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Aircrew from the 2nd Operations Group run to a B-52H Stratofortress during a readiness exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 24, 2020. Exercises of this sort ensure the 2nd Bomb Wing is able to provide the nation with winning combat power.
Video combined with B-52H Stratofortress' assigned to the 23rd Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, ND take off from RAF Fairford, UK, in support of Bomber Task Force September 1, 2020.
Video by Staff Sgt. James Cason 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Staff Sgt. Philip Bryant 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs, Senior Airman Bria Hughes 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs, Airman 1st Class Baylee Yassu 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs
The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
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My Grandfather flew the B-47 then B-52 for SAC. He was in 3 wars. WWII (Alaska search and Rescue),Korea (B-29) and Cold War B-36,B-47 and the B-52. Heart attack ended his flying career at the age of 39 as a Major in the United States Air Force. I heard all his story’s and he was my hero growing up. I lived on the same 19 acre vineyard property in Northern California. I lost him due to heart failure when I was 18. Major James F. Millerick.
My Great Uncle Served in Guam in ww2. He was the Lead Mechanic. Senior Master Sargent Daniel Zenier. Also flew the third atom bomb. Before he passed he told my dad that the third one was unloaded. Because he was the one that helped load and unload it. He retired and worked for united airlines and came back to TN. He had worked on b29s and b17s back in WWII. And I also have a few blue prints and books on modern jets and a blue print on one of the bombers he had. Also my Grandad had served in alaska with the 4th armored infantry during korea. Just thought I’d share some family history as well. I always like to hear as well as share with others about it. I have some friends that serve today and that had served in Afghanistan. One of those friends from high school graduated top of her class and got admitted into the naval air academy. She now flys all types of aircraft including the V-22 Osprey, F/A 18 super hornet, and various others.
I am very proud to say that back in the days of Nam, I was a member of the crew of a B-52.
Professor Jake God Bless you saved my ass and my mates even though you put me in earthquake mode.
@@sammuller8331 Thank you Sam for the kind words.
@@professorjake8369 You are more than Welcome 🙏. I wish more of your BUFF would have hit mountains 🏔 by trail you caused them a hell of lot cleanups and delays and lots of nice hide holes to observe from.
Thank you for your service sir.
@@92548dannyt Thank you
I'm a Canadian, and as a kid at roughly the age of 10, my family and I went to Plattsburgh NY for the day. We were going to go to the Pyramid Mall, and to the Plattsburgh beach. When we were coming out of the mall, we heard this god-awful roar coming from somewhere, and when we looked up this massive airplane completely filled the sky. It was a B-52 coming in for a landing at the base in Plattsburgh. I've never forgotten that sight, and I don't think I ever will.
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The B-52 is a testament on how an airframe can be so good that it sticks around for years…
FACT: those airframes are twice older than most people watching this video.
And (almost) 3 times older than their crews!
Just like a woman amazing what plastic surgery and upgrades can do.
Not me. Try like one-times-older! ☹
@@sbeckmesser its fine at least you get to enjoy the video age with us
Yeah. Those things are little more than missile bait in today's world. Most of the commenters seem well aware of this.
When your wings are so long they need their own landing gear. Long live the BUFF
The really cool thing, when they are sitting still, you can almost reach up and touch the wingtip. Once the wings get air rushing under them, all that droop goes away and the wings are nearly straight. You can see it happen as they take off.
LOL
BUFF. Big Ugly Flying Fu@ker. Sorry. I'm retired USAF and served(and still live) at Barksdale. The B1 or B One is the BONE.
...and in a sharp turn on the flightline, the wing actually would go backwards.
Be nice and don't call it names cuz it's rude
I was a grunt (1st Cav Div) in 1968 - 1969 in Vietnam. We loved your bombing runs knowing that you guys were taking out the bad guys and helping us to get back to The World some day. Boucoup gratitude!!
Почему ты решил что они плохие парни.а Югославию бомбили хорошие парни?
thank you grunt!
I can remember being in Tech School at Amarillo AFB in Texas in 67'. I was just out of basic training at Lackland AFB, Amarillo was a temporary SAC base at the time. We would start our classes at 6AM and the classroom was just across the street from the flight line. When a group of B-52's were taking off the instructor would have to stop talking because we couldn't hear anything but those 8 jet engines. I still love the sound and that plane.
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Can’t tell if you’re serious 😂
taskforce58 Hell yea!
9/10 TimesMyCommentsROffensive It’s from Dr Strangelove.
Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here. This is the War Room!
Ah - Barksdale. We used to live near the base when I was little and I used to call it Barksdale Airport Space. Didn’t realize then that these suckers were constantly on rotation carrying nuclear weapons.
Recall scrambles of the entire squadron as a kid living on base - such amazing sights and sounds as 24 of these monsters fired up simultaneously and roared off the runway in rapid succession
What a wonderful thing to experience that must have been. One of my most intense memories as a child was seeing an Avro Vulcan take off from RAF Valley in Anglesey and pull up almost vertically. I'm sure it damaged a lot of people's hearing that day. Today's Woke Brigade would never allow it at an airshow today.
MITO Minimum Interval Take Off
Yeah man. Cart starts, elephant walks, and mito. It's absolutely a sight to see. Although my memories aren't very warm, lol. Living at Minot as a kid and my parents make the mistake of letting me, at 8-years-old, watch "The Day After" the night of its original release. It sort of screwed me up. Well, not sort of. I got to know quite a few psychiatrists on a first-name basis. Even a hypnotist. Not gonna lie, every time I even heard a plane, B-52 or not, I'd break down. I'm 48 now. I've been over it for....weeks. My dad felt so bad at the time. I guess it just hit me harder than most boys my age. Even at 8, I had an understanding of how horrific it would've been. Probably more than most adults. It was during the height of the Cold War and living on a large strategic base, there was no way around knowing if it did happen, we sat on a patch of land that would've seen dozens of incoming warheads. And no, I wasn't comforted by the fact that I would've been one of the first, and luckiest as it were, to have front row seats to a multi-megaton Russian warhead. The 80s were a great time to grow up, but also at the same time, not so much. The music was fantastic!!
@@JP-cy1lw Probably for some. Not so much for me, lol.
@@pamike4873 I lived in Los Angeles off and on back in the 1970s (born in '62). I still remember being driven down the 215 freeway and seeing C-5s and B-52s flying in to land at March AFB before it was shut down - amazing stuff ! I too was unnaturally aware of just what a full scale nuclear war would have meant but by the sound of it was not as affected as much as it as you were. I started researching it when I was about 16 years old and was the resident nuclear war expert in my local wargaming group, during the 80s we gamed out a lot of full scale nuclear attack scenarios even going so far as to work out how many warheads were probably aimed at our local area, the number of potential failures, number of live impacts, megadeaths etc. I think that the 80s bred that in to us - total panic or complete and utter indifference. When people today raise nightmare scenarios of possible climate change or resource collapse I just roll my eyes, sigh and think back to my "duck and cover drills", tests of the Emergency Broadcast System and the wail of the air raid siren near my school running weekend tests.
I am an OLD buff pilot and every time I see theses videos it reminds me of all the good and bad times I have on the really old D (dog) models tail 0002 was the tail number I was usually assigned to. These flew from just after I was born and they will be flying after I am dead and gone. What a hell of a bird and to see your name painted on the side of the bird was a hell of a way to start the day
I use to love watching them bomb the Ho Chi Mein Trail in 1966. They would be way above the clouds but you could see the long sticks of bombs falling. When they hit dirt would shoot up hundreds of feet in the air. Moments later the ground would shake then the noise. I was 25 then. Now I am 80 and the planes look just as good.
As a kid in the 60's I saw these flying around Spokane-Fairchild in awe. They still are awe-inspiring.
I take my son up there to watch often. Well to watch what we can see from far away. We also go up to the drag strip and watch the jet cars and nostalgia top fuel cars every summer as well. Lots fun .
Sadly the only thing I can think of is the fairchild accident.
Might have been the same plane in the video tbh
@Ken Hofer airshow accident, b52 crashed nearly vertically with the nose Aircraft stalled after taking a tight turn at low speed trying to avoid restricted airspace Was actually a sort of tradition, one of the crew was having final farewell flight as he was retiring Some of them tried to use the ejection system but they did it too late, the retiring man was in a seat that could not eject, many of his family were in the crowd In the video you get to see it cutting the electric cable just before impact, one crew member was partially ejected at impact The pilot was well known to take very dangerous maneuvers, there is a video with him cresting a ridge at what looks like less than 100 feet above the ground
As a kid, I saw the B-52D flying around Glasgow AFB (now defunct) in Montana. Still my favorite aircraft!
My dad was crew chief on these for many years until retirement. He told us - " She will still be flying when you kids retire !! " He was right, as always. Love these videos, they always bring back good memories and make us feel safe knowing that the BUFF is always there and ready. Miss ya Dad.
God BLESS you and your father and all servicemen and women.
So was mine!!!
So Sorry ,My Regards to your Dad RIP. --U.S.A.F. 66-70
I bet your dad was a good man! Airplanes aside, I can tell the admiration and love you all had for each other was special. RIP
My dad was too
Straight up feels like they're breaking physics by getting this giant beast up in the air. Absolutely astounding.
If they can get a fully loaded a380 in the air, they can get a b52 up
Funny thing is, despite the 8 engines, massive tires and imposing demeanour, they’re actually not the big at all. The most comparable aircraft of the same size is the Boeing 787, which seats a mere 290 passengers at the high ends, while the A380 can seat up to 800 in an all economy configuration, however, neither of those planes is nearly as cool as the legendary B52
I used to watch training flights take offs and landings at Carswell in FTW and it was quite different from watching airliners because the 52's had so much lift, when they would come in to land they almost looked like they were nose down until right before the wheels touched. I used to drive home right under the flight path as they were getting real low and they were at 90 degrees to the highway, the end of the runway was pretty close and seemed like they were skimming the tree tops
I'm still in awe of these birds, even though I grew up around them. My Dad was a gunner on them from 1957 until 1972. Then a hiatal hernia took him off flight status. Home base was Dow AFB in Maine, but we followed him to Offut AFB in Nebraska, March Field in California, and Andersen AFB on Guam. At Dow we lived right on the end of the runway, so we always knew when Daddy was coming home from a flight. Watching them launch from Andersen was always fun. They would go off the edge of Tarague Cliff and disappear for a few seconds before climbing out. Then all the memories of crawling through the birds at airshows. It's been a long time since I've thought about my childhood. Good memories, almost forgotten. Thank you to all those served.
I grew up on Guam and lived in Barrigada heights. Still remember seeing the buffs on the long final over the ocean heading to Andersen after the bombing runs over North Vietnam.
Maybe not Dow AFB but Loring AFB in Northern Maine?
@@RudyNortz No, it was Dow, I was born in the base hospital in 1958, then years later, after they decommissioned the base, I helped tear down that very hospital. We did take a couple of trips up to Loring, but were never stationed in Limestone. Same with Pease AFB in NH.
I love this story so much. My husbnad has been in 19 1/2 years. He's a mechanic on the E8-C JSTARS at robins (although he is doing maintenance operations now in an office due to a recent neck surgery and his upcoming retirment jn a few months). Every time I see those jets I feel so much pride. When we lived in base housing I would sit out and just watch and my boys would get so excited to see "daddy's jet" . we live about 7 miles from the base now and dont see them as often but you can't mistake them when they do. They are old 707's and I guess those were known for their smoking engines so they leave trails of black smoke behind them lol. I hope my boys have memories of their dad like you do one day
Only one reason to scramble a squad of B-52's, hope that day never comes.
Is it the day WMD are finally found in Iraq? Thought wheres wollie was hard to find
@@nickjohns1192 Low-IQ comment.
It will not happen
The original intent of the B52 was to drop Nuclear Weapons , that day has long passed . The B52 is still flying because it has been refitted to drop conventional weapons and non Conventional weapons such as J-dams , guided munitions . It is said the worry is not China or Russia with a stoke pile of Nuclear Weapons but some NUT out there with just ONE !
As long as the US remains strong & keeps it's guard up,that day will not come.
Worked on these planes at KI Sawyer AFB in the 70’s, It was always awesome to see a scramble drill not knowing for a short while if this was a drill or the real thing.
It’s amazing that the B52 bombers are still flying. Over the years I’ve read on the internet that they were legendary in the Vietnam war. They were definitely built to last.
Big difference between the b52 and the other previous bombers that were very short lived…. They finally nailed it with the b52, lasting the test if time.
Brings back memories of pulling alert on KC-135’s in Minot AFB, ND. We were on alert on one side of the runway with the bombers on the other side. When the klaxon blew, it was on to see who would be first to the runway. Of course, the two EC-135’s from Ellsworth sitting alert with us, were always the first to go. The glory days of SAC, Strategic Air Command!!!
The 135 had to be first to top off the Bomber. It took a lot of fuel to launch.
@@josephshuttasr.1706 No, the tankers didn't have to launch first. The bombers had sufficient fuel onboard to launch. Our rendezvous point and aerial refueling was to get them to their follow-on destination after delivering their load. The tankers weren't necessarily mated to the bombers at their base.
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I was stationed on Minot in 1968-69. Air Police or Security Police. I walked around these birds for a part of that time.
whenever I see a B-52, I think of Slim Pickens and that movie, Dr. Strangelove.
Amen Bro ! That is a classic movie.
Not to forget Powers Boothe and Rebecca de Mornay in "By Dawns Early Light"..
Same here!
And ‘when jonnie comes marching home again’
Of course!!! Riding the bomb with his cowboy hat on!!
I was stationed at Travis AFB, Fairfield CA, 60th MAW 66 - 70, we had a SAC wing on base, I will absolutely NEVER forget having to drive across the active runways to deliver parts at night, with the guards, I knew that If I screw up my day would be a mess. But when they scrambled a B52, then a KC 135, seconds apart the air would split it was AWESOME.
Worked on B-52 and KC-135 landing gear and flight controls in 69-70 at Fairchild AFB, WA. The 92nd FMS Aero Repair Shop. Great planes! MSG, USAF, Retired.
Back in the 50's we saw these beauties flying over Bakersfield from Edwards AFB quite often. They were silver back then. They still fascinate me.
Back when SAC ran these monsters 24hrs a day, there was always a fully loaded nuke carrying 52 in the sky at any given time between then and up to about 1994.. always ready to drop em'
Try working hydraulics under those wings for a week on a winter flight line. Then you'll be even more fascinated, and, your field jacket will be as waterproof as an oilskin for a bonus. ;)
Isn’t it awesome they’ll still be flying in 2050! They were built back when engineers drove design not politicians.
They had the water-burner engines back then, and at least through the early 1980s when I served. Lots of black smoke and extremely loud during take-off.
It's a true Rock'n roll airplane !
Brings back memories. 37 years ago, I stood on the same ground where those planes are. The only difference, the planes are a different color. Back then, they were painted tan and green.
I understand ...., from 1982 to 1992 was a navigator, 1500 hours in the air. The truth was flying on frank "firewood" .. tu16, tu142, il38 ... Orion looked at P3 C with envy !! I wish you success ! colleague. Best regards from Ukraine.
I bet they were G model water burning smoking bastards that made a lot of noise. Engine shop 1988-90 BAFB.
I was at BAFB from 89-92, I was one of the look last four crew chiefs to pull alert duty. They were G models, we down loaded them after the START treaty and towed the planes off the alert pad.
Former B52G gunner...never fails to thrill.
Went to an airshow here and witnessed most of America's B 52s parked in an impressive line. Absolutely thrilling for a military aviation fan. Hasn't been bested yet.
After takeoff: "who forgot to put the bombs in here?"
Shit, turn around. 👀
Its ok we replaced the bombs with Nokia's
TruthHasSpoken sex
I knew of a ladder that went missing and when they landed in Guam a crumpled up ladder fell out of the bombay. Oops
@@DrumToTheBassWoop Chinese have destroyed the runway ...
I was at Grissom AFB in the 90's when the klaxon went off and the alert force made their way to the Alert Facility I was working in my headquarters working on paperwork with no responsibilities to the alert at all but I stepped outside to watch the show. We had klaxon alerts all the time but usually it was report to the aircraft and then it was called off. That night I suddenly heard the engines starting and I was like well that is different. Then I could hear them taxiing. Oh wow that is really unusual - Then they took off. With all the AC gone I could then hear a siren coming from the command post. In my head I was trying to remember what that siren meant and then it came to me - Imminent enemy attack - Here I am at ground zero of an important SAC base - Oh well back to my office and get a fresh cup of coffee and go on with life. Later found out that Grissom was due for a runway rehab and this was SAC's way of moving the Alert force off base.
omg hahahah that made me laugh a bit
A cup of coffee and a pair of fresh drawers for this Man 😳
Mike Staublin I am 73 y/o and I can vividly remember my time with the German Air Force as a drafted airman in the BaseOps of a Fighter/Bomber Wing now decommissioned. At night we were two people in the building, one Pilot and one private, and when the teletype started rattling this could either mean a test that you just had to respond to, a NATO alarm where we would scramble everybody to the BaseOps or with the cold war at its prime it could have meant the real thing. That teletype machine was directly connected to my blood pressure! And watching „Dr. Seltsam“ on TV one night while on night-duty was so eerily present that I get goosepimpels to this day just thinking of it!
At that range your matter would have disintegrated by a nuke, not even worth trying to escape if it was real. Best break into the generals office and look at files for Area 51 before the blast.
back in the 60's they had a broken arrow exercise at what was then called bunker hill. we lived in chesterfield. was on a hustler. slid off apron. grounded strut. had several weopons under wing. buried the whole mess.
I can’t be more proud, thank you for protecting our nation our familys so much!
45 years later I still remember the tail no's , I was on these planes, was a navigator at Ellsworth AFB.
“Where are we going?” “Alaska.”
China or Russia in today's climate, maybe North Korea
@@husker_nation No, Alaska
Flight of the old dog?
@@nmnmnm35 No, it could be anywhere in the world
@@husker_nation No, it's still Alaska. You don't get it 😂
This seems a bit low energy without a ton of blaring sirens and whatnot
I thought the same thing! I was stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB in the late '70s when the 68th BW was the tenant unit, and the pace was MUCH more hectic when they scrambled.
Exactly they dont seem to really put much energy into it...
Probs cause they really ever use b1 bombers due to the fact that they have icbms etc
B52*
Low energy Jeb
What fascinates me is how these mammoth pieces of machinery (loaded) gets in the air so quick. One question. I have no idea what type of maintenance schedule these beasts are on but looking at the wear on the wings and engines, is it a good thing to allow for it to get down to the base color before it is re painted or is it safe enough to be used for prolonged periods? Excellent footage though. Thanks
The next few generations might still see these in service. It's not like the physics change every decade, and if there's nothing to make them obsolete, they will continue to be solid performers.
Love the rising dissonance of the multiple-engine-startup whine at 2:12 and wish it hadn't been cut short.
That was cool!
It's like it's own air raid siren lol
@@falken_gt4 To me it is like an inhale of a gigantic mechanical monster--which is precisely what it is!
I'm 61 and REFUSE to sit in a chair on guard duty!
@@markcoveryourassets Thx. More things for my new Adobe Premiere Pro to munch on!
I was 8 y/o---------1954---------when the 52 was 1st put into SAC ; & here I am, in 2020, now 74 y/o, & the 52 is still here. Awesome!! ---------They just look too big to ever get off the ground. ----------------------------------------------WolfSky9, 74 y/o
Crazy thing how that bird will out live you.
But to be fair the modern version are way more powerful than the early versions :) Also they could be other planes because of their systems/new engines/basically new everything and they just call them B-52(version variable) :)
Right there with you ('49). Got to see one up close at the Air Force Museum in Ohio a few years back. That is one really BIG airplane.
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always thank you b 52
Thank you for your service.
Not quite the cold war level of 'scramble'. The old Vulcan bomber fleet was a real pleasure to watch scramble, now they had well drilled crews
Where are the Vulcans now Museums or Junk Yards? Haven’t seen one sense Falkland. England and Israel have had great female PrimeMinisters .Do not know what happened to Germany well 2 out of 3 is not bad.
@@sammuller8331 The last flying Vulcan was grounded couple of years back, BAE and Rolls-Royce pulled their support on 'finance' grounds and refused to release the blueprints for the Vulcan guys to produce replacement parts. She's based up at Doncaster Airport where she does fast taxis. My uncle flew as an Air Electronics Officer on the Vulcans, including the Falklands raid, and later served on another of the V Bombers in the form of the Victor in a tanker role during the First Gulf War. He was also part of the project that got the Vulcan flying again. Search for '617 Last Days of a Vulcan Squadron', my uncle features in that along with the book Vulcan 607.
stormwell Thanks 😊 for your reply it is a crying 😢 shame civilians but money 💰 over loyalty to a find ✈️ that could have flown like the BUFF for years to come.
stormwell I am no way an aircraft engineer but I see similar of B52 airframe and Lancaster bomber not wings or tail..
@@sammuller8331 There's one in the museum at RAF Cosford.
When I was a kid in the 1950's and early 1960's my dad was a B-52 pilot who was often on alert near the parked B-52's. I remembers these practice alerts at all times of the day. The crews would run out to their B-52's on the "Christmas tree", fire up their engines, and do a minimal interval takeoff all in just a few minuets. I would describe what a minimal interval takeoff was like but it would take too long and you probably wouldn't fully understand. Trust me, it was an amazing sight.
My father was a navigator bombardier on one during the Cuban Missile crisis. He was stationed at Wurtsmith in Oscoda Michigan. I had always heard his old stories and always had to use my imagination. Last summer my parents along with my son and I visited the now decommissioned base. People are free to just drive around most of it now. I was able to walk right up to the old ready station and tree where I playfully mimicked the guys running out just like in this video. The thing that surprised me the most was how close the civilian road was to the tree. It wouldn't have been difficult to spy on it.
Yes saying, “they took off real close together” is so very long winded and the average person would find it confusing.
I remember minimal interval takeoffs with the B52s leaving Kadena AFB in the early 60's and that was something to see. I also remember having the B-52s leaving Warner Robins AFB while stationed there in 1976. Minimal interval takeoffs are something else to see and minimal means just what you think it means. This video had more spacing between aircraft than what I remember as minimal interval.
I was a G model Gunner from 78 to 82. it was a 12 second interval between the B-52s that meant at any one time there were at least three airplanes on the runway trying to get off the ground
MITO...12 seconds from one aircraft powering up from takeoff to the next aircraft powering up...
In 1966 I was assigned to the 4080th SRW and TDY at Barksdale AFB LA. This video is good but to be there and see in real time is something I will never forget. It's amazing to see these planes get off the ground in such a short time.
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I was stationed there in 85-87, Barksdale AFB was cool…Great Memories 🇺🇸
I worked on these buffs in the early 70's. Awesome then, awesome now
Everyone gangsta until the IRS takes 10 minutes to align
I would GUESS the IRS is "air alignable". Aircraft under attack from incoming missiles would not have 10 minutes to sit there and wait.
@@badguy1481 Nope IRS means "Intertial Reference System" and its basically a GPS. Its like when you start up your car and the GPS loads up . It can take the IRS up to 15 minutes to align itself and show you your right position on the GPS depending on where you are on the planet.
@@ezan3363 An IRS MUST be "aligned" before it is useable. It CAN be aligned without a GPS as long as the current present position of the aircraft is loaded in the control head. AND... it must be able to determine "level" based on where it's at on the planet. That's what takes so much time. It has to know "level" because it will use its accelerometers to determine acceleration (and position change) with respect to the planet. I'm not familiar with the B-52 IRS but I would guess, due to the B-52's need to get off the ground and away from its base, ASAP, it has an "air alignment" capability similar to the old KC-135 Inertial Guidance system. That system used GPS and/or its own doppler to do that alignment. Once the system is aligned it can be updated with GPS...but it doesn't need it to continue displaying position to the pilots.
@@badguy1481 I made my words easier to understand but I think you already know what it is haha
Atleast in the F-16C, I know they can select a faster method of “INS” alignment called “stored heading”. This decreases the amount of time waiting to about 5 minutes.
The engineering involved for those wings to be so far extending from the fuselage is very impressive.
My neighbour was on the B52’s. When he got the order to scramble his wife would also scramble.......over to my place for some loving. Happy days. Thank you for your service
She must have been a real winner
These are some of the very same aircraft that I watched scramble and take off from Guam in 1982-1983 with pilots that are old now like me. What a fantastic aircraft!
You hadnt been sucked on, since MJ Thriller came out. Now did you?
I was an aircrew member there from 81-84. I would normally respond in my bathing suit because I was usually at the O'Club pool while on alert.
I cut my teeth on the B-52D ten years before William was watching them scramble.
It will almost certainly be an active 100 year old aircraft
I was at Anderson AFB, Guam and Glasgow AFB, Montana in the Sixties. Still like seeing these.
Awesome. When I was a kid I lived about 2 miles from a SAC (Strategic Air Command) base. This was the mid 1970s. These scrambles seemed to be a constant thing. Our home windows would rattle violently. F4 Phantoms, Corsairs, Hueys you name it. Constant drills. I watched paratroopers jumping from the Hueys. Pretty cool childhood.
I was born in Brooklyn in 1942. The 50's at times were very stressful knowing what could happen if war broke out between the USA and the Soviet Union. At times if I heard an unusually loud explosion where the ground shook I went into full panic mode. But then I reminded myself that the Strategic Air Command was on duty with there B-52's and the Russians weren't crazy knowing what a SAC retaliation could do to them so I calmed down figuring there had to be some other explanation for the explosion. So thank you SAC guys for the stress you helped relieve for a kid in 1950's Brooklyn N. Y. and God bless the United States of America!
I love the Buff. I used to watch their activities at Mather AFB and then Castle AFB in California. Unfortunately, they are no longer based there. Awesome airplane and I'm happy they will be around for many years to come because they were built so damn well. You know, they just might hit 100 years old when finally retired from service. Hard to fathom that figure, but still a relevant weapon in our air arsenal.
I was a Intel airman during Cuban crisis at Larson AFB in Washington. Some really tense times but those of us serving deserve the blessing of the country for our professional conduct. Proud to have been there. We could really get those birds up in a hurry.
I was raised on SAC bases in the ‘50s and mid ‘60s. We had B-47s at one base and B-52s at two others. An ORI inspection team would land the clock would start when it was announced it was an ORI before the plane stopped rolling. All the alert planes had to to in the air within 15 minutes . This is not a scramble,this was a leisurely launch.
My first base upon entering USAF was a SAC base. I remember reading a few years back where they modified the 'Elephant Walk' as this used to be called. As one B52 was just leaving the ground, another was already half way down the runway, and a third was just starting to lumber down the runway to take off. But that was nixed after a couple near accidents from the wake of the proceeding aircraft.
At the beginning, definitely, but they certainly sped up @1:50
The alert aircraft never launched at the initiation of the ORI ... only when IG ORI games were over ... then they launched with the rest of the “generated” aircraft
I remember ORI'S VERY well, first one, the plane didn't touch down till after day shift went home.... smart airmen didn't answer their phones lol, after that the plane landed about noon.
I was stationed at Anderson a.f.b. on Guam & about every morning the b52 would launch one after another. It is an awesome aircraft. A little spooky watching them very early in the morning..
I remember as a kid going into Charleston, SC seeing these big behemoth aircraft soaring above us. How I miss those days.
I witnessed the exposition of the B-52 that crashed on January 7 1971 over Little Traverse Bay which is in L:ake Michigan. I was 17 years old at the time and riding in a big truck between Petoskey and Charlevoix ( Pronounced Char La Voy ) The fireball was huge and our fear was even greater because it was in direct line with the Big Rock Nuclear plant so we really didn't know what happened till we returned to Petoskey and heard about it on the news. I'm almost 70 now and I will never forget that night. It claimed the lives of 9 men that were never recovered and only a few small items were ever found. They were on a low level practice bombing run.
For Alert Force, for Alert Force: Klaxon Klaxon Klaxon. Standby to decode message . . . it’s been 40 years since joining a B-52 crew and they are still flying!
Hated hearing that over my TAAN radio when off the alert pad. Always preferred being in the shack during a horn! Much less stressful!
@@nordan00 Oh I remember those dreaded words all too clearly! I was stationed here (Barksdale) in the mid-1970's and pulled Alert on this very Christmas Tree. These guys seem to be moving a lot slower than we moved back then -- I guess it was a Cold War thing. I spent hundreds (thousands?) of hours on this pad supporting G-models and the demineralized water that came with them. The H-models in this video don't have water injection or the constant dumping and re-servicing when the temperature changed. I also notice they are using the so called "smokeless" cartridges too. We had those back then, but you miss the visual excitement of 8-bombers (and another parked on the hardstand, plus all of the tankers) all starting engines at the same time with the regular cartridges that smoked like a motherfuc@er! In addition, getting the airplanes off of the Christmas Tree was easy and happened a LOT faster than depicted here. But getting each airplane turned around after a Coco (or was it Koko? -- we also called it an Elephant Walk), nevertheless -- getting the airplanes back on the pad would take hours because they all had to be ready to hit the runway if an actual Horn blew. They had to have at least one cartridge in at least one engine before they could be shut-down. Normally we only had to service the left external fuel tank, but if you were towards the end of the line, you would have to service the external and at one of the mains. Now that I think about it, it's a lot of BAD memories! Like going out to spin each engine on each airplane whenever the temperature dropped below 32-degrees and there was any moisture (rain) around. I probably shouldn't say this, but I can also remember smoking the good stuff with the guards in the entrance area on the way into the Pad in the middle of the night. Oh the memories, I guess they aren't all bad... Gb
@@georgeboileau1814 Good to hear your perspective! I was aircrew in mid 80’s to early 90’s and never envied you guys, especially when I was at Griffiss in midwinter! Went through the late night water dumping when temps neared freezing at Mather, too! And, wow, very surprised to hear about you and the alert pad SP’s blazing up! Hilarious! And thanks for your service back in the day! I kinda miss it in a sick sort of way!
@@nordan00 I live next door to Mather. When were you stationed there / here? Lol
@@kbanghart Oct 86 - Aug 89
I was in SAC. There was nothing like 20 B52s and KC-135As crank up via cart start.
Edward Arruda I was a crew chief at Ellsworth and watching MITOs were awesome!
Ditto.
SAC Trained Killers!!!!
I was at Glasgow AFB and Anderson AFB in the Sixties. Never get tired of seeing these
I grew up close to that base "Barksdale AFB" and everyday we saw them " coming and going" I used to sit at the north gate while they took off and remember the smell of kerosene, it was a sight to behold, this was during the Vietnam war and they always had a strike force in the air orbiting around the clock 24/7, SAC was truly a "destroyer of worlds" thank God we never saw the bombs hit
This is out of Barksdale AFB. When I was a kid (I'm 68 now), we lived in Albany, GA, 2 miles from the south end of the runway, precisely underneath the flight pattern (takeoffs and landings depending on winds), of Turner AFB. We lived through hundreds of MITOs of B-52s and then KC-135's over the years. At the start of this video, note the fellow just standing by a chair on the ramp. Note the M-16 with him. The ammunition in that weapon is just as live as the 20 (possibly nuclear) cruise missiles on EACH Buff. Anyone who manages to get past base security will meet quite a few guys just like the one standing by that chair. Scrambles, like shown in this video, are called ORI's (Operation Readiness Inspection). During the Vietnam (police action), each Buff could carry 108 conventional 500 lb bombs. My Dad did a tour out of U Tapao in Thailand.
When I was at Barksdale 73 to 75 as a security policeman there weren't any chairs to sit on in the alert area. It blew me away to see the cop with a chair to sit on. Back in the day you "humped" that bird for your full 8 hour shift on your feet except when you were relieved for chow or the area supervisor or SAT team lets you sit in their truck for a break for a few minutes. Of course in this video the birds aren't priority A and cocked with nukes on board. Just fuel.
I was stationed there in 85-87,Barksdale AFB was cool…Great Memories 🇺🇸
Thank you for your service, welcome home!!!
They nicknamed this thing the time machine cause it can send countries back to the Stone Age
That is SOOOO GOOD!
The Air Force calls it the buff
@@necondaa the airforce missile command calls it the Time Machine.
And at least 3 generations of pilots have flown them😎
and it kills Civilians
"Well hurry up ladies, the world is ending." -Me from my Lazy Boy chair
From vietnamese with respect to american for helpping OUR COUNTRY
I mean OUR
@@minhnghiaduong my uncle served in vietnam and he says "Thank you, though we may have been opposed at once i will forever thank you for your hospitality"
I love the behemoths! They don't even look as if they should be able to fly, let alone get off the ground. Beautiful!
Wish I could get some stick time in one of those. Are they more difficult to manage than is a Cessna 182 RG??
I used to park at the end of the runway at Anderson air Force Base in 1973 as a b-52s took off for their bombing mission.I really enjoyed sitting there could feel the vibration and see those beautiful birds fly through the air.
I was there in ‘79
One of these landed on a quiet night in San Diego some years back at the airbase . I literally jumped out of my bed to see it fly over. It sounded like screeching hell and it made the news because it woke up the entire city
I used to be a crew chief on G - models in the 80's at Mather AFB , spent many hours on the alert pad doing that very thing.
Grew up near Mather AFB Sacramento, early 70's..the roar was tremendous.
Worked on these as an electrician back in '76-'80. One of the best aircraft ever built!
I would assume, as a matter of preparedness , that these bombers are fully loaded with armaments and fuel. So if they do these scrambling drills, aren't they "weight overloaded" to come back in AND LAND?! I'd be curious to know how that all works.
It's amazing to watch their wings flexing up and lifting the wingtip wheels off the ground while the main wheels are still rolling on the runway. You're literally watching the wings progressively generating more and more lift as the aircraft accelerates.
God bless America And all those who have and currently serve... Thank you!
But God did not bless in Afghanistan.... Allah is superpower
1968 while returning home from Philippines we stopped at Anderson AFB, Guam. I was treated to a spectacular display as 20 of these beautiful birds took off
I sleep better at night, knowing these guys are ready to go 24-7. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR ASSES!
Why do I think that GEN LeMay would have had something to say about how long it took them to get moving?
@@mubasshirhossain764 You mean the same General Curtis LeMay that wanted to launch an airstrike on the island of Cuba in October of 1962?
Lol chances are by the time these dudes scramble you have about 35 minutes to say good bye to your loved ones.
@@sigspearthumb2313 Many, if not most, of the Russian leaders/oligarchs have family living in Western countries, including the U.S.
You know if they are goin then bombs are already coming they will pass each other
Brings back a lot of memories from back in the 60's at then Blytheville AFB, Arkansas...
Been there 1964
From 66 to 70 I was assigned to Minot AFB ND. We were SAC and these exercises were ORI's. The alert aircraft were started with a powder canister, which is visabel early on in this video. As they would start they would Que up on the tarmac when enough were ready they hit the runway and start their roll out with probably only a 1/4 mile distance between aircraft. AS long as no one aborted this was quite a spectacle!!! I also remember a few of those tail #'s from Minot>???
My Father was an active duty navigator/ bombardier from 75-85. 20 years. Retired 95
K. I Sawyer AFB. 🙏🔥
I showed this to my grandpa and he says " They would have been kicked out of the Sac in 68'. "
Why?
@@kbanghart he said they said they were moving alot slower than they would have in '68. He said moving that slow back then would have gotten you kicked out of the Strategic Air Command.
True, in the 80’s, when I was there working on the G model, one would be rolling right after the other. The third and fourth plane off the ground would get a heck of a beating from the previous jet’s turbulence. Not sure if you would want to be first in line though, because there’s no stopping after they are taking off.
In '68, Strategic Air Command had bombers in the air 24 hours a day round-the-clock.
@@Steve-wm1ol I worked on RC-135's at Offutt in '82 when Looking Glass was flying alongside Chrome Dome.
I love that smoke from the engines
If it was at 2:00 that smoke is the engines started via cartridges or as said by those in the know; "Hey look at that TF-33 (or at the risk of showing my age J-57) it's using a start cart!).
Looks like inefficiency to me
@@raindrizzle14 Efficiency is not the issue. Cart starts are used to quickly start multiple engines simultaneously with no equipment near the aircraft. The idea is that bombers and tankers can get airborne asap so they can deliver the hurt to the enemy.
It's an ancient plane, c-17 has like no visible smoke on takeoff like these. Should see a navy sub hunter if you want to see smoke
It’s not smoke. It’s freedom gas.
They fly often over head here and the sound never gets old
The sound of freedom!
I've worked this before. A long time ago. Brings back memories.
It always amazes me how they don't rotate so much as levitate.
Did you see the size of those flaps?
@@CrowDawg11 you mean those internal 747 wings, yes :')
With flaps the size of a school bus, it's not surprising.
thing was climbing so quickly with its nose at what it looks to be like a 10 degree angle, amazing
V1 comes on strong.
Worked my fair share of G models at Wurtsmith back in 88=91. God I missws those SAC days. Goed bless any of you who were there with me.
YUP, loved watching the B-52s taking off and the KC 135s tankers right after them, SAC was real back then... I was at Wurtsmith , way out in the wilderness of Michigan, tho we did get up to Alpena a few times... 👍😎👍
379th OMS 83 to 87 Best time of my life. My acft was 0175 Wurtsmith AFB Thanks for your service and to all that worked and flew the BUFF!!
@@deepwoodguy2 We had Ready 5s running at Whiteman in the early 80s I was assigned to the minuteman missile side of the base. 351st Missile Wing, 2154th Comm Squadron. Yup, SAC was the real deal.
God bless you from H-model days at Ellsworth, 82-86. Those years in SAC, my first MAJCOM, were the 'REAL' Air Force, and the 'Best Job I Ever Had'. Not everybody could cut the SAC mentality, but even as a Skycop (who witnessed many an alert launch and 'Elephant Walk') and later a Wing Historian for the 28th Bombardment Wing, I was then and proudly remain today a 'SAC-Trained Killer!'
I was stationed at Barksdale AFB,Shreveport La.’85-87.Had a lot of Alerts w/these “BAD BOYS”!!🇺🇸
Antiques! These creatures from the 1950's were outdated even before the Vietnam War, still flying, amazing!
When it absolutely, positively has to be destroyed, call in a BUFF.
psychocuda archlight on its way!
Nice profile pic.
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Unless the enemy has competent AA systems, in that case , call the b2???
@@richardfreeman724 What do you think 117s are for? Suppress that AA.
My Dad was an AC of a B-47 at Pease AFB , 61-62. Used to sit at end of runway by the golf course and watch them scramble 3 at a time.
I was a kid back in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis and my father was on the crew of a B-52 that was on constant alert in the air during that crisis.
...my dad was stationed in Engkand during the war and remembered seeing the skies over his base (Great Ashfield) dark with B 17s...
My favorite Plane forever. The beautiful airframe, the history, not to mention the service it’s still giving to protect our country. I’m backed up by anyone who has served on her. The Old Gray Lady still getting it done. Blessings on those who are and have flown her.
One of my favourites too . The other is the SR-71 .
My dad helped keep these flying during Vietnam from an airbase in Thailand. He was a jet engine mechanic. Said he saw one come in without landing gear and skid down the runway. I lived on a SAC base and would love it when these would come in for refueling. Watching one of these take off and feeling the power as they go by during takeoff is something special.
'PEACE IS OUR PROFESSION' I wish SAC was still around.Loved when they were flying B-58 Hustlers in the early 60's.
Jack Chain changed the motto. “ War is our profession, Peace is our product”
@Eye’m ONaBoat Wore the SAC patch with no regrets whatsoever. There's not a doubt in my mind that in the absence of nuclear deterrence, WWIII would have already been written up in the history books over Berlin, Czechoslovakia, the Middle East, Latin America, SE Asia, pick your powder keg.
I liked being in SAC. The rules were simple, follow them or you’re gone.
@@aladdinsane3523 To err is human, to forgive is not SAC policy
Amen to that.. Brother..!!!!
The cart-start sounds amazing.
During the late 1960s I was a civilian contractor of The U.S. Air Force at Kadens Air Base Okinawa. My house was at the end of the runway along the seawall. The BUFFs were caring bomb loads almost every night to bomb Vietnam. My contract was for the greasing the KC-135s and B-52s after their washing at the end of their flight.. I used a Japanese grease team.
The amount of death and destruction just one of those can deliver is frightening...
@Stephen Anthony Why would America attack it's puppet master?
I am a mailman and i can deliver the same but it will take longer
Nice Guy NatSoc And islam is a religion of peace 👌🏻
Stephen Anthony And islam is a religion of peace 👌🏻
@@generalzyklon3913 maybe the puppet is fed up with its masters hand up its ass all the time
Up until the mid 90's these B-52s, and also KC-135s, used to take off every few minutes from Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, California. If your house was in the flight path the sound was deafening, and you could literally smell and taste the jet fuel in the air. I remember these magnificent planes very well, as they were a big part of my youth, having grown up in Central California.
I was a B52 crew chief at Castle in the mid 80s. I retired and am still in Atwater. Castle is a ghost town now. Sad
CAstle was the training Base for B-52 and KC-135 Crews, so there was a lot of flying going on there for training. went through Gunner School in the late 80's.... nice area
SAC days
Used to watch the D models and KC-135s doing endless touch and gos when visiting the shopping mall near the end of the runway at Carswell. It was deafening and so cool.
Loved watching these fly in and out of Beale back in the day.
I never tire of watching Aircraft.. B52s are strangely beautiful but sinister all the same
yes
They have one mission and one mission only. When the BUFFs get called to the party, It's about ensuring freedom with a big stick. It ain't about delivering pizzas.
As an Air Force brat from BAFB, those in the Christmas tree were always on and you lived with that sound of them at idle 24/7. Very comforting sound nowadays...
The C ramp?
@@manisteerocks7092 you
The BuFF rocked me to sleep many years @ BAFB love it so my dad brought the wing to BAFB . He flew the B model to the H … Thank you for the memories…
The sound of freedom earned the hard way …. Thanks to everyone that made freedom happen . Thanks for the service and the sacrifices that all families Did …..
Hi David , I too was a dependent at BAFB in the 1960 - 1963. Dad flew 52s. Still remember chasing the bug spray truck as it fogged the streets. Oh well no adverse health effects. Dad flew vietnam later died of agent orange.
Was at Minot for 3 yrs 1 month 14 days 3 hours in the mid 80's this brings me back, was a BUFF Edub
My Dad was the BOMBARDIER I was born at MARCH AIR FORCE BASE SAC HE retired a Lt/Col his first SERIOUS mission was The CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. God that high pitch sound is embedded in my memory forever. As loud as they are I slept thru every time him and crew taking off. I'd see him board &wave and then get so upset that his plane hadn't taken off yet that I'd throw a fit, Because obviously that meant he was waiting for me to go with him that's what I was told ha ha Ha and my mom was a big bad bully that wouldn't let me go with him so I'd throw a fit & cry myself to sleep and poof he was gone... I was four or five years old... Yeah they said they had to stop taking me to watch him takeoff lol. I always hear B-52's first before I see them...
I was SACumsized at Barksdale under Gen. John Chain's tenure in the '80s. That shit changes you for life. Good to see the ole buffs still grinding it out.
Barksdale AFB '83 to '87. Worked on the KC-10's.
KI Sawyer AFB '85 to '93 on KC-135's. Loved alert duty. And the best chow hall on base.
Barksdale AFB 1981-1983 :)
Lockbourne AFB 69-73 CC on 135's.