Lol fr just having a good day til u see a single plane coming over the city. “Weird that doesn’t look like most of our Air Force” as you see a single parachuted bomb fly out of the back and an American flag on it when it passes 😳
I used to live in the flight path of Barksdale AFB also. I remember plenty of time being on the phone while outside and having to stop talking on the phone because one was flying overhead. 😅
I started my career in the air force in May 1966. After basic training I reported to Minot AFB North Dakota. US highway 83 goes north out of Minot along east side of tbe base. The east end of the. Runway and alert pad can be seen from the highway. At night with the alert pad lights, the runway lights on plus the lights on the 52's tge area looks like day time. I finished my career at Barksdale after twenty years retiring as a MSgt.
Thank you for your long service. I grew up in Shreveport next to Barksdale and our next door neighbor was a Col at the time He made Lt Gen. Buckman was his name. We watched B-52s a lot. Kind of a hobby. Is this picture of Barksdale? Looks like Louisiana.
Freedom as in 60% of national budget going to military, people and the government drowning in debt, patients having to pay hundreds of thousands out of pocket for basic medical care, people dying by guns for ringing a doorbell, and when anyone disagrees with this view of freedom, they enforce it on innocent people in other countries because they have the budget to. Why I am saying this? Idk man I like to rant when given the chance 😅
My grandpa has a mug and some pot made from it, he say. It's like a collectible item, i wouldn't say that he was bragging about it, but tbf b52 is one of if not the state of the art aircraft at the times, a flying castle.
I would love to see that. The best I've seen was a low level fly-by at Arcadia, California by a B-2 Stealth Bomber. My favorite as a child was seeing an SR-71 Blackbird on final approach to Norton AFB in California, back in the day.
My dad used to tell me stories of back when OIA was still McCoy Airforce Base of waving to B52 tail gunners as they flew over head on final approach. That and the F4 Phantom pilots that used to use the railroad tracks that became the Van Fleet trail on their way to and from Pine Castle Bombing range. One time my uncle and his cousin were coming back from Lakeland after attending the gun show and as they were driving past the peak of the over pass that went over the railroad tracks, one phantom flew under the bridge followed seconds later by another flying over the bridge.
There's just something so sexy about the sound those engines make..... like, I get how underpowered and old they are, but their scream will never be forgotten even if they are re-engined.
One time a 52 flew from Guam to Perth, Western Australia for a flyby at an airshow then flew straight back again. The endurance of the crew is unmatched. God bless America, from your Aussie mates.
My dad use to take me to, I believe it was Castle AFB, when i was really little, and we would watch the B-52s take off and land. It was so loud and unmistakeable, and it’s imprinted on my mind forever. And for them taking off…all you see is black smoke and eventually they pull up out of it, and the 4 smoke trails are awesome to see as it takes to the sky. Love the BUFF!
When I was going to UCR back in 70s, they would go on alert out of March AFB. BUFFs screaming, belching smoke, make the bank at 1,000 feet overhead, and right behind it came another and another. Insanely loud and you would see those massive camouflage wings with 8 engines hanging off them.
I saw that after I posted the comment. Thanks. It must have been a treat seeing that. I was on a lake in Florida when a B2 flew right over my boat at treetop level. I could see the pilot and copilot. Pretty amazing.
I grew up in the 1950s in a town next to a SAC airbase. We didn't have many B-52s overhead, but we had countless beautiful B-47s just above our roofs and an assortment of other types like the B-57 Canberra, KC-97 tankers, etc. What a treat for this kid who loves airplanes!
My Grandpa told me never to be upset because of the loud engines because that’s the sound of freedom and if you dont hear them anymore you need to start worrying.
Can't wait to see them all upgraded to the B52J model, with Rolls Royce engines, no more smoke trail, longer range without refueling and increased power, less noise.
I remember watching the B-52‘s taking off and landing at Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth Texas. I was also given a personal tour of the base and was able to stand under a 52 looking up into the bomb bay and up to the flight deck. Great memories
I served at barksdale from March 86 through December 89 working on the B-52G models. Some of the best years of my life. Met some amazing friends and beginning in May of 2019 we had our first squadron reunion(2nd OMS) and met every 2 years during the air show. Since my departure from the Air Force that May was the first time back on base since I left at the young age of 26. To all the Crew Chiefs reading my comment remember those good old days working swing shifts and graves hearing the power units supplying power to the aircraft.
Live near Nellis, so see all the fighters often. It's always special when the Buffs, the Spirit, or the Bone come in for joint exercises. The scream of those 8 engines is cool as heck.
Is the Bossier City, La.? Barksdale AFB is there. We regularly see them shooting approaches making a circle and do it over and over! They cross over I 20 low!
Back in the 60's we lived within the flight path of landing planes at Larson AFB. The "silver and white" B-52's would land over our house (we were about a mile from the end of the runway) and then, later, during the Vietnam war involvement, they were black on the bottom with green mottled camo on top. As a kid in grade school, I loved it. Sometimes we'd see B-36's at altitude as well . They looked like tiny silver crosses in the sky. My father worked on the analog computers used for the tail guns.
I remember walking through a b52 at an airshow. It was absolutely amazing and then watched it take of almost completely vertically. They have a ton of power.
Wow, that's an awesome site! It just seemed to come out of nowhere too. Majestic and scary at the same time, image being the enemy and seeing that coming at you.
I live in the San Gabriel Valley of So. Calif, and almost every year the they flew they B2 right over my house signaling the start of the Rose Parade, that was sooo... coool. :)
So, I know everyone experienced SAC, I loved being a part of the Strategic Air Command. Best part of my 24 years from 1975 until 1999. I have a lot of miles in B-52's and loved ❤it
I Remember watching them lift off for Operation Chrome Dome trips right from the end of the Runway at SJAFB in the 70's - also remember watching an alert lift off - 18 or 20 at 15 second intervals was impressive!
Gave me goosebumps,thanks to all the young men who fought and died in ww2 so we could have the freedoms we have and who stopped the crimes against humanity.
Many years ago I was on a pay phone at a 7-11 making a long distance call and pumping quarters into the phone as three BUFFs and three KC135s were taking off over me. I enjoyed the show,but it cost me a roll of quarters in the process! Lol Haha I was near the end of the runway of March Airbase South of Riverside, CA. Love the south of 8 burning! Have a nice day.
Texas St (Hwy 80) Bossier City. See them everyday. Used to be a bushhog operator at Barksdale years ago. When we were required to cut the runway, we had to be there early enough to make a 250' cut on both sides of the runway for the entire length before they started flying at 7am. Even being 250' feet from the edge watching these planes come in to land and getting hit by side wind would make your butt pucker.
I remember when I was at school a few years ago while I was in third or fourth grade, sometime around 2020-2021, the class group I was in at the time was at recess and out of nowhere, I hear a sound which sounded like a large jet in the distance. I looked over to where the sound was coming from and waited a few seconds as it got louder and louder. After those few seconds, I saw the B-52 for the first time. It was an insane experience as it was at least one to two hundred feet above the ground. It was bigger and louder than I thought it would be. I can't imagine what the other kids at the playground were thinking.
I used to live close to Griffith Air Force Base in Rome,NY when the B52s were stationed there. Knew one of the pilots. They would leave Rome loaded with nuclear weapons and fly the Looking Glass route outside of Soviet Union air space. Always on alert back then 20 plus hour non-stop flight. Was very cool when B52s was come in low like in this video to land at Griffith.
That 8 engine scream is unmistakable ❤
This was an emergency landing, it was the dreaded seven engine approach!
It wasn’t an emergency landing showboatsix
I only counted four engines.
@@donbob3343every engine is right beside another so it looks like 4 but its 8
if they changed things to sound like a Stuka's... :D
jeez imagine being in moscow in 1963 and u see one of these big boys
As it crashes into the kremlin because B-52 would not make it that far. They would use an ICBM to destroy moscow
Lol fr just having a good day til u see a single plane coming over the city. “Weird that doesn’t look like most of our Air Force” as you see a single parachuted bomb fly out of the back and an American flag on it when it passes 😳
imagine being a helpless child in afganistan
@@xexmatu7s We don’t bomb random villages
@@luigimrlgaming9484 why are you lying on the internet
Everybody gangsta till it starts unloading too
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I understood too well..
i like this comment
I'm an old aviation writer, and I've flown, flown in, or seen just about everything with wings. For me, a BUFF overhead never gets old.
They're quieter than most people think lol
"BUFF" 😂
@@nickhale117Well the b-52 is called the BUFF, the Big Ugly Fat Fuck (its real,google it)
Oh! HLC reference, I repeat, HLC REFERENCE!!!!!
B-52. One of the Best! I grew up with them and still feel real safe with them in the air.
That's not "noise"...... That's Music!
Algo que no puede decir el enorme número de países que ha saqueado y masacrado tú maldita nación de degenerados.
they're actually not the best nor safe, but very destructive
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That's the sound of FREEDOM!
@@alejandromoreno5056 nah they are literally the best when they are going to reach 100 years of service with the Air Force.
I live about fifteen yards from Barksdale AFB and it never gets old. The GOAT of big planes.
I live in the flight path of Barksdale and see these beautiful miracles of airpower everyday,never get tired of hearing those engines...total eargasm
Luckyyy
@@jc5520 There are times in the middle of the night where they wake you up shaking the whole house....get a big laugh and go back to sleep....
@@stevethompson2751 all I have here flying are A-10's
@@jc5520 We had a few of them here but they left after a few months....guess they couldnt handle the eargasms of the BUFF....lol
I used to live in the flight path of Barksdale AFB also. I remember plenty of time being on the phone while outside and having to stop talking on the phone because one was flying overhead. 😅
I started my career in the air force in May 1966. After basic training I reported to Minot AFB North Dakota. US highway 83 goes north out of Minot along east side of tbe base. The east end of the. Runway and alert pad can be seen from the highway. At night with the alert pad lights, the runway lights on plus the lights on the 52's tge area looks like day time. I finished my career at Barksdale after twenty years retiring as a MSgt.
Thank you for your long service. I grew up in Shreveport next to Barksdale and our next door neighbor was a Col at the time
He made Lt Gen. Buckman was his name. We watched B-52s a lot. Kind of a hobby. Is this picture of Barksdale? Looks like Louisiana.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. GOD BLESS.❤❤❤❤
MSgt Stricker thank you for your service to our nation. I flew Buffs at Minot from 1973-77. Great airframe!
Thank you for your service
These OG birds are still flying for over 60 years. Awesome sound!
it Reminds me of the old engine models of the c-5 galexy cargo plane man i miss hearing that sweet sound of good ol america 😢
Sound of freedom right there
Nope Fuck the USA.
Freedom as in 60% of national budget going to military, people and the government drowning in debt, patients having to pay hundreds of thousands out of pocket for basic medical care, people dying by guns for ringing a doorbell, and when anyone disagrees with this view of freedom, they enforce it on innocent people in other countries because they have the budget to.
Why I am saying this? Idk man I like to rant when given the chance 😅
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Freedom. Yeah. From the world of living.
Hell yea borhter
I absolutely love the noise the engines make👍
Sound of Freedom!
Love that "whistle " sound. ❤
That distinct eerie noise love it
Imagine standing in a rice patty over in Vietnam and looking up to see that S.O.B.😂
But at full throttle 💀😂
Right? They probably thought it was aliens
Eh. In Vietnam you wouldn't hear them at 30K feet.
You would only hear the bombs when they hit the ground
My grandpa has a mug and some pot made from it, he say. It's like a collectible item, i wouldn't say that he was bragging about it, but tbf b52 is one of if not the state of the art aircraft at the times, a flying castle.
Pratt & Whitney POWAH 🦅🔥🔝🇺🇸🫡✈️
Now it’s gonna be British power lmaooo with the new engines
The eagle fits way too well 😅
Mig-21: Nu’uh ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
Now with the PW1000G engine issues, I guess PW no longer has the POWAH
I would love to see that. The best I've seen was a low level fly-by at Arcadia, California by a B-2 Stealth Bomber. My favorite as a child was seeing an SR-71 Blackbird on final approach to Norton AFB in California, back in the day.
I saw the SR-71 make a low pass near Beale Airforce Base. Late 80's
My dad used to tell me stories of back when OIA was still McCoy Airforce Base of waving to B52 tail gunners as they flew over head on final approach. That and the F4 Phantom pilots that used to use the railroad tracks that became the Van Fleet trail on their way to and from Pine Castle Bombing range. One time my uncle and his cousin were coming back from Lakeland after attending the gun show and as they were driving past the peak of the over pass that went over the railroad tracks, one phantom flew under the bridge followed seconds later by another flying over the bridge.
Love the B-52 Stratofortress. The sound from those eight jet engines never fails to please us. It's always a mesmerising sight to see.
I saw a B-52 in Wichita just south of McConnell AFB on take-off. It looked just like a giant dragonfly.
I was at Whiteman when it left the day after the air show Mfkr glided of the runway no lift just glide
There's just something so sexy about the sound those engines make..... like, I get how underpowered and old they are, but their scream will never be forgotten even if they are re-engined.
*You hear a terrifying roar in the sky…*
It's Shia leBouf
I love the fact that the sound of the truck slowly starts to hush as the 8 engines of the B-52 scream right above
"how could this day get any worse"😂
*Bomb hatch opens*
It’s worse alright😂
*"JARATE!"*
One time a 52 flew from Guam to Perth, Western Australia for a flyby at an airshow then flew straight back again. The endurance of the crew is unmatched. God bless America, from your Aussie mates.
Just down the road from home. Welcome to Louisiana!
That's our ol'bad ass still flying high baby! Awesome destructive power
My dad use to take me to, I believe it was Castle AFB, when i was really little, and we would watch the B-52s take off and land. It was so loud and unmistakeable, and it’s imprinted on my mind forever. And for them taking off…all you see is black smoke and eventually they pull up out of it, and the 4 smoke trails are awesome to see as it takes to the sky. Love the BUFF!
When I was going to UCR back in 70s, they would go on alert out of March AFB. BUFFs screaming, belching smoke, make the bank at 1,000 feet overhead, and right behind it came another and another. Insanely loud and you would see those massive camouflage wings with 8 engines hanging off them.
I saw that after I posted the comment. Thanks. It must have been a treat seeing that. I was on a lake in Florida when a B2 flew right over my boat at treetop level. I could see the pilot and copilot. Pretty amazing.
I grew up in the 1950s in a town next to a SAC airbase. We didn't have many B-52s overhead, but we had countless beautiful B-47s just above our roofs and an assortment of other types like the B-57 Canberra, KC-97 tankers, etc. What a treat for this kid who loves airplanes!
Looks like bossier city Louisiana, i live in Shreveport and see B52s all the time frim barksdale they sound very unique 😊
The sound is a scream someone will never forget!
Massive , I can only think about the one hollland crashed at the air show years ago . Amazing machines and the sound is one of a kind
Every time I hear one I think of that video. Crazy how neglectful the military was in preventing that
My Grandpa told me never to be upset because of the loud engines because that’s the sound of freedom and if you dont hear them anymore you need to start worrying.
I see them all the time in San Antonio, Texas and I always have the same question "how on Earth can fly"
They're not that massive. If you live in San Antonio you guys have the C5. Now that is a plane that surprises me when I see it flying 😆
I heard someone say that they are even better than the modern planes because they are so sturdy and well made.
@@BiggHogg870 Even they aren't massive, you should have seen the An225 fly. Jk, I know c5s are obscenely large
@@BiggHogg870 I dunno, C5s look bloated, lol
Can't wait to see them all upgraded to the B52J model, with Rolls Royce engines, no more smoke trail, longer range without refueling and increased power, less noise.
I remember watching the B-52‘s taking off and landing at Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth Texas. I was also given a personal tour of the base and was able to stand under a 52 looking up into the bomb bay and up to the flight deck. Great memories
I served at barksdale from March 86 through December 89 working on the B-52G models. Some of the best years of my life. Met some amazing friends and beginning in May of 2019 we had our first squadron reunion(2nd OMS) and met every 2 years during the air show. Since my departure from the Air Force that May was the first time back on base since I left at the young age of 26. To all the Crew Chiefs reading my comment remember those good old days working swing shifts and graves hearing the power units supplying power to the aircraft.
Thank you Sir for your service!
Live near Nellis, so see all the fighters often. It's always special when the Buffs, the Spirit, or the Bone come in for joint exercises. The scream of those 8 engines is cool as heck.
A beautiful sight. The B-52 sounds great too. Legendary aircraft.
I love this plane, it’s undeniably outdated, but the screech of being on the constant verge of compressor surge is just intimidating!
The airframe is definitely old but the tech and improvements are cutting edge. That plane will be in service another 50 years.
It’s not on the verge of compressor surge
Everyone gangsta until the bombing bay opens💀💀
I was stationed at Griffiss AFB for 2 years with the “Buffs.” Beautiful birds. It’s always great to see them in the air.
Is the Bossier City, La.?
Barksdale AFB is there. We regularly see them shooting approaches making a circle and do it over and over! They cross over I 20 low!
She's a Beauty 😍 And you don't want to be under her when those Bomb Bay Doors open
You can’t go wrong with that 8 engine roar.
Jet noise-the sound of freedom
Refits scheduled all the way to 2050. Amazing.
If you listen carefully, you can hear it singing "Love Shack"
Just be glad that it wasn't the one doing the unloading :)
Back in the 60's we lived within the flight path of landing planes at Larson AFB. The "silver and white" B-52's would land over our house (we were about a mile from the end of the runway) and then, later, during the Vietnam war involvement, they were black on the bottom with green mottled camo on top. As a kid in grade school, I loved it.
Sometimes we'd see B-36's at altitude as well . They looked like tiny silver crosses in the sky.
My father worked on the analog computers used for the tail guns.
I remember walking through a b52 at an airshow. It was absolutely amazing and then watched it take of almost completely vertically. They have a ton of power.
@Mingo... that was about the time I saw one, it was at the Oshkosh airshow in Wisconsin probably about 30 years ago.
Dog models didn't have too much.
Wow, that's an awesome site! It just seemed to come out of nowhere too. Majestic and scary at the same time, image being the enemy and seeing that coming at you.
C-130 and C-141 is the largest I have been in Navy 82 to 88 VS-41 and VS-33 AZ2 two west pacs and I love that whine of the engines.
I live in the San Gabriel Valley of So. Calif, and almost every year the they flew they B2 right over my house signaling the start of the Rose Parade, that was sooo... coool. :)
I miss this in Ft Worth. Back when Carswell was a SAC base.
Awesome man one of my favorite planes especially because of the wings and the cockpit
LOVE the sound of those 8 SCREAMING engines
The legendary scream of freedom!
Pilot : let me like the vid
Also Pilot : oops wrong button
Lived in Ewa Beach HI. In 1962. Had B52's flying over our house from Hickam field about every 20 min. They were loud.
Jet noise...THE SOUND OF FREEDOM ❤
That sound always makes me think the beginning of Nuclear War is beginning.
We live under the final approach to March AFB near Perris Ca as a kid and used to see that all the time during the 60s . Fond memories .
Unmistakable roar of the BUFF
I was expecting a rumbling roar, but it's a Large Clandestine Actual Tiger screaming Rage.
So, I know everyone experienced SAC, I loved being a part of the Strategic Air Command. Best part of my 24 years from 1975 until 1999. I have a lot of miles in B-52's and loved ❤it
I Remember watching them lift off for Operation Chrome Dome trips right from the end of the Runway at SJAFB in the 70's - also remember watching an alert lift off - 18 or 20 at 15 second intervals was impressive!
That's beautiful, full flaps almost floating.
The aircraft that will change lives.
Impacting hearts and minds for a better tomorrow.
And end them
💀 some countrys yes
The plane that deletes countries
Love the sound of those engines
Gods! What a monster!
Gave me goosebumps,thanks to all the young men who fought and died in ww2 so we could have the freedoms we have and who stopped the crimes against humanity.
Because the B52 was flown during WW2??
That's so cool nice to sight and, caught em! That was badass! Awesome video!!! 💪👍🔥
And now they're going to swap the PWs with RRs. Makes me sad, it's almost like the sound of cicadas out of Springtime
Grandpa's sound is apparently priceless.
O the BUFF whine ❤. I spend 30 years of my life a couple of miles from barksdale afb.
Many years ago I was on a pay phone at a 7-11 making a long distance call and pumping quarters into the phone as three BUFFs and three KC135s were taking off over me. I enjoyed the show,but it cost me a roll of quarters in the process! Lol Haha I was near the end of the runway of March Airbase South of Riverside, CA. Love the south of 8 burning! Have a nice day.
Texas St (Hwy 80) Bossier City. See them everyday. Used to be a bushhog operator at Barksdale years ago. When we were required to cut the runway, we had to be there early enough to make a 250' cut on both sides of the runway for the entire length before they started flying at 7am. Even being 250' feet from the edge watching these planes come in to land and getting hit by side wind would make your butt pucker.
Lived near an AFB in the 90s. They did low altitude practice bomb runs over our farm. It was amazing and terrifying at the same time.
I use to see the B-52's on a almost daily basis at Sheppard AFB, Texas (Wichita Falls, Texas)..in the late 50's...early 60's.
You're right I have never heard it before but I won't forget it!!
That's a major barrel of Freedom going over there 😊
I could listen to them forever. Much better than our G models at Wurtsmith.
Everyone tuff until the hatch opens over you
Imagine if it started unloading ☠️
In a middle of a city 💀
I sure remember that sound. When I lived in Guam they'd be landing right over our house.
I remember when I was at school a few years ago while I was in third or fourth grade, sometime around 2020-2021, the class group I was in at the time was at recess and out of nowhere, I hear a sound which sounded like a large jet in the distance. I looked over to where the sound was coming from and waited a few seconds as it got louder and louder. After those few seconds, I saw the B-52 for the first time. It was an insane experience as it was at least one to two hundred feet above the ground. It was bigger and louder than I thought it would be. I can't imagine what the other kids at the playground were thinking.
That engine scream warns the enemies and villagers “Get the Fvk out, Hell is about to unleashed!”
Thank you to all the truckers out there ,God bless you all and to all your families God bless you all,and have a happy new year
Used to see those every day as a kid in the 80s. Grew up near a SAC base near Canadian border.
Minot??? Dad was stationed there from 66-70 with SAC.
The sound alone makes you stop cold, creepy!!! Then you realize its on our side...!🎉
majestic B52 awesome bomber
50 + years of service .
Thank you mister Boeing. 😊
That is a scary-looking bomber.
I love the way those Turbojet engine whistle
They're turbofans
This is probably the last thing a lot of people saw before the bombs exploded.
definition of "Chat we are cooked"
I used to live close to Griffith Air Force Base in Rome,NY when the B52s were stationed there. Knew one of the pilots. They would leave Rome loaded with nuclear weapons and fly the Looking Glass route outside of Soviet Union air space. Always on alert back then 20 plus hour non-stop flight. Was very cool when B52s was come in low like in this video to land at Griffith.
The engines on them are so much better than the 50s!
Used to see that every day when I was in the Air Force.