Thanks for posting this. I was in the AF when this was ON for real. They even had red rotating lights at all the intersections on base and everywhere else on base a crew might happen to be away from the Alert Shack. A quick break from being 100 feet away from the planes was all they got during their rotating 24/7 Alert "Stand" was all they got. They had the red lights at the BX, The theater, the gym. everywhere. They even had reserved parking spots even closer than the Base Commanders reserved parking spot at of all those places. Everyone who was stationed on the base knew the drill and we all took it seriously. No one, knew if it was a real alert or if it was just a drill........Everyone involved in getting those planes and crews together and ready at a moments notice knew that the Freedom and Security of the entire country, GODS Country, depended on them to do what they had spent years training to be ready for.....Get those bas _ _ rds before they got us. That is it in a nutshell. To a person, from the airman that cleaned the toilets in the alert shack, to the maintenance crews on the flight line, to the Aircrew that would deliver the payload (Nuclear)....the entire base really including the families gave of themselves to achieve this readiness posture that was entrusted to them by our President, and it was an Honor to be given the PRIVDLEDGE to Serve our Country this way for RIGHT during this time in our history when this is the way we did it. So when the TIME came and the engines exploded into life with a BANG using the cartridge starters , to the pause at the end of the runway with the adrenaline flowing listening for the crackle of orders from HQ in the headsets, there was no doubt that The Mission would be a success. We were waiting too..... it got kinda silent all around the base....would we see the dozens of smoke trails from the planes as they disappeared over the horizon on their way to ??...or would they taxi back to the ramp? I thank God we never saw the "Gear Up" indicator light come on................................so now,.... those Navy guys just party around the world under the sea the doing the same thing. HA! Good on ya' Navy!!!!! Your turn!
@@Blackcloud288 I too was at Fairchild, 92d Security Police Squadron, working bomber, tanker alert areas or the weapons storage area. 1977-1982 I was a Staff Sergeant!!
@AirForceMSgt, I like that you gave credit to everyone.........the wives and children of these S.A.C. alert teams. It never was easy to say goodbye to my Dad when the wing deployed on an exercise that would take them away for days with no guarantee they'd be back. Planes crashed, stuff happened, parts failed. S.A.C. in the early to mid 50's had a mixed piston engined and jet bomber fleet. Aerial refuelers were the KC-97'S, cargo planes C-124's. Bombers KB-50's and B-47'S. These aircraft were unforgiving as they were loaded to the maximum with bombs, fuel, cargo and airmen. Many thanks for your service Sarge! Freedom Isn't Free
I think the radiation from any ICBM's that exploded nearby (we wore goggles and put shields up in the windscreen during exercises) would dry those tooties out real quick. But I agree, it would suck to fly the whole mission with wet feet.
@@jamalwilburn228 B52s and KC135s sat alert every single day of the Vietnam war and into 1989 (I believe). I was on the next to last alert. These guys were not playing. Four of my friends were blown up when their 135 blew up flying a Cold War mission. You should show some respect.
Is this Carswell AFB? Sure does look like it. When I was in the Army at Ft Hood TX, used to drive up to Dallas/FtWorth for the weekend, and often hit the Carswell NCO club for lunch. One time I was there, all hell broke loose like this video. Asked the barkeep what the heck was going on, and he said an alert. Told me of a place where I could watch the "minimum distance" takeoffs of the alert planes.. VERY awesome when you're actually there...
This wasn't Carswell AFB. I pulled alert duty at Carswell AFB in 1968. The alert building was on the alert flight line. We ran to the planes on foot from the building.
I usually had a really good view working in the alarm tower 50 feet in the air at Fairchild AFB. A couple of times it was pucker time as the tower cleared the first B-52 for take-off!!!! But then cancelled the take off order!
I read a story about the B1 bomber, it has a slap button on the front landing gear, they hit that button and it's ready to roll by the time they get in and strapped in.
Gotta tell ya, I feel like they probably ought to be running and driving with a little more... conscious urgency? Carefully controlled fear? I don't think people realized just how unlikely it was any of those bombers would get away from the base in time to survive. Something like 80% of them were expected to die on the runway from an SLBM first strike. Literally every friggin' second counted.
+Alex Tocqueville Only bombers who were pulling Alert at coastal or near coastal areas were vulnerable to SLBM strikes, and then only if true first strike was launched with no warning time. Most situations would have seen the Alert aircraft dispersed to other bases and locations during periods of increased tensions, as was part of the doctrine of the day.
but alert status and proximity to the sea also impacted response time. from what i understand, we would wait for an actual impact to retaliate with our SLBM and ICBM's, but the BUFFs were the real M.A.D. big dogs.
you think the waiting quarters would be at the edge of the runway, within running distance. needing to pile into pickups and driving out to the runway seems a waste of valuable time.
Some bases had the Christmas Tree designed alert area with the alert shack as we called it, but even then they had to use a truck to reach all but the closest B-52. My base had the alert area with the building right next to the parking stubs. They even put a few trailers outside of the restricted area so crew members could visit privately with their families. I usually worked in the alarm tower 50 feet up next to the alert shack, building 2080. Fairchild AFB 1977-1982.
That was the alert faculty at March AFB near Riverside, CA. The Alert facility was pretty close to the alert area. For some reason the film editing made it look further away. FWIW, that facility is now part of CBP’s AMOC at March ARB.
Iirc, in 1983, the world came extremely close to accidental nuclear war. The only reason the nukes weren't exchanged was because some dude in russia decided to trust his gut instead of what his readout was saying. It was latter determined that the readout had malfunctioned. The us also had a similar situation when someone accidentally left a training simulation loaded in an early warning system and it started acting like russia had lunched nukes. And those are just 2 situations we know about, its impossible to tell just how many times the world was one individual decision away from nuclear Armageddon during the cold War.
The heavens declare the glory of the Bomb, and the firmament showeth Its handiwork. Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. May the Blessings of the Bomb Almighty, and the Fellowship of the Holy Fallout, descend upon us all. This day and forever more. Amen.
Thanks for posting this. I was in the AF when this was ON for real. They even had red rotating lights at all the intersections on base and everywhere else on base a crew might happen to be away from the Alert Shack. A quick break from being 100 feet away from the planes was all they got during their rotating 24/7 Alert "Stand" was all they got. They had the red lights at the BX, The theater, the gym. everywhere. They even had reserved parking spots even closer than the Base Commanders reserved parking spot at of all those places. Everyone who was stationed on the base knew the drill and we all took it seriously. No one, knew if it was a real alert or if it was just a drill........Everyone involved in getting those planes and crews together and ready at a moments notice knew that the Freedom and Security of the entire country, GODS Country, depended on them to do what they had spent years training to be ready for.....Get those bas _ _ rds before they got us. That is it in a nutshell. To a person, from the airman that cleaned the toilets in the alert shack, to the maintenance crews on the flight line, to the Aircrew that would deliver the payload (Nuclear)....the entire base really including the families gave of themselves to achieve this readiness posture that was entrusted to them by our President, and it was an Honor to be given the PRIVDLEDGE to Serve our Country this way for RIGHT during this time in our history when this is the way we did it. So when the TIME came and the engines exploded into life with a BANG using the cartridge starters , to the pause at the end of the runway with the adrenaline flowing listening for the crackle of orders from HQ in the headsets, there was no doubt that The Mission would be a success. We were waiting too..... it got kinda silent all around the base....would we see the dozens of smoke trails from the planes as they disappeared over the horizon on their way to ??...or would they taxi back to the ramp? I thank God we never saw the "Gear Up" indicator light come on................................so now,.... those Navy guys just party around the world under the sea the doing the same thing. HA! Good on ya' Navy!!!!! Your turn!
I participated in many of these scrambles. And even got caught being at the BX. Thank God for all the red lights at intersections too.
Here at Fairchild AFB I'm on alert crews. Big job, lots riding on it.
@@Blackcloud288 I too was at Fairchild, 92d Security Police Squadron, working bomber, tanker alert areas or the weapons storage area. 1977-1982 I was a Staff Sergeant!!
So many billions wasted for nothing except your fear of communism unbelievable...
@@badbotchdown9845 That's right, comrade.
@AirForceMSgt, I like that you gave credit to everyone.........the wives and children of these S.A.C. alert teams. It never was easy to say goodbye to my Dad when the wing deployed on an exercise that would take them away for days with no guarantee they'd be back. Planes crashed, stuff happened, parts failed. S.A.C. in the early to mid 50's had a mixed piston engined and jet bomber fleet. Aerial refuelers were the KC-97'S, cargo planes C-124's. Bombers KB-50's and B-47'S. These aircraft were unforgiving as they were loaded to the maximum with bombs, fuel, cargo and airmen. Many thanks for your service Sarge! Freedom Isn't Free
I remember visiting Grisdom AFB in Indiana back in 75...they had alert rooms right by the run way...KC-135
"Everyone run through the puddle... it's more dramatic that way."
That is a heck of a lot of J-57's huming!
Hell of a thing having to destroy Russia on the last day of civilization with wet feet the whole time.
I think the radiation from any ICBM's that exploded nearby (we wore goggles and put shields up in the windscreen during exercises) would dry those tooties out real quick. But I agree, it would suck to fly the whole mission with wet feet.
What. about the dudes in Vietnam who were getting shot down every day? All while these guys play pretend
@@jamalwilburn228 B52s and KC135s sat alert every single day of the Vietnam war and into 1989 (I believe). I was on the next to last alert. These guys were not playing.
Four of my friends were blown up when their 135 blew up flying a Cold War mission. You should show some respect.
@@jamalwilburn228 There's no "pretend" carrying nuclear weapons, lil homie.
@@jamalwilburn228 why not take a shot of draino and wash your mouth out
Is this Carswell AFB? Sure does look like it. When I was in the Army at Ft Hood TX, used to drive up to Dallas/FtWorth for the weekend, and often hit the Carswell NCO club for lunch. One time I was there, all hell broke loose like this video. Asked the barkeep what the heck was going on, and he said an alert. Told me of a place where I could watch the "minimum distance" takeoffs of the alert planes.. VERY awesome when you're actually there...
my uncle was station at carswell,i was there when they had a alert .you dont know its the real thing or a drill
This wasn't Carswell AFB. I pulled alert duty at Carswell AFB in 1968. The alert building was on the alert flight line. We ran to the planes on foot from the building.
I usually had a really good view working in the alarm tower 50 feet in the air at Fairchild AFB. A couple of times it was pucker time as the tower cleared the first B-52 for take-off!!!! But then cancelled the take off order!
McCoy?
March AFB Riverside, CA.
Thanks for the video. Brought back a lot of memories. To this day I can't say the word Klaxon three times in a row.
Seen this event happen at Seymour Johnson back in 72 as a kid playing football in an open field. Us kids thought it was cool and the end.
I think it's March AFB, 22 BW
ORI. Seen them in person. I was stationed at Carswell in the 60's.
I read a story about the B1 bomber, it has a slap button on the front landing gear, they hit that button and it's ready to roll by the time they get in and strapped in.
For a "alert" start all four engines would be up and running by the time you were strapped in. Before the B-1 got "de-nuked"
I kinda remember one of the Bombers with pencils on the switches. Always carried extra pencils on every Alert.
0.23 - 0.25
What kind of cap are they wearing? White with blue top?
I’ve never seen anything like that!
Plattsburgh?
What base? My dad might have been there at this time
When these drills took place , were there any warnings to the surrounding towns in order to avoid panic.
No Hittman. Most were just practices and of no concern to civilians or towns nearby.
no one ever knew. that was the point.
Well remember no notice SAC alerts. Even better at Minot in winter at 0200. And nobody was awake to film it. So just take my word for it.
Which base is this?
Lots of them up these days. Good.
Gotta tell ya, I feel like they probably ought to be running and driving with a little more... conscious urgency? Carefully controlled fear?
I don't think people realized just how unlikely it was any of those bombers would get away from the base in time to survive. Something like 80% of them were expected to die on the runway from an SLBM first strike. Literally every friggin' second counted.
+Alex Tocqueville Only bombers who were pulling Alert at coastal or near coastal areas were vulnerable to SLBM strikes, and then only if true first strike was launched with no warning time. Most situations would have seen the Alert aircraft dispersed to other bases and locations during periods of increased tensions, as was part of the doctrine of the day.
but alert status and proximity to the sea also impacted response time. from what i understand, we would wait for an actual impact to retaliate with our SLBM and ICBM's, but the BUFFs were the real M.A.D. big dogs.
@@chokedup53 PAVE PAWS radar was installed in certain coastal locales 24/7 scan for launches from sea based missile attack.
So the enlistted men who drive the alert crew trucks, get left behind to be vaporized, atomized by the megatons?
you think the waiting quarters would be at the edge of the runway, within running distance. needing to pile into pickups and driving out to the runway seems a waste of valuable time.
Some bases had the Christmas Tree designed alert area with the alert shack as we called it, but even then they had to use a truck to reach all but the closest B-52. My base had the alert area with the building right next to the parking stubs. They even put a few trailers outside of the restricted area so crew members could visit privately with their families. I usually worked in the alarm tower 50 feet up next to the alert shack, building 2080. Fairchild AFB 1977-1982.
Dyess AFB 84 to 87. The quarters sat right next to the alert pad there.
We lived on wright patterson air base b52 flying 24 7 just life
I was 12
Awesome 👍
"FOUR ALERT FORCE, FOUR ALERT FORCE. KLAXON, KLAXON, KLAXON."
Reminds me of March AFB...
I think the quarters building should be another 2 miles rom the flight line, How stupid.
Matters why?
That was the alert faculty at March AFB near Riverside, CA. The Alert facility was pretty close to the alert area. For some reason the film editing made it look further away. FWIW, that facility is now part of CBP’s AMOC at March ARB.
Весь экипаж на стуле с газетами сидит или спят сидя.. А у нас в Советском союзе в шахматы играют😌😆 Ох уж эти постановочные ролики!😀 Миру мир!
This is what I did in the AF.
My father did the same thing before he retired. Flew 24hr. around the world. Everything about SAC , as a dependant ,it was a great Life!!!
All of this would cease to exist with a stroke of a pen…. ❌
ORI?😳
Return to what?🙄
Jman
Some day their will be an accident that gets the planet wiped out
Iirc, in 1983, the world came extremely close to accidental nuclear war. The only reason the nukes weren't exchanged was because some dude in russia decided to trust his gut instead of what his readout was saying. It was latter determined that the readout had malfunctioned. The us also had a similar situation when someone accidentally left a training simulation loaded in an early warning system and it started acting like russia had lunched nukes. And those are just 2 situations we know about, its impossible to tell just how many times the world was one individual decision away from nuclear Armageddon during the cold War.
@@isaachousley325lol Dumbness, maybe it it DID happen in an alternate reality and you and I were never born in that one 🤷♂️
Best MITO video on the web. ruclips.net/video/lQkjGvt6fBQ/видео.html
Since when did bus drivers start flying planes ????.... 😆😆😆😆
I know you didn't say that!!! The drivers of the trucks are part of the flight crew.
😂😅
NKAWTG........ Nobody !
The heavens declare the glory of the Bomb, and the firmament showeth Its handiwork. Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. May the Blessings of the Bomb Almighty, and the Fellowship of the Holy Fallout, descend upon us all. This day and forever more. Amen.
those damn dirty apes!
Jfk was murdered because he thwarted ww3
Which base is this?
March AFB