Being a military brat had its advantages and disadvantages both.

Did your dad know the pilots involved in 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash, Yuba City B-52 crash, 1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash, 1966 Palomares B-52 crash, 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash.?

How did you like Grand Forks AFB? I can tell you it is still cold as ever, that part has not changed even though the mission is now drone based.

I betcha: "interesting mission". I flew KC-97s in the 50's, because some clown in the Pentagon was sure that a prop bird could mate with a jet. It could, only if you went downhill for half an hour. B-47 troops were identifiable by the blue lines around their mouths. Those were the bad old days.

Is the analog instrumentation more reliable than modern digital ones?

@@mikealvarez8250 in certain situations.

That's what keeps you guys flying in tough times, an innovative brain and a lot of guts! (We thank all USAF guys for their service in the air! God forbid we have a third World War, but if we do, it will probably nearly all be fought in the skies! We know our Air Force will take care of it efficiently and bravely!)

No, they'll be picked up by a KC-135

@@stuartdavis798 an air refueler?

KC-135 Navigator. Remember NKAWOTG (Nobody Kicks A- Without Tanker Gas) even if it’s a KC-46 or heaven forbid a KC-10 Gucci model.

@@stuartdavis798 ok yes but why would a bomber crew be picked up by an air refuel crew

@@MrFluff-mj6pk big plane, lots of space.

lol you are not a vietnam vet , you are too young.. pretty sure the B52 in vietname killed lot of trees instead of the vietnamese heroes.. long live vietnamese fighters

@@lufasumafalu5069 I'm 75 numb nuts, and I have not the slightest doubt the B-52s accounted for a number of the NVA which was a good thing.

"Fighter pilots make movies, bomber pilots make history." ;)

@@MongooseTacticool Just remember NKAWOTG

Didn't work in Nam

Fast H Racing What did?

@@stuartdavis798 Everyone needs logistical support :)

kurtb8474 Where were you stationed?

Awesome Kurt. My father rode B-52s on and off for 30 years as a navigator/DSO. He really never talked about it to me even though my curiosity was intense. I finally years later got to tour a retired B-52 in Illinois and the living space was far more worse than a Calcutta slum. God Bless all our patriots defending America!

So thats how US lost hydrogen bomb, thats all your fault, a decoy man?

Was this on an alert pad? I'm curious as to why they would park them like this? Or why they would have nukes on an aircraft outside a restricted area.

@@cannedlaughter2535 the reasons can be varied, most likely they were sitting an advanced posture that required a shortened response time; the reasons for that are classified. There may have been a problem with the normal alert area, such as working on sensors, fencing, tarmac, etc. There is likely a few other possibilities, but those are some of the most likely. As to your alert pad point, for all intrinsic purposes anywhere a nuke loaded bomber sits is an alert pad and therefore has a no lone zone established around it that entails strict rules for the MX and security folks to follow as well as the crew. When a loaded bird is outside a secure alert area there are added security protocols that are enacted, a point guard is one of them which is what Kurtb8474 was performing. This is not as unusual as it sounds too, during generations, nearly every bird in every parking stub becomes an alert pad with point guards and a lot of added security. It is entirely within the realm of possibilities that Kurt was temporarily relieved of his point guard duties by his NCO while he got a quick look see inside. The AC has the authority to allow entry for this person (clearly not just anyone) in that situation and with the vice wing king paving the way it is a totally believable story (meant for cool breeze). Little known fact, when sitting alert, part of the initial crew brief on the pad with the crew chief many ACs would tell him, if we start engines and get a real world message and he sees the crew hatch pop open with no other signal from us (i.e. flashing the landing lights) that was his one chance to climb on board and have a chance of escaping what was coming...thankfully we'll never know what they might have done in that instance but it was the crew's way of giving the guy a chance.

Hi Bob- Thank you for what you've sacrificed. I appreciate your service.

I believe until 2025..

And to think the grandkids of early B52 pilots are now the B52 pilots.

Longer than that!

They have extended its service until 2050.

Chris Teet surprised to see me aircraft on youtube. Im working on her now

The video ends at 8:46 lol

"The comparison with the Wright plane in Vietnam wasn't that far fetched." It wasn't even a little far fetched; it was spot on. The Wright Flyer first flew in December of 1903, and the American involvement in Vietnam began in 1955. 1955-1903=52 years. The B-52 first flew in 1952, and went into service in February of 1955. This video is from 2017, and 2017-1955=62 years.

You see it at 6:00

don't be scared irvan, comes from the word nucleus meaning "little nut"......lol

It's still used for that. The B52 is still used to truck nuclear cruise missiles.

More like a Gibson Thunderbird through an Ampeg SVT-VR ! ;-)

It also hurts like hell if you get hit over the head with one..

Payed shill damn😂😂😂

manifestgtr, fantastic quote !!!!

Hahahaha

Are you formerly Michelle Stringham ? My father was ECM at Castle AFB and was pals with Bud Stringham.

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The engine's what?

That's the sound of freedom!

Timothy Robbins fuck outta here you send a fighter to change people’s minds

Timothy Robbins

Tim you need to rethink that. The "Buff" was the last plane chosen out of UPT.

Really ? How much mind do people still have once you've carpet-bombed them into oblivion ? Face it, gun lovers : there's more power to mess minds up in trump's tweets than in all the B52's ever built.

Not much success with the Vietnamese mind tho...

Not almost. They do have souls. It breaks my heart that all my beloved C-141s are no more...

I think the DC-3 might just beat the B-52 to that particular accolade.

​@@mandolinic DC3's are still in private use today. its a great aircraft no argument but the C47, AC47 and R4D5 have long since been retired from military service.

One of the worst design ever. Missing ailerons already caused a lot of steep bank angle stalls.

61-0011

Props to you sir.

Thank You for Your Service Sir.

I remember climbing up in the wheel well to work on the Doppler radar system. I was in Guam TDY on the Tanker Task Force and for some reason the shop had no one qualified on the ASN-81 in the BUFF so, since it was almost the same system as was on my tankers, they recruited me to fill in. Someone had to show me where the components were mounted. The wheel well was a surprise to me. I came out of the 55th AMS, SAC, 328x5, Avionic, Inertial, and Radar Nav systems. That was only 40 years ago, but I still got to work on the D model. The memories!

@@thinkingoutloud6741 When were you on Guam? I went TDY there in '80. I was 319th AMS 328X4, SAC, as well. The AN/APN81 was in the KC-135 (along with the ASN-7 and Carousel IV INS), while the Buff (E, G & H models) had AN/APN89. I worked on both, very similar systems. Yeah, the location of the R/T and Tracker up in the wheel well was a treat, if there wasn't much fuel on board the plane would have a lot of room underneath! Climbing up on a wheel and scrambling over to the electronics bay was an experience.

@@TBlake-yf2sr I was there from Nov 81 to Feb 82. You clearly have a better memory than mine. I couldn’t remember the system name of the Doppler on the Buff... just that it was close to the -81. And I’m embarrassed that I messed up my AFSC.

I was at Castle in '75. Was the alert facility used for crews then? When I was there, it was used for Social Actions training, LOL.

Station at Altus afb in transportation sqd worked NORS control get parts for B52s & KC135s. Then 37 years as railroader. Signalman CSX.

@@joekoelker9038 34 years as a BNSF machinist.

@@mdf1951 worked 5 years in locomotive shop as a laborer.

Going to SJ, this would have been in the late 1970s. Jr high school for me. I have always loved airplanes, however in some ironic chain of events,...ended up as a locomotive engineer for a major US railroad. LOL Long story. Still love airplanes.

Hehehe! I ended up as driver of neither but love both.

“Seymour”

Wow that's amazing Gwen.

Gwen Walcott Yes I toured the Buff in 76. Was working on F111s at the time. The crew chief just opened it up and said, don't touch anything. Of course we were all USAF, secret clearance or above and there wasn't anything eyes only at the time. Will never forget that old B52, sweet.

;-)

Gwen Walcott I remember the first time i saw a B47 sitting at the south end of Boeing field. I was probably all of 11 yrs old at the time and had yet to read the volume upon volume of warbird literature and seen nearly as many documentaries as all these years later. The obvious B52 wings ans engine nacelles and yet the damb thing had a canopy. A few years after that I walk in on my dad watching that old as hell even then Jimmy Stewart movie where he is, what? crew commander? on one of those. Good times. Now i have to back and watch some B47 stuff. Without Jimmy Stewart, that is.

Don't feel left out, Gwen. I only saw a B-36 from about 20K at Carswell AFB, in Fort Worth. And I was in SAC!

@Tony Ashford Guess I did; but that sure explains why he knew everything ! Thanks.

His callsign is "Grey"

lol. I bet it true for all the Offensive Navigators:)

seoceancrosser Balls like coconuts!

You don't want to meet that guy. he's a wild-eyed lunatic.

1 shade of grey

apiece ofdirt Yoke. Also, they come out of phase inspections with beautiful center caps. They are always ripped off and kept as souvenirs by the crew chiefs.

James Rudd Better?

Aircraft Structural Maintenance. 2A7X3. The main reason.

77BMS (Training Flight) here.

i KNOW, MIKE, HE'S A KID.

I was transitioning out of them and into Bones when he was little. My watch is older than he is...

3 +3+6 Gee, Brad, I never heard of Wurtsmith. You sure they had stars on their wings?

there is a bunch of you train killers in here

James Jackson Alert was the best.

WEEK-LONG? Jesus, at Hunter, we tried it out at 24 on, 72 off, and got some kinda citation for our sacrifice.

Altus afb 1966-70 B52,KC135,C141 and C5A.

@@joekoelker9038 Do you have any relatives in the Cincinnati area? I worked with a Bob Koelker at the local Coca Cola bottling plant in 65 and 66. I also worked for the Norick family in OKC from 76 to 85. A friend, Ron Norick, was mayor of OKC when the federal building was blown up.

@@mikeklaene4359 Have a cousin Bob Koelker 67-68 Navy Vietnam USS INTREPID. His brother Terry worked at a bottling plant in Grand Rapids Michigan. Don't know anyone in Ohio.

I'm in Cumberland Maryland.

@@joekoelker9038 The Bob Koelker I knew was a WW2 veteran. Thanks for the reply.

David Regan Neither do I. Haven't missed it since getting out in the late 80s.

I was at Carswell from 87-91

@@jrftworth What did you do there? I was there up through 1988.

@@jamesrudd8705 I was in POL (fuels specialist). I'm pretty sure that I refueled this particular aircraft

I was lucky enough a few years ago to be invited to an open cockpit day at this Museum, and my wife and I played pilot and co-pilot.

Of course you can't get inside. We might still need a few spare parts off of that one.

gm16v149 There's also one in Duxford Air Museum, which I'm going to see in a few weeks - I can't wait to lay my eyes on this beauty :)

the one in the UK museum is also locked. you can visit the US air force musuem at dayton Ohio to walk into a B52. it's free! but check first if they still allow it if you do decide to go.

I've seen that one, you have no reference to how big this aircraft is until you see they have other aircraft parked under the wing, truly amazing.

You're right there. One great big bird with all kinds of power. it's something how the Air Force is working on the new engines to replace the ones they're using in the aircraft now. That's amazing to know that the B-52 was produced in Washington at Boeing from 1952-1962. With 58 still flying & 18 on reserve, the B-52 is certainly one of Boeing's masterpiece aircraft.....

HAHA! OMGZ LOL! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! THAT'S THE FUNNIEST THING I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!! You should do stand-up.

Sign says, stay away fools

@@User0000000000000004 Calm your titties, I'll admit that wasn't that funny. Not every joke I tell is gonna be a winner.

Could be because vacuum tubes are more resistant to electromagnetic pulse (EMP) than chips.

A last worked ECM around 2001 and i noticed they didnt show EW seat. We couldnt show it then either

They were probably wishing the gunner was still in the tail. Seems I read somewhere that they don't have a tail gun any longer on the B-52.

Todd B no sir we removed those around 94 at Barksdale

PerformanceUnlmtd When was it at Minot? It was at Carsell circa 1987/1988. I remember because I did a TDY on that plane (balls 15).

Todd B The gun in the G and H model was aimed using a radar. Having a constant RF emission like that provided a homing beacon for an RF seeking missle. Somewhat counterproductive I think.

I'm certain that 'Major Kong' was a ringer for my A/C, Bill Potter. He was a 1st Lt for 18-years due to his antics.

What's a bronco buck?

I came here looking for the CRM-114.

@@bertoray5497 What was the recall code .

@@MrRockydee07 I believe the correct three letter code group prefix is OPE.

steveo1kinevo link?

steve your the best mate keep up the work

SHHHHHH Don't tell everyone.....

6:08

It ain't broke, don't fix it.

Don't Forget The Old Saying, " If It Isn't Broken, Don't Fix It". No Bomber Introduced Since Can Carry The Warloading The Distance The BUFF Can.

Men Going Their Own Way!

MGTOW Academy ...me too! I love them so much. I live next to BARKSDALE And so do they. I have loved that big beautiful bird all my life. I can’t help it, when she lifts that huge body up into the air tears roll down my cheeks every time. Wow, I’m such a sap! Lol

Don't say that, Don. I was driving a KC and hated it.

Not sure about the USAF but in the Navy the top student got their choice then the needs of the Navy took over, in the 22 years I was in the top student always choose fighters!!!

@@bender7565 These days it kind of sucks. The top few students will get fighters, but the next best lately have been getting assigned UAV or if they're lucky weird stuff like U-28. So you have the situation where people try to perform less than they're capable of because they don't want to get stuck being a drone operator.

Mostly, yes. I made a bad assumption when I graduated: I thought ARS meant 'Air Rescue Squadron', when it really meant 'Air Refueling Squadron'. Chalk it up to being a dumb kid.

NEVER DO THAT, MIKE! Male black high school students do that to prove to their friends that they 'ain't whities', and look what happens. That's a MAJOR problem in the U.S. today. Don't fall into that trap.

John Leach What does being black have to do with this?

irwinrussell60 I was very tempted to ask a pilot that at an airshow last year but the line of people asking them how many muslims they blowed up was too long.

That's pretty funny. They never had a CRM114, but it makes for a good prop in Dr. Strangelove. :-)

Hey that's awesome history Man, you must be real proud Of him, great bragging wrights for you too LoL.

By the time Iran is safe for these to fly around the shooting will have all stopped

185ft wingspan and 160ft long

Ask Slim !

@MrCaptainBlack1 - and you apparently don't get the reference. Or are just a super aggressive moron who can't even come up with his own insults and just copies whatever is going around at the time.

Did you say wing attack plan R?

Haha! I was looking for the EM-114 (I think it was called) where the recall code shows up!

KutWrite I think it was the CRM114, but you were close enough. Interesting note about that, Kubrick got so close to the real cockpit he was questioned by the USAF