My gratitude to your father for his service to our country. My condolences to you and your family in his passing. My fervent appreciation to you for your serving in the Navy. I urge you to write a book on his and your respective duties in those times.
"Her" father piloted? I guess Hellen Reddy's song had an impact. Good for her, these primitive, outdated, biblical ideas about woman may finally be at an end. My sister's friend Flys a Grumman COD off aircraft carriers. You've come a long way baby.
I got that wrong, Cod is the mission of the plane, it's name is the Grumman Greyhound. It's used to bring mail supplies and people to and from the carrier. Basically a puggy version of The E2C without the dish on top.
As I understand it some of these H models are being flown by the grandsons and granddaughters of the men who first flew them. Incredible service length.
I worked on the B-52E stRAToFORTress and KC-135A tankers in the 17thBWH SAC at Wright-Patterson AFB in the mid 1960's. Our bombers still had the tail gunner in the rear. In 2006 shortly after I moved to Tennessee , while working outside, I heard multi jet engines and looked up in the sky and saw a KC-135 and a B-52 doing in flight refueling. What impressed me was that they were still " hooked" together and made a 90 degree turn . I thought that was some good flying.
I WILL BE LONG BURID AND RETURNED TO DUST BEFORE THIS AIRCRAFT LANDS FOR THE LAST TIME…..GOD SPEED GRANDPA…PROTECTOR OF AMERICA AND HER ALLIES….GOD SPEED….❤
A friend (now deceased) flew B52s during his AF career. In fact he had flown the one on display at the Air Force Museum in Dayton. He spotted it while visiting his dad and brother here in Ohio once. They were going through and he recognized it as one he'd flown. The B52 and C5 Galaxy are my 2 favs.
I was a crew chief on F-4's and was on the "end of runway" crew so I got to be at the end of the runway when the B-52's took off and landed. I loved when they turned the landing gear to crab for landing in cross wind. Being under them at take off was a moving experience.
@elrobo3568 F4 fathom, F4F Wildcat, F4u Corsair? So many planes have had that designation, if a B52 was involved it had to be the the Fanthom, since the others were WW2 planes
Was ground crew park em pump em and inspect and call your specialists then put em to bed so preflight crews can get em ready for flight crews and launch
What is truly amazing about the B-52 is that it first took flight in 1952 - a year before I was born & will be flying long after I am gone. I do hope Boeing gets their act together. They have produced some of the greatest aircraft to fly. Shalom
@politicsuncensored5617 Is Boing having problems? I know that spacecraft they sent up weeks ago stranded the crew. NASA is going to have to rescue them. But are they having other problems?
@@RobertGraziose You have not watched any videos of the problems with the Boeing passenger aircraft? Problems over the past couple years with parts failing, falling off during flight, including engines. Where have you been during this time? Shalom
@politicsuncensored5617 Yea I have seen that stuff, the one where the whole top of the airplane was sad, they said a flight attendant was sucker's out. I did know all of these planes were all made by them. Me and the news lately are like the Paul Simon song "The Only Living Boy In New York," "I get the news I need on the weather report. I can gather all the news I need on the weather report" I guess I outgrew my morbid curiosity.
@politicsuncensored5617 You did see that space rocket right? It messed up and a "Three Hour Tour", has turned into nightmare for those astronauts. They were supposed to come right away, now NASA will have to rescue them, I think months from now.
I have a pix of my best friend next to an A10 Warthog at Mcguire AirForce base at an air show featuring The Blue Angels. The A10, like the Grumman F14, were both made right here on Long Island. Grumman and Republic are sadly out of business. My Father was supervisor of tool and die at Grumman. My uncle worked at Republic. The A10 was named the Thunderbolt 2, in honor of the p47 Thunderbolt. The pilots renamed it Warthog because they felt it was not attractive!
@@RobertGraziose But if you're a soldier in the field and the enemy is closing in, some A-10's showing up and going BRRRRRRR against the enemy is more beautiful than Marylin Monroe in her prime.
@protorhinocerator142 The gun was around, they needed a platform to deliver it. You ever see the videos where they decimate a truck with a 3 second burst from the A 10?
By far my favorite military airplane not to dish on the F-22s or the C-xx airplanes but I was able to see one at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona. What an incredible airplane!
I am so happy for the B-52. I can remember when she first became a shiny new part of the U.S. Air Force and I wish for her many more active years in the future.
I grew up right next Mather AFB in Sacramento, CA in the 1960s and 70s. I was weened on B-52 engines 😂. My dad used to drive the car out to the end of the runway just off the base to watch B-52s taking off. It was a site that I have always remembered. Seeing those planes pass over us at only a couple hundred feet. My all time favorite plane.
The Buff is tired but she keeps on keeping on. I was a crewchief on them Would LOVE to see how one built with Modern Materials and practices would perform. Lighter weight, better fuel economy and longer range. IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES. The ONLY limit is someone's check book. I
That's how it supposed to be, don't retire those planes, is just modernized and maintained them and good to go, that's why America is the best in the world!
Station at KAFB Mi. in the early 60's, we had F106 & B52's. I worked on the 6's, but what was interesting the F106 used 1 truck to load fuel, and the B52 used many trucks to load fuel.
They have just about replaced everything on buff more than once, rebuilt to J that is a lot of rebuilds. Some mods the stripped the skin off on some at some point to check for damages.
I was crew chief on the b52d model during vetinam. GUAM AND OKINAWA. FLEW ON SOME MISSIONS WITH MY PLANE. NOT FOR ANYONE WHO CAN NOT STAND BEING IN TIGHT PLACES. I TRUST THE OLD BUFF
Rome, New York (former Griffiss AFB) had a tornado recently that damaged quite a few buildings and churches downtown. Amazingly, the twister was so strong it moved the static B52 display off of the stanchions onto the grass. On my first day in Vietnam (377th USAF Dispensary E.R.) I was on the night shift and talking to another medic when the windows started rattling and minor floor vibrations. I was told it was BUFFs working out about 20 miles away. Hotel Sierra! Cheers, Bob Powell, CMSgt, USAF(Ret)
Every time a B-52 launches, the Earth's orbit perturbs and its spin is either slowed or sped up. Gads they're heavy beasts! And that's before adding payload!
These things have been re-skinned a couple of times,re-engined a bunch, avionics replaced and replaced again, the electronic warfare officer of 20 years ago would not recognize the gizmos on board now. Subsonic and not particularly stealthy, The plane keeps on ticking. I wonder if they still have the retractable iron sight at the center of the cockpit window in case all else fails. ( not kidding. They were there. Probably still are)
This is an absolutely beautiful Airplane! I worked on them back in the mid 70's at K.I. Sawyer AFB in Michigan! Sadly KI Sawyer was closed in 1995 and all the B52's were transferred to different SAC Bases, (SAC no longer exists either) I hope the USAF keeps these beauties flying for long after I am gone. It is simply a Great Aircraft!
Like all old, dependable aircraft, it was designed with slide rules, manual math, and manual drafting. The advent of CAD began the slide to engineering exactly to specifications and not real-world likelihoods and conditions.
Just like the A-10, the B-52 was created and designed to serve a particular both, and both planes exceeded expectations. With modern upgrades, they will carry on serving the purpose they were designed for.
I once sat in the captains seat of a parked B52 and was blown away looking at the complexity of having 8 engines plus what seemed like 8 of everything. I met a few of the crew who sleep in a bunk house right at the runway and have to be in the air within 10 minutes , sometimes with orders to head many hours away only being ordered to return sometimes moments from an identified target. Each mission is the real thing until orders are changed. I am proud to be an American😭.
On the 'cover' of this video, to attract you, it shows a ground troop of maintainers, with a BUFF that is carrying 12 engines (3 propulsion pods per wing) when normally there are two propulsion pods with two engines -- on EACH wing, making it an 8-engined aircraft. That alone should show you that this is a load and the authors -- not much better (if at all)!
I'll never understand how they can retire planes like the F-117 or SR-71 and talk about retiring the F-22 and maybe the B-2 at the same time as upgrading this old bird. Crazy logic!
B2 was a FUBAR money pit. The redt never really had more than niche use. B52 is comparably a practical, utilitarian platform with multiple misdion.use and has been upgraded and modernised repeatedly. Apparently it can still be upped to ever-changing needs. It alsobwas dedigned ehrn Boeing was really Boeing.
@adrianpoole9201 sorry, the B2 was an obsolete money pit before production was canceled. F117 likewise was nonfunctional in its original role before limited production was started. F22 has been superseded by its modular descendants on the same platform. Only the B52 pergotmef ad intended and witj multi versatile utility, with a sound original design that has been proven capable of being upgraded and modernized repeatedly. It also was dedigned by the real BOEING Corporation before it was integrated into McDonnell Douglas group.
Add, it's so big Atlas himself could be mounted to one and they'd still have space left over. Before it's done I wouldn't be surprised to see a Megawatt laser weapon system integration b4 retirement.
Except for the basic framework of the fuselage, every part of the BUFF has been replaced multiple times, and was upgraded each time it was sent to the depot. That they are continuing this should not be a surprise to anyone. This is an excellent platform, and can (and has been) adapted as threats have evolved. I still think they made a major mistake by removing the tail guns, but I guess they know how they are going to defend against visual gun passes.
A major player in ending the Vietnam War and not even mentioned! Conventional weapons had a major role in it's past and should have been mentioned. I worked with them at Utapao Thailand in 1969-1970.
Nothing new here. When I worked with the DoD Ageing Aircraft program twenty years ago, the Air Force announced they planned to fly the B-52 until it was 100 years old.
I spent 4 years in the Air Force, and a stint in Nam, and never had the honor of seeing BUFF, saw lots of F-4 Phantoms and C-130 Hercules, and did ride from DaNang to Tan Son Nhut in a C-130!
It was to have been retired, but Reagan wanted a massive navy and larger airforce. The B1 was cancelled to go straight to the B2, so the US had three different types of large aircraft. Nearly 800 were built.
It actually does not make that much sense. These aircraft have very limited application in that they can only be used against tier 3 adversaries, where the US can establish air superiority and suppress integrated air defense networks. For most other adversaries, stealth has become essential and the B-1B and even the B-2 is no longer stealthy enough, so the Air Force knows it must upgrade to the B-21 to fight more capable adversaries. There are only about 75 B52s left in service, and that is probable all you need for tier 3 opponents, and it does not make sense to spend money on an updated B52 because of the small numbers needed, and the F-35 was so much more expensive than it was supposed to be, that the Air Force simply does not have the budget to design and build 75 more advanced B-52, and to continue to buy F-35s and B-21s. These newer aircraft are far more expensive to purchase and operate than they were supposed to be, so the budget simply does not allow them to take these side roads.
Did Tect School on B-52. Chanute. Westover AFB Headquarters 8th Air Force SAC. KC-135 Sgt Ground Crew, launch&recovery. No Hero's, but you can sleep tight my little baby's. Pease the old fashion way!!
The pastor at my sisters church was saying what a good looking aircraft the Warthog was. I bought him a diecast model of a B-52 and gave it to him and told him " No offence , but I think the Warthog is the ugliest aircraft ever built. " He laughed and added the B-52 to his collection. When I got home I ordered a Warthog for my collection.
No, combat radius of the B-52H is less than half of 8800 miles. That figure is a loaded range; unrefueled combat radius is around 4300 Mi. in a hi-hi-hi mission profile.
This B-52 I believe will outlast the B-2. There will be B-2 aircraft around, but not as many as the B-52. Efficiency, with the new engines, cost wise with the multitude of weapons the Fortress can carry. I believe the B-52 has out done its expectations already with more mod's probable in the future.
Some of the B-52H models I flew on and worked on in the 450th Bomb Wing (Minot N. Dakota) from 1963-66, are still serving today. Every once in a while I’ll spot one by its tail number in a video. BTW, we never referred to them as BUFFS. That’s a term I never heard until years after my discharge. In this video, the narrator says specifically that the term was given to the aircraft by “soldiers.” Perhaps the Army bestowed that moniker when the bomber first appeared in Viet Nam. We simply called them bombers or 52s, to distinguish them from the KC-135 tankers we also worked and flew on.
The new engines will give the plane engines well tested, easy to service and best of all use less fuel. This will enable the bomber not to need the plane being refuelled so often that means protecting the air refuelling aircraft from attack by the fighters of the enemy. They will need some form of defending themselves such as laser units. I do not know the ceiling of these bombers but if that cannot be increased to fly above most of the enemies ceiling then they will need weapons to defend themselves or have fighter support
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My dad flew on the B-52's in the 1960's as a Crew Chief. He's sadly is gone on but that plane he crewed in still goes on.
I salute your Dad
As did mine!!!!
My gratitude to your father for his service to our country. My condolences to you and your family in his passing. My fervent appreciation to you for your serving in the Navy. I urge you to write a book on his and your respective duties in those times.
i worked on them and flew on them as a Crew Chief from 84 to 04
I once met a young officer who was the command pilot of the same B52 her father piloted. Amazing aircraft.
"Her" father piloted? I guess Hellen Reddy's song had an impact. Good for her, these primitive, outdated, biblical ideas about woman may finally be at an end. My sister's friend Flys a Grumman COD off aircraft carriers. You've come a long way baby.
I got that wrong, Cod is the mission of the plane, it's name is the Grumman Greyhound. It's used to bring mail supplies and people to and from the carrier. Basically a puggy version of The E2C without the dish on top.
As I understand it some of these H models are being flown by the grandsons and granddaughters of the men who first flew them. Incredible service length.
I worked on the B-52E stRAToFORTress and KC-135A tankers in the 17thBWH SAC at Wright-Patterson AFB in the mid 1960's. Our bombers still had the tail gunner in the rear. In 2006 shortly after I moved to Tennessee , while working outside, I heard multi jet engines and looked up in the sky and saw a KC-135 and a B-52 doing in flight refueling. What impressed me was that they were still " hooked" together and made a 90 degree turn . I thought that was some good flying.
I WILL BE LONG BURID AND RETURNED TO DUST BEFORE THIS AIRCRAFT LANDS FOR THE LAST TIME…..GOD SPEED GRANDPA…PROTECTOR OF AMERICA AND HER ALLIES….GOD SPEED….❤
The A-10&the B -52 should never be put in the scrap yard I’m a military brat be smart and keep them😊
A friend (now deceased) flew B52s during his AF career. In fact he had flown the one on display at the Air Force Museum in Dayton. He spotted it while visiting his dad and brother here in Ohio once. They were going through and he recognized it as one he'd flown. The B52 and C5 Galaxy are my 2 favs.
I was a crew chief on F-4's and was on the "end of runway" crew so I got to be at the end of the runway when the B-52's took off and landed. I loved when they turned the landing gear to crab for landing in cross wind. Being under them at take off was a moving experience.
@elrobo3568 F4 fathom, F4F Wildcat, F4u Corsair? So many planes have had that designation, if a B52 was involved it had to be the the Fanthom, since the others were WW2 planes
Was ground crew park em pump em and inspect and call your specialists then put em to bed so preflight crews can get em ready for flight crews and launch
What is truly amazing about the B-52 is that it first took flight in 1952 - a year before I was born & will be flying long after I am gone. I do hope Boeing gets their act together. They have produced some of the greatest aircraft to fly. Shalom
Yes the war was one by the B-17, B-24 form Boeing. As well as that great British Bomber the Lancaster.
@politicsuncensored5617 Is Boing having problems? I know that spacecraft they sent up weeks ago stranded the crew. NASA is going to have to rescue them. But are they having other problems?
@@RobertGraziose You have not watched any videos of the problems with the Boeing passenger aircraft? Problems over the past couple years with parts failing, falling off during flight, including engines. Where have you been during this time? Shalom
@politicsuncensored5617 Yea I have seen that stuff, the one where the whole top of the airplane was sad, they said a flight attendant was sucker's out. I did know all of these planes were all made by them. Me and the news lately are like the Paul Simon song "The Only Living Boy In New York," "I get the news I need on the weather report. I can gather all the news I need on the weather report"
I guess I outgrew my morbid curiosity.
@politicsuncensored5617 You did see that space rocket right? It messed up and a "Three Hour Tour", has turned into nightmare for those astronauts. They were supposed to come right away, now NASA will have to rescue them, I think months from now.
The B52 is simply a classic.Ageless,ever new,more deadly
Papa Buff lives forever🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍😁😎
The B-52 is the Goat of all time.😊
The B52 and A10 must never be removed from service.
I have a pix of my best friend next to an A10 Warthog at Mcguire AirForce base at an air show featuring The Blue Angels. The A10, like the Grumman F14, were both made right here on Long Island. Grumman and Republic are sadly out of business. My Father was supervisor of tool and die at Grumman. My uncle worked at Republic. The A10 was named the Thunderbolt 2, in honor of the p47 Thunderbolt. The pilots renamed it Warthog because they felt it was not attractive!
@@RobertGraziose But if you're a soldier in the field and the enemy is closing in, some A-10's showing up and going BRRRRRRR against the enemy is more beautiful than Marylin Monroe in her prime.
@@protorhinocerator142 did you know that the plane was designed around that gatling gun?
@@RobertGraziose Absolutely.
We need a big ol' gun that goes BRRRRRR.
Oh, and make it fly somehow.
@protorhinocerator142 The gun was around, they needed a platform to deliver it. You ever see the videos where they decimate a truck with a 3 second burst from the A 10?
By far my favorite military airplane not to dish on the F-22s or the C-xx airplanes but I was able to see one at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona. What an incredible airplane!
A monster - which epitomizes American strength.
@Bduh2 I have a picture here of me under a static display of a decommissiond B52 at the AirForce academy in Colorado. Shows how big this plane is.
I am so happy for the B-52. I can remember when she first became a shiny new part of the U.S. Air Force and I wish for her many more active years in the future.
They are the coolest looking bombers to me
I grew up right next Mather AFB in Sacramento, CA in the 1960s and 70s. I was weened on B-52 engines 😂. My dad used to drive the car out to the end of the runway just off the base to watch B-52s taking off. It was a site that I have always remembered. Seeing those planes pass over us at only a couple hundred feet. My all time favorite plane.
The Buff is tired but she keeps on keeping on. I was a crewchief on them
Would LOVE to see how one built with Modern Materials and practices would perform. Lighter weight, better fuel economy and longer range. IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES. The ONLY limit is someone's check book.
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The military has tried to replace the B-52 since the day it was placed in service.
"Can't do it"
Is it really necessary to create a Stupid Photo Shop of 12 engine BUFF. It's just insulting.
@WindsurferHD Sometimes it's essential to criticise stupidity . . .
It does not have 12 engines has 8 felt safer on that plane than any commercial plane made
No other aircraft has ever had the lasting relevance of the B-52 😊 a great example of American achievements in aviation 😊
I was a crew member on the buff ten years ago and my eyes light up every time i see one.
That's how it supposed to be, don't retire those planes, is just modernized and maintained them and good to go, that's why America is the best in the world!
I enjoy your content it's both interesting and exciting. I like to see the growth and power of the USA military. Thank you.
Ain't nothing ugly about this majestically beautiful bird!
This video was fascinating to a novice like myself, thank you.
Station at KAFB Mi. in the early 60's, we had F106 & B52's. I worked on the 6's, but what was interesting the F106 used 1 truck to load fuel, and the B52 used many trucks to load fuel.
Putting new engines on the BUFF doesn't make it brand new.
What about the other modifications, she's not the same bird
They have just about replaced everything on buff more than once, rebuilt to J that is a lot of rebuilds. Some mods the stripped the skin off on some at some point to check for damages.
It works tho
No one said it would be a new plane, it has evolved over the years, and overall it’s nothing like the original B-52.
@@mikewalsh1402the TITLE says it😂
This is one gorgeous beastie. Nothing ugly about it. Major Kong would’ve loved it.
I was crew chief on the b52d model during vetinam. GUAM AND OKINAWA. FLEW ON SOME MISSIONS WITH MY PLANE. NOT FOR ANYONE WHO CAN NOT STAND BEING IN TIGHT PLACES. I TRUST THE OLD BUFF
Forget the green house gas bs . Until these people stop using heat for their homes , gas for their cars and stop flying I don’t want to hear it
Rome, New York (former Griffiss AFB) had a tornado recently that damaged quite a few buildings and churches downtown. Amazingly, the twister was so strong it moved the static B52 display off of the stanchions onto the grass.
On my first day in Vietnam (377th USAF Dispensary E.R.) I was on the night shift and talking to another medic when the windows started rattling and minor floor vibrations. I was told it was BUFFs working out about 20 miles away. Hotel Sierra!
Cheers, Bob Powell, CMSgt, USAF(Ret)
Every time a B-52 launches, the Earth's orbit perturbs and its spin is either slowed or sped up. Gads they're heavy beasts! And that's before adding payload!
These things have been re-skinned a couple of times,re-engined a bunch, avionics replaced and replaced again, the electronic warfare officer of 20 years ago would not recognize the gizmos on board now. Subsonic and not particularly stealthy, The plane keeps on ticking. I wonder if they still have the retractable iron sight at the center of the cockpit window in case all else fails. ( not kidding. They were there. Probably still are)
This is an absolutely beautiful Airplane!
I worked on them back in the mid 70's at K.I. Sawyer AFB in Michigan! Sadly KI Sawyer was closed in 1995 and all the B52's were transferred to different SAC Bases, (SAC no longer exists either)
I hope the USAF keeps these beauties flying for long after I am gone. It is simply a Great Aircraft!
I imagine that there will be very few crewed aircraft in the military fleet by 2050.
I cannot imagine any of our new bombers lasting 100 years unless that was part of the design criteria...
Like all old, dependable aircraft, it was designed with slide rules, manual math, and manual drafting. The advent of CAD began the slide to engineering exactly to specifications and not real-world likelihoods and conditions.
@@ssaraccoiiThe Slide rule got us to the moon and back too. 55 years ago and we still are having an effort getting back.
@@ssaraccoiiThe original rough design was done by 3 Boeing engineers in a hotel room in Ohio and used balsa wood to carve a model.
Love this huge aircraft when I was a small boy
Just like the A-10, the B-52 was created and designed to serve a particular both, and both planes exceeded expectations. With modern upgrades, they will carry on serving the purpose they were designed for.
I once sat in the captains seat of a parked B52 and was blown away looking at the complexity of having 8 engines plus what seemed like 8 of everything. I met a few of the crew who sleep in a bunk house right at the runway and have to be in the air within 10 minutes , sometimes with orders to head many hours away only being ordered to return sometimes moments from an identified target. Each mission is the real thing until orders are changed. I am proud to be an American😭.
Russia,China - watch this!
They don't have to. China builds roads instead of bombers and they are building a spiderweb around the US and their ME ally.
My dad worked on this while in TAC and SAC!!
Thanks , Enjoyed, Have been able to look inside a B52 at a few airshows over the years. One hell of an aircraft.
It'll never be replaced that's one badass aircraft
Seems like you added a few extra engines, not necessary
On the 'cover' of this video, to attract you, it shows a ground troop of maintainers, with a BUFF that is carrying 12 engines (3 propulsion pods per wing) when normally there are two propulsion pods with two engines -- on EACH wing, making it an 8-engined aircraft. That alone should show you that this is a load and the authors -- not much better (if at all)!
I'll never understand how they can retire planes like the F-117 or SR-71 and talk about retiring the F-22 and maybe the B-2 at the same time as upgrading this old bird. Crazy logic!
B2 was a FUBAR money pit.
The redt never really had more than niche use.
B52 is comparably a practical, utilitarian platform with multiple misdion.use and has been upgraded and modernised repeatedly.
Apparently it can still be upped to ever-changing needs.
It alsobwas dedigned ehrn Boeing was really Boeing.
@@jamesbowen2105Any chance you can slow down typing on your keyboard. It avoids writing a complete load of incoherent bollocks.
@adrianpoole9201 sorry, the B2 was an obsolete money pit before production was canceled.
F117 likewise was nonfunctional in its original role before limited production was started.
F22 has been superseded by its modular descendants on the same platform.
Only the B52 pergotmef ad intended and witj multi versatile utility, with a sound original design that has been proven capable of being upgraded and modernized repeatedly.
It also was dedigned by the real BOEING Corporation before it was integrated into McDonnell Douglas group.
Add, it's so big Atlas himself could be mounted to one and they'd still have space left over. Before it's done I wouldn't be surprised to see a Megawatt laser weapon system integration b4 retirement.
@@jamesbowen2105
What is meant by ‘pergotmef ad’??
The Pratt and Whitney engines had the best sounds. Unmistakable.
A flight of these would end the war in both the Middle East and Ukraine
I refueled these amazing aircraft in the early 60's. Love to see them still flying.
I did the same thing....1961 thru 1969
Except for the basic framework of the fuselage, every part of the BUFF has been replaced multiple times, and was upgraded each time it was sent to the depot. That they are continuing this should not be a surprise to anyone. This is an excellent platform, and can (and has been) adapted as threats have evolved. I still think they made a major mistake by removing the tail guns, but I guess they know how they are going to defend against visual gun passes.
A major player in ending the Vietnam War and not even mentioned! Conventional weapons had a major role in it's past and should have been mentioned. I worked with them at Utapao Thailand in 1969-1970.
Nothing new here. When I worked with the DoD Ageing Aircraft program twenty years ago, the Air Force announced they planned to fly the B-52 until it was 100 years old.
I spent 4 years in the Air Force, and a stint in Nam, and never had the honor of seeing BUFF, saw lots of F-4 Phantoms and C-130 Hercules, and did ride from DaNang to Tan Son Nhut in a C-130!
It was to have been retired, but Reagan wanted a massive navy and larger airforce. The B1 was cancelled to go straight to the B2, so the US had three different types of large aircraft. Nearly 800 were built.
US must keep those aircrafts B52 and A10 they are very powerful aircrafts
Just build updated versions of the basic aircraft. But they won't, because that makes too much sense.
It actually does not make that much sense. These aircraft have very limited application in that they can only be used against tier 3 adversaries, where the US can establish air superiority and suppress integrated air defense networks. For most other adversaries, stealth has become essential and the B-1B and even the B-2 is no longer stealthy enough, so the Air Force knows it must upgrade to the B-21 to fight more capable adversaries. There are only about 75 B52s left in service, and that is probable all you need for tier 3 opponents, and it does not make sense to spend money on an updated B52 because of the small numbers needed, and the F-35 was so much more expensive than it was supposed to be, that the Air Force simply does not have the budget to design and build 75 more advanced B-52, and to continue to buy F-35s and B-21s. These newer aircraft are far more expensive to purchase and operate than they were supposed to be, so the budget simply does not allow them to take these side roads.
Did Tect School on B-52. Chanute. Westover AFB Headquarters 8th Air Force SAC. KC-135 Sgt Ground Crew, launch&recovery. No Hero's, but you can sleep tight my little baby's. Pease the old fashion way!!
*** Being a Boeing project makes it suspicious to me. Boeing: "No job too big, no fee too big"
Boing has gone downhill and needs to be redone top to bottom….
I worked at Columbus AFB when the B-52s were there. I worked on the new longer runway in 1968... Carl Thornton
Superb UK Rolls Royce engines on board now.
Actually Rolls Royce USA which means th UK will see no benefit from this contract
@@mothmagic1 There had to be a catch to it . . .
Thank you Sir !
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As long as these design changes are properly thought through and executed given Boeing's recent record. They're screwing up regularly.
What a Beautiful aircraft!.... close, but not there, to the Warthog...
The pastor at my sisters church was saying what a good looking aircraft the Warthog was. I bought him a diecast model of a B-52 and gave it to him and told him " No offence , but I think the Warthog is the ugliest aircraft ever built. " He laughed and added the B-52 to his collection. When I got home I ordered a Warthog for my collection.
I seen the mighty B-52 in action near pleiku and the rubber plantation. You are laying on thunder. LZlbany. 4th div.
When an average citizen can afford one of these beauties...life will get much more fun!
It's a great, old plane..... old plane. Maybe, just maybe, we should start planning a replacement for it. A big, modern great new plane.
Your photo shop first image is just silly. Not going to listen to article.
As long as subsonic bombing is viable, the B52 will have a steady service life, especially since it now has so many munitions options.
The BUFF is a one of a kind aircraft
No, combat radius of the B-52H is less than half of 8800 miles. That figure is a loaded range; unrefueled combat radius is around 4300 Mi. in a hi-hi-hi mission profile.
This B-52 I believe will outlast the B-2. There will be B-2 aircraft around, but not as many as the B-52. Efficiency, with the new engines, cost wise with the multitude of weapons the Fortress can carry. I believe the B-52 has out done its expectations already with more mod's probable in the future.
Ist it an easy target for anti aircraft long range missiles?
Well now that all the enemies know exactly what this plane is made of and it’s capabilities they will know better how to counter it.
Pride goes before a fall!
The last BUFF pilot has yet to be born
I never heard any "Mud Marine" turn down an "Arc light" when the nva was breathing down their neck!!!!
Some of the B-52H models I flew on and worked on in the 450th Bomb Wing (Minot N. Dakota) from 1963-66, are still serving today. Every once in a while I’ll spot one by its tail number in a video.
BTW, we never referred to them as BUFFS. That’s a term I never heard until years after my discharge. In this video, the narrator says specifically that the term was given to the aircraft by “soldiers.” Perhaps the Army bestowed that moniker when the bomber first appeared in Viet Nam. We simply called them bombers or 52s, to distinguish them from the KC-135 tankers we also worked and flew on.
Fascinating...❤
As a Structures mech. I havent heard of any really great upgrades to the main spars and associated structures
Could you get someone other than Kermit the frog to narrate ?
I am sure the thumb nail for this flick showed THREE pairs of engines per wing ( meaning twelve engines all up ). You're full of it.
Loop hose refueling? That's not the picture... "Eight twin engines..." sort of...
Going from 8 to 4 engines would require a full rebuild of the wings. As told to me by a B-52 crew chief
"Brand new" B-52s? Something of an overstatement. Curb your enthusiasm.
Man… the nickname of BUFF is so undeserved (yeah, imho)… I think it looks awesome.
100 years in the air would really make it something wouldn't it.
Wait! Where’s the extra set of engines like in the cover shot?
The B-36 and B-47 preceded the B-52, not the B-29
Being in SAC for 3 and a half years KAFB,MI get a little teary eyed seeing B 52's flying , I was 18 year old in aircraft electric shop ugly planes lol
Finally retiring Puff and Weeze and installing first class Rolls Royce Allison engines is the way to go! Woo hoo!!!
The new engines will give the plane engines well tested, easy to service and best of all use less fuel. This will enable the bomber not to need the plane being refuelled so often that means protecting the air refuelling aircraft from attack by the fighters of the enemy. They will need some form of defending themselves such as laser units. I do not know the ceiling of these bombers but if that cannot be increased to fly above most of the enemies ceiling then they will need weapons to defend themselves or have fighter support
Just a great old work horse🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
If it still does the job, why not keep it around?!👍😄
Hope they check for metal fatigue?
What about metal fatigue of wings,fuselage.
Sometimes the government gets things right. This time they maxed getting it right by not ordering unneeded and superfluous things.
Yes let those know what they can expect 👊👊👊👊👊👊👊
They just don't make um like they use to.
ROCK HUDSON "A GATHERING OF EAGLES",CLASSIC MOVIE
Constant airframe checks. Microscopic.