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B-52 Stratofortress — The BUFF Strategic Bomber

Talyn said:
I saw a large fly-over of several B-1 bombers awhile back when I was at the Grand Canyon.
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Born and raised about 15 miles from a SAC base. When the B-52s flew out on alert there was no noise abatement as they flew over our house. The TV screen would roll and go into static mode. The KC-135s would follow and actually their engines were more painful to the ears than the BUFFs. Now live near a B-1B base, but they don't fly over that much, but when they do it's pretty impressive.
 
After basic training and tech school, I spent the rest of my enlistment in SAC. I spent one tour at Andersen AFB, Guam where our "D" models flew missions to Vietnam. Sorry about the quality of the photos, they were taken in 1966.

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I love the old B-52. Here is a plane from, Well, 1952, that just keeps going. No matter how many times the Air Force tries to field a replacement, XB-70, B-36, B-57, B-58, B1A & B, B-2 nothing comes close. They just keep re-winging and re-building the old BUFF's
 
Scevaph said:
I love the old B-52. Here is a plane from, Well, 1952, that just keeps going. No matter how many times the Air Force tries to field a replacement, XB-70, B-36, B-57, B-58, B1A & B, B-2 nothing comes close. They just keep re-winging and re-building the old BUFF's
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The B-52 replaced the B-36.

And the B-57 was a tactical bomber not a strategic bomber like the rest.

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USAF leadership referred to the B52 as a 100 year airframe when I was on a SAC base. I have read of three generations of men of the same family flying the same BUFF. They just change out engines and the electronics suite and continue on. With a full load of today's precision guided munitions a B52 is an awesome weapon. God Bless our warriors who will go in harm's way on our behalf.
 
Tinyman said:
With the all girl band? None were hawt but they could play.
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And sing with an accent. There were three clubs there right next to one another. I can't remember the names of the others. On Town Patrol I hit every bar in Udornthani. As a gun note, we did not have a SOFA with Thailand so could not carry our guns off base. So we carried them in shoulder holsters under our fatigues. I had a friendly Thai Policeman who was quick on the draw and who rode in my jeep often on bar checks. The locals were terrified of him
 
HayesGreener said:
And sing with an accent. There were three clubs there right next to one another. I can't remember the names of the others. On Town Patrol I hit every bar in Udornthani. As a gun note, we did not have a SOFA with Thailand so could not carry our guns off base. So we carried them in shoulder holsters under our fatigues. I had a friendly Thai Policeman who was quick on the draw and who rode in my jeep often on bar checks. The locals were terrified of him
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Those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end --
 
Just did the Google Earth Pro trick and . . . . . don't anything look even remotely familiar. Looked for the three circles -- nothing.

BTW, Mrs. Tinyman just busted on me pretty bad. I was keeping her updated on our reminiscing and she said, "you can't remember why you came into the room but you can remember the name of a bar from 1970"?

And yes, I still drink Singha.
 
Years ago I had a friend who was a ground pounder in Viet-Nam.
He was on patrol near Laos and they settled down for the night when they all felt a earthquake as everything was shaking and the sky's' towards Laos was lite up big time.
They figured out it was B-52's carpet bombing in Laos VC trails about more or less 20 miles from them. :unsure:
 
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