Bomber Flight (2019) • Inside The B-52H Stratofortress
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- Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024
- View from cockpit as U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers takeoff from RAF Fairford, England, during exercise Bomber Task Force Europe 20-1. Also, view the weapon systems officers performing duties. Filmed on October 21, 2019.
Film Credits: U.S. Air Force Video by Staff Sgt. Philip Bryant, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
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My Dad was in these before I was born. He always told us that the Buff would outlast us. He was right, I am 60 yrs. old. Miss ya dad.
Karl Parsons Your Dad was a wise man!!
Love you
Karl Parsons! Awesome! Thank you to your father for his service Sir!
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I worked on an Air Force flight line in 1969 and watched these magnificent planes fly every day. It never got old. The sound of 25 of them starting at once, then taxiing out, and launching as fast as possible is incredible! And really LOUD!
Did you ever see the SR71 fly?
@@jenniferjohnston4403 Just once. It was amazing.
@@edmccall390 That’s so cool!! I’m sad I never got to witness that.
My Dad was a 30 yr Career Officer and 24 of those years were as a Squadron Leader and Pilot. We lived on Hickam AFB in the mid 1960's as Vietnam was "Throttling Up". On the base Officer's Country was right next to the tarmac for obvious reasons and these planes are the sounds of my youth! Thank You for sharing this video! Salutes From Ohio
I've personally painted the flight deck of this aircraft . I've put my hands on everyone of the Airforce b52 bombers . And everyone of the b1 bombers . Been painting these airframes and many others. For 21 years. Take great pride in what I do .
haha, good sir
steve stokes bright pink to be less visible to the enemy.
@steve stokes it's a 118 camo gray
You should take pride! Thanks for serving! My son is currently on the USS New York LPD 21 working on the engines.
Toot Toot!
Was a B-52D & E crew chief during VN. Was arc light in Utapo, Thailand in 1968. Had flight status & did get to go on a few missions. Best aircraft ever built. Thanks Boeing.
Hello from Tupolev-95MS,nowadays-747-8)))
Did you fly with the 93rd BW out of Castle. My dad flew those missions.
@@Максим95-и3и Were you a Soviet bomber pilot during the Cold War? Or did you fly with the Russian Air Force? Either way glad you made it back home without incident, always good to hear from the other side. Cheers mate
@@slekane2567 Flew the F Model at Castle after Vietnam then G and H models. Left Ut two days after Vietnam fell.
@@earlsmall9808 So cool. My dad was squadron commander, not which unit, when he left castle in '72.
This interesting move...my father served in the Soviet army, it was Misishchev M3, was a competitor to B52. I wish Peace to all of us !!!
Александр Егоров I just looked at a youtube video of the M3. Quite a good looking plane. Peace for all of us, is a worthwhile wish.
I thought that the T-95 Bear was the premier bomber to challenge B-52
@@salvatorepitea5862 The Bear was the earlier design; interestingly the XB-52 was designed originally as a turboprop.
The Bison was the Soviet Union's attempt to have a jet capable of delivering nukes over the United States, and its design reminds me a bit of an upgraded B-47. Alas, the first version could only make a one-way journey to CONUS, and while later versions had longer range, it still paled compared to the Bear and, of course, the B-52.
The M3 is a museum piece, the B52 is still on duty.
@@baraxor Back in my 60s/70s USAF activity duty days, in our small unit, we would do a "Did You Know?' This could be anything, which made learning about known and hardly known, stuff fun to learn about. We used it as a learning tool to not only refresh ourselves on our military occupations, but to also augment our individual and unit knowledge base.
So your input was a great Did You Know👍🏻. I had no clue about the Buff being originally designed as a turbo prop.
The sound of all eight engines spooling up for takeoff would never get old.
There is no more beautiful music than the distant, yet approaching thundering rumble of a B-52.
Well, J-79's could be in the running as well....
@@h.h.6171 Great point!
Goosebumps!
I flew the D and F models in Vietnam in 1970. They were built from 1955 till 1960. Most of the ones I flew back then had 50000 hours or more on the frame airframe. I flew a 129 arclight bombing missions over Vietnam in my B52. We flew for 30 days out of Guam then 30 days out of Okinawa and then 30 days out of Thailand.
Thank you for your service
Thank you for your service and thank you black jack squadron
Thanks for your service, Can I ask is it difficult to trim.
I have a good friend who was a 135 pilot who flew out of Thailand in the late 60s.
My oldest brother was based at the SAC base in Spokane, Washington. He was an electronics master and mostly worked on the star tracking system. He passed away last July at 81 years of age. I sure miss him as we were very close.
@Paul Peterson I would have loved to have had a fraction of the intelligence your brother had, must have been an amazing guy. So sorry for your loss Sir. Take care very kind regards Goff.
My father in law (retired Col) was a pilot with over 3000 hours flying these Buffs, his call sign was "Gonzo" and was a aircraft commander, senior instructor pilot then became an evaluator pilot and then graduated from the first ever SAASS class of 92! :)
I'm not from the USA but this is the reason why I love the US of A. You just have to admire the ingenuity. This beast was a technology that was way ahead of it's time. The fact that it's still in service is testament to that fact.
german engineering lol
@@thomasbummer4361 how many does Germany have?
At altitude the interior has its own smells. Hydraulic oil, hot electrical, kerosene, faint smell of sweat, canvas, rubber. Sound is muted, hushed, enclosed, the cockpit glows red at night, intense darkness outside, all flight crew members are at their stations, the whine of the eight turbo fan engines are sensed more than heard, vibrations are felt from all surfaces, very slight movement is also sensed more than felt, the air inside the bomber is very warm even uncomfortable, the outside temperature is 40 below '0', the hours pass by slowly, 8, 10, 12, the first light of dawn is sensed more than seen.
Thank You
Tim, I'm guessing you also have the occasional fart smell too
You probably dont give a damn but does anybody know of a trick to get back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly lost my account password. I love any assistance you can offer me!
@Randall Beckett instablaster ;)
@Juan Cassius It worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
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What a beast of a plane, and such a work horse. Have to respect the years on the flight line that these machines have put in. Hard to beat the simplicity of it. Just a massive bomb truck and cheap by modern standards. Huge respect for all of you who kept them flying all these years.
Bomb truck 🤣🤣🤣
Navy brat, here. My dad was aviation ordnance.. in for 36 years. I've been amazed by these planes all my life. Thanks to all who have served, in ultimately protecting these here United States. I like to read the stories in the comments of these videos. Just to hear people's personal experiences within the military. God bless...🇺🇸
That aircraft was flying before any of the crew were born!
Easy there boomer you might break a hip
At 30 years before
probably before their parents were born!
From a December 6, 2015 NY Times article:
"In 1982, President Ronald Reagan warned, “Many of our B-52 bombers are now older than the pilots who fly them.” Today, there is a B-52 pilot whose father and grandfather flew the plane."
@@Trey4x4 And you might still be wet behind the ears, sonny.
My last flight in a B52H as a Radar Navigator was in 1969 before I switched to the FB-111A. They've added quite a bit equipment in the downstairs compartment. I didn't have a keyboard, MFD or TV screen just a 10 inch radar display. Quite impressive upgrade. The B-52D model we flew in VN had an optical bomb sight that sat between the RN's legs. We mostly used that to see our bomb hits.
How many people have you killed
For 43 years I lived within a stones throw of where where most of this was filmed. They make a sound like no other......the sound of diplomacy through superior fire power.
😂😂👍
Ich will es kaufen was kostet das bei euch, sfr
Was that video taken at Barksdale AFB?
@@bondgabebond4907 looks like it
Took a four hour flight in a B52 H almost thirty years ago, so this youtube clip is a great reminder of an incredible experience.
I myself worked on the SAC B-52 g and h models replacing the leading edge on the wings. Absolutely amazing machine 2nd favorite but my 1st is SR-71.
Yes ! Blackbird Rules.
Thank you
Major Kong will live forever as long as we don't forget. A salute to all the Major Kong's in their B-52's.
...yeeh ha...yeeeeh ha...
Whenever someone talks about something that was "ahead of its time", absolutely nothing was ahead of its time more than the B52.
Yeah. Stunning aircraft
well... all nazi technologi..
@@TheMaasse lol what?! nazi tech? how?
@@argumasch663 false, but what does the mg42 have to do with a strategic long range bomber
@@finn4aviation320 They lost, remember.
Wow. I've been in awe of these birds since the 50's. All these decades and I finally get to be inside the cockpit during a take-off.
Wow, I just found this, I worked on 4 different models , D,F, G AND H. I was at Castle AFB from 71 to 74 , I was in the AR shop, so all the things this pilot was doing, are things that I worked on Throttle, Landing gear, all flight control surfaces. I am glad they are still in use.
@mdf1951 They will be in service till 2050. Maybe by then they will have agreed to keep it another 50 yrs
One of these beautiful babies crashed near my hometown when I was in grade school. I was on the playground playing when it happened and the earth shook and it was 20 miles away. God bless these men and women!
I am proud to have been a B-52 aircrew member in the 1980s when there was a Strategic Air Command. i flew with six of the ten bomb wings.
Were you ever with the 320th BMW at Mather?
Thank you for your service Craig.
Which ones? 2nd, 5th, 28th, 92nd, 93rd, 97th, 320th, 379th, 410th, 416th?
Today's modern version of SAC is the Air Force Global Strike Command. It was essentially created because ACC dropped the ball when the bomber force was assigned to their command. Somehow, GSC doesn't sound as cool as SAC but it's way better than ACC.
Bless your heart for your service Craig. I had the opportunity to sit in the left seat when I was a kid, as my dad was a chrome domer at Loring. Dad's gone now but I still think of him when I see these amazing aircraft flying with prestige and grace.
Upon my return from Vietnam, I was blessed to fly the B-52 F & G at Castle, Guam, Blytheville, Loring, & Barksdale AFB s for over twenty years ... when people thank me for my service my response is always the same: “I would have paid them to fly the Buff” ... you have no idea what a beautiful piece of “heavy metal” it is ... God Bless the B-52 and the young crew members who fly them.
Thank you for your service Sir
If you want to know how old you are.... do a Google map search and look for Loring.....it's pretty much gone except for the runway.... I didn't recognize it... was there in 70-72. What a cold freakin' place it was. And then the winter winds coming over the fields.... yeah, the arctic parkas and boots were not a joke.
Who doesn't love the sound of those jet engines winding up and seeing the horizon disappear below the windscreen?
@@sanakassara I get your point. I have the same feeling as bus or tractor-trailer in front of me pulls away from a stop light.
Where I live, on hot summer days, occasionally it's announced that it is an "air action day." That means the pollutants will linger in the air and so people are advised to not do things like mow their lawns or top off their gas tanks.
Yet, the factory nearby is pumping tons of carbon into the air while there's concern that my lawnmower will upset the balance of the environment.
David Smith Dave, I think you’re having a dollar each way. I would have asked Salvarsaani why exactly he chose to watch a site where he knew there was going to be offensive stuff (to him).
the russians ?
David Smith probably all the angry English people that live next to this RAF base
I flew the H models at Fairchild AFB in the early 90’s...what an awesome machine!
I worked with an old man back in the 90s that had flown missions in the B-52 over Vietnam. He could tell some tales about his experiences. Each mission they didn't know if they'd be back because of the SAM batteries, or a stray MiG might ambush them. A few of those flights he said they had Col. Robin Olds' Phantoms up there with them.
I'm a proud former B-52, D, G&H, flight simulator operator/tech, SAC...Peace was our Profession, Castle AFB, Ca., 4017th CCTS, 1967-71...thank you for sharing...WWG1WGA
Steve Summar
We are proud and lucky to have been called
US Air Force Airman
@Alek Kelly difficult to identify in low light of dusk til dawn...lowered reflection of sunlight...educated guess
@@OVERHERE-OVERHERE Very proud...Veteran of the USAF....WWG1WGA
Castle AFB-- one of the greats!
@@Ifoughtpiranhas all of our ip's were first rate...fine pilots and a pleasure to serve with...
i was born 1979 and ever since i was a child i'd already hear gossip that this plane was going to be replaced... of course there's the rockwell B1b and the northrop B2 stealth, its 2020 now and this plane is still flying
Was fortunate enough to be in SAC back in the day, March AFB with the 22nd Bomb/ARW, the old D models and KC-135s. Good times and bad times, lost a couple in 78 & 81. Was also incredibly fortunate to get a post at Fairford in the early 80s, best posting I ever had. Really miss that place.
I still great goose bumps, I was Bomb loader on a 5 man crew out of Anderson AFB Guam in 1968. We loaded 16 hrs a day 7 days aweek and it was quite a site to see dozens of these all taking of fully loaded.
Proud to have been called an Airman
Same here go air force
Ditto .. same here from the 70’s and proud of it.
OVER HERE! A lot of B-52 pilots are women, jus sayin.
USAF 66-70 when U got 2 Go Buffs...
tim mayer
Still an airman
This popped up on my youtube landing page. I was with the 2nd Bomb Wing from 1982-1990 as a jet engine mechanic. We flew the G model then, I got to sit in those seats but never got to push all 8 throttles to the wall. Very cool. Thank you for sharing.
My dad was 21 year's air force!! I lived on the flight line!! Love the military ,n the lifestyle it comes with!! I'm marine corps !!💪
Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic and a rodeo and this is one of the best videos I've ever seen
7th Bomb Wing Carswell 85-89 AMMO. 2nd BW Barksdale 94-95 AMMO. Retired 4/1/1995, 22yrs and 7months.
Reminder: ☠️NOT A HANDHOLD☠️
But why?
The glare shield above the engine instruments is very thin plastic and holds the lights that illuminate the panel.
Some guys like to use it to adjust their position in the seat. The proper handhold is above the windshield.
It’s pretty fragile and when the crew breaks it, the crew chief has to spend time repairing the glare shield as Boeing most likely does not have them in stock.
On “smaller” models with pop-up or sliding canopies, I have seen “No Step” decals on the glareshields/eyebrow panels.
A tech called me once and asked if it was OK to add a dymo label, “No Boots Above This Level” .
Stepclimb Pro Comment☝🏻
@@Stepclimb Thank you kind sir.
My Dad was in USAF during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was stationed in Anchorage. He was amazed on how many B52s scrambled so quickly. He really thought it was going be the big one....an amazing aircraft...designed during the Eisenhower hour era...still effective today...absolutely amazing
Stede Bassett I was but a little fella at that time. If you are familiar with Paul Harvey and his famous, "And now(pause, pause ), the rest of the story". I saw documentary, on either RUclips, Disc Channel, or MHC about a Russian Sub, somewhere in the vicinity of the ships that were near Cuba. The Captain was unable to communicate back home, for input and instructions and thought war had actually started. He was ready to launch a[nuclear??] missile if not for his ExO interceding and talking the Captain into holding off. Maybe soneone out there might be able to tighten up the details for me. Bottom line though, the Captain, thank goodness, held off on the launch. . We would have all been in a world of hurt.
@@vinyltapelover I saw that one. It's very interesting how close it came to war. The Soviets were concerned about the USA missile very close to them in Turkey. I am sure there where many close calls. My Dad told me that when it got hot his CO said, THIS IS IT....
My dad worked on aircraft like this on the flight line. He brought home wall posters of fighter aircraft my brother and I hung on our bedroom walls. I wanted to become a pilot but my red/green color vision problems and 20/800 vision uncorrected singled me out. I was so disappointed when I found out back then I wouldn't get to fly. I miss both of my parents. My dad retired from the Air Force in 1968 after 23 years in the service. I got one chance for 15 seconds to fly an aircraft. A buddy and I flew from Denver to Sidney NE for lunch one day to get him flight time and he allowed me to take the stick for 15 seconds of a single engine Cesna. I will never forget that. It is so cool what these pilots do.
"Target in sight !"
"Where the hell is Major Kong?"
He's in Vegas. He took his survival kit with him.
I was a SAC Security Policeman and our mission was to guard our alert B-52s and weapons systems. I was a nose guard on a ''buff'' and the aircraft commander arranged to have me take a tour of his aircraft, fully loaded and on alert. I was surprised that such a big plane has so little room inside.
Very thoughtful that the designers included a sun roof - just perfect for those long journeys. I imagine it would get a bit clammy in there and so a breath of fresh air is just the ticket.
I was a Gunner on the B-52H in the early 80s the sound from the cockpit at takeoff in the video gave me flashbacks.
Flew these half a century ago. Right now watching this gal spin up and roar down the runway from the cockpit view "STILL" gives me chills. The Air Force has no plans to retire her until the 2050's.
Even with modern avionics installed, this bird gives me steam gauge envy! We’ve gotten our money out of the 52 to be sure!
Scott Gilliland slated to be in service till 2050!
Marty, If that’s true then it would be close to 100 years of service.
It's struck fear into our enemies and kept the Nation free.
Scott Gilliland that’s not ‘modern’ avionics
Hey bro.... I've the same last name as you.... I'm a CNC Machinist and lucky enough to have built parts for the B-52 fleet in my career. I built a full wing modification kit for the 52 squadron out of the Dakotas through Boeing Defense right after 9/11 so that they could carry the bunker buster package into the Afghan mountains!! Also, a kin of ours was one of the original Lockheed Martin SR-71 test pilots. Cheers🤙🛹
*some random rogue nation:**drops EMP bombs everywhere*
*other nations: guys.. do we have something that works??
*USA: *looks to the airfield and see OG Stratofortres* You're god damn right we do
Emp wouldn't affect most military vehicles anyway
LOL! I love it. This aircraft was designed and built by their great grandparents generation using slide rules.
Stu well said sir
I used to have the stress reports for the C130 sitting on a shelf behind me at work. They'd been written a couple of years before I was born and I've just retired!
A lot of people might ask, what is a slide rule? Lol, I remember my dad using one.
Stu slide rules and tsquares
Yeah and they stole the answers from Germany. Now China steals em back.
Holy hell. Inever realized the damn wings were soo long and heavy that they had landing gear as well!! What an awesome piece of machinery!
There's a lot of fuel in them.
@@MrMushenm Indeed.
I suppose the wing landing gear is there to stabilize the plane to not tip over since the main landing gear is just on a narrow line under the belly
@@sundar999 Precisely. It's similar to the gear on both the Harrier, and B-47 Stratojet
I was an EWO flying out of Utapao, Thailand in the early 1970s. Flew Linebacker 1 and Linebacker 2. Best years of my life.
Camera work is phenomenal. Captures that visceral feeling of machinery, instruments, and the well-usedness of the aircraft.
A lot of the equipment at the RN's position has changed since my last B-52H mission in 1987...
When they spool up to take off I can hear When Johnny Comes Marching Home playing.
Bro I think you just have loud neighbors or something lol
"Well, boys, I reckon this is it - nuclear combat toe to toe with the Roosskies."--- Major T.J. King "Kong"
"let's get this thang on the hump...we got some flying to do"!!!
IKR? At 6:21 I thought "Lt. Zogg!!"
Say a fella could have a pretty good weekend in vegas with all that.
just popped up in my feed. great vid , quality was amazing
Beautiful Stratofortress, and needs never be replaced.
That is until America builds hypersonic missles that take minutes to reach the target with the same payload. Will make these obselete
@@MrX-tx9lo it's not true!
My father worked on these planes in oms at Anderson AFB Guam in the early 80's. Remember these beasts doing demos during the airshows. Awesome planes
Worked on Buffs at Castle AFB 73 - 77 and again 80- 83 where it all began for buff crews.
Never gets old! That is; the plane, watching them fly, etc. My friends dad flew the BUFF in Vietnam, then my friend flew them, and now his son...flies the F-22!
I'm always amazed at how small the flight deck is in military aircraft, even big ones like the B-52
economy of space... more room for the destruction ;)
The B-52H Stratofortress is a beautiful bomber, I want it to remain operational for many decades to come, and never need to be replaced unnecessarily.
I'm a Apache helicopter pilot. It shocked me to see a B-52 flying at my low altitude NE Texas. I'll never forget that sight.
"Way back when"....when the old Soviet Union was our "enemy"...SAC B-52 crews practiced low level (200-400 Feet) bombing runs. Frighting to see a plane that big...that low.
Compressor surge on #1 at around 2:22?
I still remember the day that i fell in love with this beauty ! Kudos to Stanley Kubrick and his masterpiece Doctor Strangelove :D
I can see my house from there. Always great when these guys visit Fairford
Good to see the 2nd Bomb Wing patch! Former KC-135 driver from KBAD!
@Richard Maxhimer i remember that name!
God Bless these crews and service personnel. You are the greatest in the world. 👍
wow thank you for this sneakpeak ! didnt know that the cockpit is so thight. My son of 4 loves this video and watches it over and over pretending to be a pilot haha great upload.
The B-52 was developed as an answer to the Russian Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" bomber. The B-52 and the Bear still operate today. Both good examples of weapons platforms which work.
New isn't always better.
My Dad flew these. Great memories.
Takes an awefully brave individual to fly any type of Bomber aircraft. These guys are literally the tip of the spear of any American agressive action. And they command absolute respect from myself and my family. 🤘🏻🇺🇲🤘🏻
*A VERY INTERESTING AND VERY COOL JOB!!* *WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OUT OVER OUR PEACE AND SECURITY!!*
I’m 66 and an USAF veteran joined the service in 73 became an SP, the 52 was an old bastard even then but nothing is more glorious than seeing it lift majestically in the air all eight engines smokin and howlin…
seeing the first few seconds and thinking "the Fighter pilots are like the attackers in Soccer" but these guys with their huge flying targets are definitly the Goalies!
my dad flew one was based everywhere miss him like its yesterday but the storys he told me ill never forget ty for video
Always amazed that the B-52 is still flying. They were flying when I was at Ellsworth AFB, SD, 1963-65.
100 years it will be in service,thats so amazing.
robert, both my brother and myself were both stationed at Ellsworth. i was a cop n my brother was a crew chief on a B52 (tail number 1016, the one used in the old AIR FORCE NOW commercials that ran in the late 70s n early 80s. the one where they show a B52 taking off with mountains in the background) i was lucky enough to have been able to go out n help my brother work on his plane on my days off. he even managed to get me multi engine rated in the process. i left Ellsworth in nov of 81 n my brother left for england 2 years later. man do i miss it and i miss ol 1016. my brother passed 5 years ago sadly....love ya bro...ssgt john r. hayley
@@wesleyhayley3657 thanks for the reply. I was in the 44thSMW (Minuteman ICBM's). They were all been pulled out quite some time ago.
@@robertschulze7995 i was with the 44th smw, 44th mss, flight 67-3 working out of golf
So righteous. I have a private license w/IFR rating. Checked out and current in my 172. Do you think that they'll let me fly this if it's on the weekend and they're not using it?
Thank you for no background music.
That wasn't much video but it was SO BAD ASS ! Thank you !
The sound of those jet engines are music in my ears but why do the pilots make so many corrective movements on the yoke during take off and in flight?
May have to do with the bend in the wings etc so they dont want to put too much load on the wings or end up stalling, more so during takeoff.
In short, the short tail BUFFs are the WORST flying Boeing product. As Bill alludes, spoiler only roll control is marginally adequate. While retracting flaps during an interval takeoff, it is not unusual to need FULL control deflection (spoiler and elevator) if you get into the wake of the lead airplane.
However, it still can’t be beat for carrying A LOT of weapons and staying on station for a long time. In Afghanistan, they were being used as CAS with JDAMs when no one else was around.
Skip Mcfadden
No spoilerons, only spoilers. If you look closely, you can see the distinctive smoke from the preceding aircraft.
Probably got a bit of wake during this interval formation takeoff
@@afcgeo882 Some flights watched the pilot makes little correction on the yoke or stick if an airbus. but you explanation seems reasonable to assume as correct. Thanks
I was a chamber tech at Carswell back when SAC meant something. Always loved going down to the end of the runway and watching them take off. Those big wings flapping like some angry bird ready to put a hurt on the Ruskies.
To bad we scraped half the fleet could have used the to drop food to hungry people
@@hermitvoncrab7174 There's still quite a few in mothballs out at the DM Boneyard outside Tucson.
@@sarge505050 ya with their wings guitened off and fuselage cut in half snd most of the engines take for parts.
Fighter pilots make movies, Bomber pilots make history!
@Bart Its a great saying and it's from a movie.
Oh stfu you know that was good
Anyone knows what the "LA" on vertical stabilizer stand for? And the two letter code on most of military planes in US for that matter.
Awesome take off from both perspective!
The LA is for Louisiana. Barksdale AFB is a base for B 52s. Probably the same for other military planes though I'm not positive.
What an aircraft that can be so resilient , absolutely amazing!
When I was 10 these used to fly out of Fairford during the Gulf War, low over our house and I'd gaze out at them in awe. Amazing aircraft.
The story is that they told new pilots, "This ain't your daddy's Air Force..but you might fly your daddy's B-52..or maybe even your grandpa's B-52" !! What a magnificent airplane !
That story isn't true
Keeping the old yokes with the B 52 logo is cool.She is a classic , the Old's 442 of the sky.
I love the 8 gage's , along with the glass. There still beautiful .. And have a very long reach. I know these lucky pilots get to hold history in there hands. Fly safe safe.
As a kid we lived near the end of the runway at Barksdale AFB in Bossier City LA. When they scrambled these and the KC-135’s, the air was filled with that beautiful black smoke! Impressive show of force!
i'm reminded of those scenes from dr. Strangelove with slim pickens in the cockpit and a young james earl jones and bombardier and saying in that same darth vader voice: "bomb bay doors... uh... negative function"
They are still a beast to behold flying in the sky today, as there are some currently stationed in the UK I am lucky enough to see one once every couple of weeks or so , magnificent!
G Cairns - perfect description. "A beast to behold...". Good one!
Thanks for the video. Props!
So cool to see all the instrumentation inside while on a live exercise.
incredible, what a privilege it must be to fly this. I'm amazed at how much movement is in the yoke and not much happens outside.
@Daniel The B-52 doesn't have ailerons, roll control is provided by spoilers on the upper wing surfaces. Early B-52 models had small "feeler ailerons" which were present only to provide feedback to the yoke but those were eliminated on the G and H models in favor of an extra spoiler segment (the aircraft in the video is an H model). There is so much wing flex built into the B-52 that on takeoff roll the wings are "flying" before the aircraft leaves the ground.
@Daniel The steering control in is taxi then in take off only allowing the wheels to turn X% in each. For take off they move very little and must turn the yoke all the way to move slightly on the runway.
Always remember a B-52 diverting into Leuchars in Scotland with an engine failure. A F-4 was told to get out of the way and land behind him. "Not the dreaded 7 engine approach" from the F-4 pilot had many in stitches.
Funny!
More than a magnificent machine ... a legend !!!!
There is a B-52 on display not far from the north entrance of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Love to stop and look at it. Amazing old plane. Those motors sound amazing.
I'm a Manual Machinist/CNC Machinist in Wichita KS with 23 years experience. The majority of my time spent as a DOD sub contractor and there is a Machine Shop literally 1.5 miles from me that only makes parts for the B-52 fleet. Anything that needs to be replaced that Boeing Doesn't have these guys reverse engineer and get it done. There entire property is full of B-52 's: fuselage(tail-cockpit) wings, etc..... They are located on Boeing property but are their own company! Really cool. This shop I was at got a small part run from them and I was stoked. I've had the honor of running some jobs that were for the B-52 fleet right after 9/11 to modify their wing mounts to carry new ordnance!!!🛹🏴☠️🛹🏴☠️🛹🤙😜🤙 My favorite all time bomber!!!
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a legendary aircraft flying high and strong all these years. Expected to keep flying till 2050.
We need THIS in DCS !! I have RGB keyboard and similar joystick... U have to start with something =) Amazing footage, thanks!
I read they were called Silent Death by those on the ground because B52's bombed from such high altitudes, they didn't even know they were overhead until all hell broke loose. One helluva of psychological weapon as well.