The Last B52 To Leave Blytheville AFB (November 1992 News Coverage)
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Kait 8 and channel 13 footage of Memphis Belle III (59-2594) leaving Blytheville/Eaker AFB November 1992, making it the last BUFF to leave the base after the START 1 treaty was signed and Eaker was set to close due to B.R.A.C. action.
Lived out past the north end of the runway. Loved the drills where the B52s would all take off right after each other. Gosnell was a great little town back then.
MITOs were the best show; I loved watching them too. & you’re right, my 1st duplex was in Gosnell. Enjoyed my time there 1981-83.
As a lot of VHF tape is converted to digital, You can see a lot more of these final flight and base closure videos. Though it’s a little disheartening, I think they need to be seen. The simple truth is you cannot downsize the military without downsizing the United States as a whole. that’s what happened in the early 1990s with all the military downsizing. I think it needs to be seen as a lesson so that we can never lose that amount of bases and personnel ever again. as an Air Force veteran, I saw the after effects I’m sure other branches experienced the same.
Great video.. Unfortunately as usual there is not one mention of the Maintenance troops. Why do you think that BUFF landed at Barksdale a code 1 jet? Because of both the Crew Chief’s and support troops. I was a SAC Crew Chief (Tankers) in the 70s and 80s
Understand, longtime A&P here.
I actually worked a lot of hours on this aircraft.
Sadly this B-52H was flown to Davis Monthan AFB and it was eventually scrapped. I feel really bad for this bomber's crew chief because I'm sure he felt like they ripped his heart out when they scrapped this B-52H. All thats left of this plane is one nose art panel for the Memphis Belle III and its on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
That was a B-52G not a H model get your aircraft identification right, I worked on both!!!
It's alot of Miltary History in the state of Arkansas especially during the cold war
Bombers and Tankers also ICBMs at Little Rock Air Force Base and Bombers and Tankers at Blytheville Airforce Base (Eaker AFB).
That's a sick reenlistment.
Used to work on that aircraft back in the day.