup... and considering how B-52 started (an enlarged B-48), I wonder if Convair and Northrop actually did have point, having either more conventional or much more radical design...
The pinnacle of “Don’t fix what’s working”. The Chinese similarly is still using a 70’s bomber from the Soviets… seems like they aren’t planning to replace that either.
50's
1959 license copy of 1952's Tu-16. Russia's Tu-95 is from 1952 as well, same as B-52
I was an electronic warfare systems specialist- AFSC 45631A, at Fairchild, Spokane. Miss working on these planes. I don't miss burping the ALQ 155 coolant. Lt Col Bud Holland always pissed off our group when he flew. He stressed the hell out of the planes and all of our shit was always broke. He took one almost straight up off the deck during an airshow. Afterwards, we had equipment that snapped the safety wiring and was flying around in the tail. Looks like his hotdog act finally got him and unfortunately others in '94. Miss the days of these jamming systems though. I went on to building 3G, 4G and 5G cellular networks in the real world. Boring compared to the BUFF. The good old days.
Actually I would draw an Avro Vulcan. For one thing as it is a delta wing it would be easier to draw.
A “Dorito”!
@@robertdragoff6909 A Dorito which twice breached US airspace and bombed the US during exercises conducted by the USAF. Something the B-52 failed to do.
And it could out fly the BUFF. I have actually seen it doing barrel rolls and even loops because its power to weight ratio was so high.
@bigblue6917 Did not actually drop bombs, but apart from that what you say is true (it was exercise skyguard, or something like that). There were eight vulcans involved and the post exercise analysis deemed that most targets would have been hit (forget how many), and more impressive that three of the aircraft would actually have made it home.
The vulcan was designed to a similar specification as the B-52 and first flew in 1952 as well.
One of the coolest things I've seen was a b52 doing low level flying hugging the ground, as it dropped into dry falls in Washington State. I got to see it approaching from the Spokane direction then it kept getting bigger.
As Millennium 7 once said, 'The B-52 is essentially immortal.' - stars playing Highlander theme
The rotary launchers aren't new to the aircraft but if I had it right they were updated to carry convential stores.
The B52-H's had rotary launchers for the SRAM long ranged missiles over 50 years ago..starting in 1973.
it's a good day when this gigachad uploads
Definitely do one on the Tu-95. That one has some interesting variants, and its airliner version actually got built.
What a nice video on a relatively normal aircraft. One thing that always perplexed me is, despite the BUFF nickname, I always found the design of the wings and body to be very long and skinny. I'd imagine it to look more like an An 124 with that name and the amount of bombs it could carry.
Is there a reason I'm overlooking or is it just me? I guess it's because it is built solely for bombs and not general cargo, but I always wondered why it looks so skinny at certain angles.
Well it is huge, probably the biggest combat aircraft in the airforce at the time of it getting that knick name. So "fat" probably isn't referring to its looks, but rather its size.
@@cooperlittlehales6268 Ah, got it. Makes sense.
It was pretty large at 1950 standard withe the 8 engine that is the same as the 4 on the 707, that is a pretty big aircraft.
But of cause wirh the 1960.. the engine used in the 747 is about 3 times more powerful. Making the 4 engines of the 747 1.5 times more powerful than then8 engines of the b52.
One more reason why the b52 is ugly is the landing gear arrangement.
At that time ofc. One of largest thing was... B-36 maybe. 747 isn't even out yet
My guess is that the proportionally small tail surfaces compared to the B-36 make the rest of the plane look fat.
The last B-52 pilot, and the last M2 gunner have yet to be born. My guess is they’ll be born on Mars.
I wish the B-58 Hustler had the same support through the years 🥲
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I think the 52 is arguably the most beautiful magnificent ship to grace the skies. LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY BUFF!!!!
The B52 is not America's ultimate bomber.
In fact it's not even close.
It doesn't have the best payload.
It's not very fast.
It doesn't have the most range.
It doesn't have the best avionics, sensors, radars, or countermeasures.
The only thing it does have on other bombers in the US fleet is that it's MODERATELY easier and cheaper to maintain.
Other than that it's actually pretty junk.
Yeaaaah! Been waiting for a video on this monster
Three generations of the same family may have flown the same plane.
The B-52 is old, but it can still keep up with the new players.
I was 10 when the first flight happened. I wouldn't have believed it if someone said B52s would still be flying 70 years later. But here I am and its still flying for the military. I'll probably be long gone before it is retired from the military. By the way, it doesn't seem like 71 years have gone by since I was 10 years old. Time sure does seem to fly by while you are havingg fun(and even when it's not so fun). So, to all young fellas, watch out, it won't be that long before you are an old fart like me.
Noted old timer… thanks for the advice, here’s to hoping I live to see this bomber at that age
They're probably still going to be in service during the Earth - Martian Hyperwar of 2097
Of course we would like a video about the Tu-95 !!!
I would love a tu 95 video after this!
Still funny this plane isn't even the bomber with the largest payload capacity in the US fleet.
Does the B-1 or B-2 have a bigger payload?
Yeah, B1-B has the largest payload
@@Kishanth.J The B-1 slighlty edges the B-52 out. The B-2 has the smallest payload capacity.
@@shamanbhattacharyya9285 you know about how they petitioned to have the next iteration of the b-1 be the B-1R instead? 🤣
@DtWolfwood didn't know that. I thought that the the B1-B was going to be completely replaced with the b21
Seriously i saw one of these in person and it was amazing, Hands down my favorite Bomber in the world, I love the B-52 Stratofortress. Even made a Transformers character with this as it's alternate mode.
In short the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is indeed the B.U.F.F: the Brave Ultimate Flying Fortress.
This plane is old as my grandma and grandpa. My grandpa could've seen these fly if he volunteered to go to Vietnam, but my grandma didn't like that so he couldn't go
At 1:08 , nice how to name them without naming them to avoid demonetisation.
I remember a few weeks ago, the US Air Force decommissioned an aircraft (can't remember which one) and an journalist asked when they were going to decommission the B-52. The Person in charge of the press conference told the reporter that they would get back to them on that one. A few days late, the Air Force announced an update to the B-52 and stated that it will remain in service until 2050 - which would make it around 100 years old.
It's amazing how the Air Force can struggle so with the F-35, but the bloody B-52 remains in the air for more than 70 years.
The Air Force isn’t struggling with the f35
Still hoping for Dale Brown's EB-52 Megafortress to become a reality.
Honestly, as long as there's a need for a big fucking plane that can carry a fuckload of bombs, I think this plane will just keep getting upgrades here and there and never go out of service. 100 years? Pah, we can go more than that!
big planes with rear guns and turrets are so cool, I wish this still had them or some modern equivalent, who cares if they're probably obsolete
I know you cover aviation and other odd projects but any chance you could do the M2 Browning?
A heavy machine gun that has been in continuous service for over a hundred years.
Personally, the " STRATOFORTRESS" is my favorite nickname.
You seemed to overlook the b47 stratojet which was the direct forbear of the b 52.
It also had it share of problems and one dumped it’s nukes somewhere off the East Coast of the USA.
I would love to see a video remake you did in the past, but with the low poly version you show talking about your sponsor.
I think the guys at DCS gave these low flying B52's a subtle nod in their 2023 and beyond vid. Nice!
The video at 5:07 wasn't an accident. That was a crash at an airshow after a hotshot pilot Lieutenant Colonel Arthur "Bud" Holland pushed the plane beyond it's limit.
B-52 fight flight in 1952, Tu-95 fight flight in 1952, Tu-16 (that later became H-6) fight flight in 1952
The Palomares, Spain B-52 did not crash land, it broke up in the air and that is why bombs landed on land and out to sea.
the drain the ocean footage is good because its my favorite show
So instresting! I would love to see the Tupolev Tu 95 video! You rock!
Guess what, one of the two teachers at my 5th Period Class, Junior ROTC, Colonel Black, was once a Navigator that flew a B-52
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Glad you know how to properly use freedom units
NO gunner? Who gets the box lunches and coffee container before flight? I'm writing my Congressman!!!!
Small Ace Combat addicted me would draw an F-114 for a bomber.
Can it still work and collect social security at the same time?
But yet, it really depends on just how well Northrop Grumman does with the new B-21 Raider. If they can keep the cost down on that plane, the B-21, which will be far less expensive to produce than the B-2 Spirit, could be built in large enough numbers to retire the B-52 earlier than envisaged.
I bet they'll find another niche for the B-52.
What a fantastic video! I really like this airplane too!
The real Videos starts at 4:09
Just imagine if the US built the same aircraft (like same mission requirements and size) but with today’s technology.
Imagine how much more efficient and maintenance friendly it would be.
What would a 2020s design look like?
I like to think it would be similar to a 747 but militarised.
It's unnecessary. The cost would balloon to the point the saving weren't worth it anyway. On top of the fact that this plane flies surprisingly occasionally (even less than cargo plane) and the fuel and maintenance saving was even unnecessary
@@bocahdongo7769agreed
@@bocahdongo7769what about a modern XB 70
@@haydnw869 We can do better. You can't outrun SAM nowadays with Mach 10 speed. Your only chance is low flying stealth plane. Not perfect, but works well enough.
Well we can make cheaper alternative to B-2 spirit. 80% task for 20% efforts and maintenance. And then we can make it much more than B-2 spirit and still not hemorrhaging money and still relevan even on extreme case scenario-
OH WAIT, WE DID WITH B-21
I would LOVE a video about the Bear.
Video on B-29 please!!! Cool bomber and ur amazing at making videos like this!
In the mid 70s the B-52s were extended to fit new radar and jaming systems in Wichita KS
Un believable: that age and still in service.
Let’s gooo, the bomber that I want to fly when I enlist!
Loved the vid man keep it up ❤
It took a lot to build this attacker.
I am shivering.
This plane is definitely the icon of "American Democracy"
Attempt # 19
The PLANE, not car, Bugatti 100P.
Those things had 8 engines
I promise you, It was meant for war.
It's strange to think about the fact that it might still be in service when It's a century old
"F-14 on steroids" 😭😭😭
Wow there’s some old bomber planes flying over Modesto California now
The year is 2254, the B-52 is retired becaus written languages have become too evolved for people to read the service manuals. Otherwise they would still be perfectly functional and fit for their role. The US Air Force decides to just teleport bombs onto ground targets instead
I like "Super Duper Missile" 🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚
The tandem cockpit was a look even if the current arrangement works better.
“Dropping Many Tons of Democracy” - Perfect 😂😂😂
At this point we should call it “the BUFF the reliable “
planes that big should be equipped with multi-vector targeting radar, and be able to fire AA missiles directed to all directions (to where the bandit is)
CAC 23, can't wait!
I personally think the B-36 looks better
I think the crashes in chrome dome were more to do with over worked crews than something wrong with the B-52
1:03 I draw a Tu-95. And, speaking of the Bear, can you do a video about it?
imagine if it got the ac-130 treatment
The fuselage is surprisingly too narrow for any bigger gun necessary.
It would become a worse plane. If you want B-52 to do CAS or interdiction for whatever reason, it can drop SDBs and Storm Breakers all day.
I’m calling my friends buff now
I see new humour in this video 😝
keep it up, love your vids
I always wondered why they didn’t take the radar and AIM154s off the old F14s and attached them to this.