B52 bombers wait for a U2 spy plane before departing Europe ✈️

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Watch four B-52 strategic bombers launch from RAF Fairford in England, after a deployment to the US European Command area of military operations. Two of the B-52s had to wait for a U2 spy plane to take off first.
The B-52 Stratofortress have been in service since 1952, while the U-2 Dragon Lady went into service in 1956. Both are still flying in 2024, approximately 70 years later. The U2 however is set to be retired by 2026, with drones taking their place. The B52 on the other-hand is expected to still be in service by 2050.
The latest varient, the B-52H, went into service in 1961. All the bombers shown in this video are from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. The U-2S went into service in 1989 and the one shown here is from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beele Air Force Base in California, all though is routinely based at RAF Fairford.
The B52s were deployed to Europe on Bomber Task Force 24-3 and participated in Exercise Baltic Ops with regular flights to the Baltic Sea. Several missions to the Red Sea and the Middle East also took place during the deployment.
Read more: www.stratcom.mil/Media/News/N...
Articles about the 5th Bomb Wing & Minot AFB on DVIDS: www.dvidshub.net/unit/5BW-PA
See a playlist of videos from Bomber Task Force deployments to Europe here: • Bomber Task Force in E...
Recorded: June 18th - 20th, 2024
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@CobraEmergency 9 күн бұрын

See a playlist of videos from Bomber Task Force deployments to Europe here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLnAhJyL1opj5EQNpj0mTKGYoUEvqLtYux

@RonnN-gf8tm 9 күн бұрын

Right On Cobra!!!

@vincentpitt9670 8 күн бұрын

😢

@usi-tmwegd 9 күн бұрын

I promised my mother "Let's go see the real B52 together someday," but she died of illness a few years ago and we couldn't keep it. During the Vietnam War, my mother watched the B52s take off from the base every day. My mother had no discriminatory feelings towards the US military, and she boasted to me that "in Okinawa, it's normal for military planes to fly all over the place," and she accepted it as a part of daily life. So this year, if the B52s are parked at Yokota Air Base, I will definitely go see them with my mother's portrait.

@albievowles6417 8 күн бұрын

That is probably the saddest and most heartwarming comment I’ve ever seen

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

Rest In Peace, my condolences to you. 🙏 Yokota Air Base had a visit from a B52 earlier this year and another last year - so keep an eye on the skies and the trackers, and hopefully you'll get to see one soon with your mother's portrait. 🌹

@usi-tmwegd 8 күн бұрын

@@albievowles6417 Thank you. I'm honored. I never commented because I wanted sympathy or anything like that, but my mother wasn't surprised to see the JASDF fighter planes at the JASDF air show, so she was interested in the huge US military transport planes C-17 and Osprey. Someday, like my mother, I'd like to see the real B52, even if it's far away, and report it to her.

@usi-tmwegd 8 күн бұрын

@@CobraEmergency Thank you. I will definitely go see it next year with my mother.

@nnonotnow 8 күн бұрын

You are a good son! Mother would be proud.🙂‍↕️

@Supernaut2000 8 күн бұрын

That U2 just jumps into the sky and can't wait to get up to 80,000 feet where the air is cool!

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

The U2 can't wait to get away from Earth! Aha.

@anitasmith4559 8 күн бұрын

It's quite hair-raising to see the U2's almost vertical take off at speed. That's some right stuff.

@shawnpeterson3386 5 күн бұрын

"Climbs like a homesick angel" is how it was described.

@whicker59 7 күн бұрын

Every time I've seen a B52 since 1964, I think of 1 of my favorite actors, Slim Pickens.

@janbonsema5888 7 күн бұрын

one thousand dollars in cash, a pack of condoms...heck a man could have a good time in Vegas with that

@smitbar11 7 күн бұрын

Major T.J. Kong 😆😄😃

@johnpickens448 6 күн бұрын

I approve this statement

@jackharrison6771 8 күн бұрын

Great video, thanks for posting. I could watch these two types of aircraft for ages. It's not just their size or the jobs they do; but especially their length of service. They were flying when I was a kid [with the Cold War going on], and now that I'm 66yrs, they 're STILL up to it, when called upon. I would also praise the generations of pilots and other crewmembers, in the case of the B52s. And let's not forget the ground crews, who keep them going. Well done all. I'd love to be able to drive over, and see them, whenever they visit the UK.

@honeyqueen4619 8 күн бұрын

The B-52 is an awesome plane. Air Force pilots are the best pilots in the world go Air Force let’s fly.✈️🇺🇸

@steveallen1055 4 күн бұрын

When I was in the Air Force in 1971, I was assigned to the 100SRW(Strategic Reconnaissance Wing). Worked in the Radar/navigation shop. First plane I worked on was a U-2. We had both the old C models and R models. The C model had a very small cockpit. I was 5'10" and 155 pounds and barely fit. I was 19 sitting in the cockpit of the world's most well known plane. It was a great feeling.

@TheWGLOVER 9 күн бұрын

That B52 is one gorgeous looking aeroplane.

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

Iconic really!

@EASTSIDERIDER707 7 күн бұрын

For her age.

@loriclem6889 7 күн бұрын

@@CobraEmergencywho designed it?

@CobraEmergency 7 күн бұрын

@@loriclem6889 Boeing

@alexkoronec4326 6 күн бұрын

Yes, I remember them taking off from my base 😮

@rayjay5836 9 күн бұрын

Say no to oil people would just have a heart attack seeing that B-52 take of LOL

@leandabee 8 күн бұрын

I was looking for a comment like yours 😅. Why don't they come and lay down outside the bases and see how far they get,🤦🏼‍♀️. Having said that, that really is an awful lot of pollution 😳

@user-di1rj2be7w 7 күн бұрын

They will have a bigger heart attack if ww3 comes home again

@h.h.6171 6 күн бұрын

@@leandabee The "G" models were "water wagons", and their exhaust was a thick black. Comparatively, these are clean.

@asusblack606 5 күн бұрын

Thanks to GE Electric TurboFans F118s 😊

@ChanoLeyva-hq2ci 5 күн бұрын

@@asusblack606 yea they aren’t super efficient

@rwest1818 6 күн бұрын

These things deploy for one reason Europe is close to where is happening

@papajoecooking4425 5 күн бұрын

My father was Asst. Fire Chief at Barksdale AFB we live not far from the base. Could hear them land and taxi and take off. Was amazing to watch them rev up and take flight! RIP Pop!

@davideddy5877 8 күн бұрын

Two types of just amazing aircraft.

@offie8572 8 күн бұрын

I was at Wurtsmith AFB in 1960 when we got the first 15 H models 60001 - 60015. Glad to see them still flying.

@joannicholson3030 8 күн бұрын

First cobra ive seen, very impressive, from an impressed Brit.

@millimetreperfect 8 күн бұрын

One of the smaller outer flaps on those beasts has more surface area than the whole of my plane, so impressive that they were designed and built so long ago by people with slide rules and a pencil and still frontline machines.

@DronemanJoeRc 7 күн бұрын

wow the b52 is a awesome bomber and its more impressive than the B1 or even the B2 this is a classic plane and still has the best in class skills

@edekoka6267 8 күн бұрын

These airplanes clean the air.

@susanaflores5191 9 күн бұрын

Europe...the " heat " is on . Prepping up , COBRA EMERGENCY . GOD BLESS YOU ! ❤

@johnsev3046 9 күн бұрын

Yea man I feel it too. God help my 8yr old twins

@rv1251 8 күн бұрын

Looks like diesel engines by the smoke it produces😂😂😂

@2K9s 7 күн бұрын

Rolling coal… Murica! 🇺🇸

@MSzudera 7 күн бұрын

Stellantis….RIP by the way

@robertburdick2998 6 күн бұрын

Not smoke, water injection into engines for power.

@johnpickens448 6 күн бұрын

No, that's smoke, and jet fuel IS diesel

@BruceC 9 күн бұрын

What a beast

@buckarookirb 8 күн бұрын

Thanks for the Great video !!

@user-hc5of8xk3r 7 күн бұрын

Those things are frickin massive ! 🇺🇸

@user-iv9os7du9x 5 күн бұрын

All of those aircraft are some serious respect demanding pieces of historical strategic air superiority

@KerrisonA 9 күн бұрын

Magnificent! 😮

@drop12341 7 күн бұрын

You’ve created an outstanding video. Having spent a number of years in aviation and aboard a carrier and at several naval air stations, mostly flying medivacs and as an ASW air crew member I still yearn for the sounds and smell of the tarmac, JP5, and overall exhaust.

@RonnN-gf8tm 9 күн бұрын

Its 91* today...4 fans running on high.. hope your staying Cool Cobra!!!

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

Hot hot! Thanks Ron! 💪

@eddiejones.redvees 8 күн бұрын

Smokey engines liveing in the UK I have been to a few air shows and watch the Vulcan bomer take off and put a demonstration on for use it and concord are the lowdest air craft I have seen but the best sounding aircraft are the spitfire and Lancaster bomer

@wildcolonialman 9 күн бұрын

Fabulous fabulous fabulous Cobra.

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@matthewsnowdenshunterguy3352 8 күн бұрын

Those U2's are a mad design

@adamvinnicombe4086 7 күн бұрын

Why am i just now realising how small the u2 is

@CobraEmergency 7 күн бұрын

Yeah, it was designed to be as light as possible.

@asusblack606 5 күн бұрын

If you never witnessed a Unicorn Well you just witnessed 2 Unicorns taking off. 😮😂

@Skibbam 7 күн бұрын

Great video! I was fortunate to see the B-52 fly at Kosh in 2017 and to walk under the bomb bay. So cool! Thank you for this.

@CobraEmergency 7 күн бұрын

Thank you! They're awesome up close, aren't they?

@pmkeith 6 күн бұрын

Ten minutes flight time of one of these planes is equivalent to the annual pollution of 30,000 diesel cars. So much for "net zero".

@texastedskol 3 күн бұрын

Yup, war is hell.

@gzappa 9 күн бұрын

I wonder what the Stop Oil people would say about all that smoke.

@BugattiONE666 7 күн бұрын

Seeing that takeoff, u can see how the U2 is the oposite of the SR-71. The SR-71 was of course biblecally fast, but its climb rate was rather though, the Dragon Lady might only do 400mph, but itll do that straight up xD

@ruperterskin2117 6 күн бұрын

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

@kingofarshireiswhotoask8 7 күн бұрын

Can you make a video of a dog reacting to one of the emergency vehicles, it's cute and funny lol! ❤❤🤣🤣

@tommanley2924 6 күн бұрын

*Ramping up the War Games no one wants we all see!*

@johngodfrey-zv3po 8 күн бұрын

USA Build some Beautiful Birds

@thierryloop4039 8 күн бұрын

Merci beaucoup, c'est très impressionnant à regarder 😍

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

Merci!

@smitbar11 7 күн бұрын

U2 climb rate reminds me of the Avro Vulcan B2, very rapid!

@shawnpeterson3386 5 күн бұрын

It's interesting to watch both aircrafts' wings flatten out as they accelerate.

@GL-jq6fu 6 күн бұрын

What are they powered by? Coal?

@davescott4027 8 күн бұрын

I doubt it was a U2, they were all replaced by the development of the U2 designated as the TR1

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

They re-designated the TR-1 as the U-2R, and then later the U-2S. The TU-2S is the training varient. This is the current USAF terminology, anyway: www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104560/u-2stu-2s/ Hope that helps.

@craigjones2162 8 күн бұрын

They call them ALL U-2's again now...

@timkincade9763 6 күн бұрын

U2 operating out of Beale AFB. 9th reconnaissance wing . 52 X USAF

@johnjessie3083 7 күн бұрын

I really like 👍🏻 these guys! Specially wonderful sound❤💯❤

@yxeaviationphotog 9 күн бұрын

What day was this? I followed two B-52s and two KC-135s as they flew south over France towards Sardinia.

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

Tuesday 18th and Thursday 20th of June, this week just gone! These went over the North Sea and back to the USA.

@K_Hansen 7 күн бұрын

The U2 is a hoot to be around, i can guess what package is on it (Inclusive of the satcom link) i worked on those (all 3 that the U2 flew 😊

@jamespell8091 8 күн бұрын

They hiked the ball. Theres the handoff. Wait (youtube comercial) lots of hangtime. The pass is good.

@user-ex4si2md6r 6 күн бұрын

Well done ✅ exallent photography 😃💯🆒

@elainepatterson9905 8 күн бұрын

God I miss this!

@user-zr2jr6su8h 4 күн бұрын

Yes love the intro....r.p. Malcom

@randysummerhays4168 5 күн бұрын

I didn't know they even flew the U-2 anymore

@oifmarinesgt 6 күн бұрын

If you see both of these planes taking off one after the other something is about to go down. You better make sure you're on the right side.

@ai4gk 8 күн бұрын

Beautiful birds! Might be an odd question, but was their call sign "ghost?"

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

Coke 11 and 12, Stoke 11 and 12 They've used Ghost before though!

@ai4gk 8 күн бұрын

@@CobraEmergency thanks! It was difficult making it out.

@johnwatt72 7 күн бұрын

What is going on with the new upgraded engines for the B52s? Has this started yet as the smoke coming out of the back of the plane would suggest that they are still running on the old ones!

@RobertB56 4 күн бұрын

They certainly blow a lot of smoke

@nvkotian7539 6 күн бұрын

Awsome. Amazing.

@HelixRsix 9 күн бұрын

Is this RAF Fairford and when was this is it a deployment change over of aircraft

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

This is RAF Fairford, yes. End of deployment and B52s going home to Minot, North Dakota. U2 returned the same day.

@HelixRsix 8 күн бұрын

@@CobraEmergency thanks and yup could tell by the MT on the tail keep up the interesting work

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

@@HelixRsix Thanks!

@silverdrillpickle7596 4 күн бұрын

Why didn’t that first heavy read back his departure clearance?

@AmalfiCoastinItaly 6 күн бұрын

I would like to know who are the technical people who are able to draw this type of aeroplanes with all the parts required to get this plane of the ground.

@carlosmarfort3717 5 күн бұрын

Whoooow.... que manera exponencial de emisión de Gases !!! 😢😢😢

@richardeggleston8087 5 күн бұрын

Big Bad Beautiful Plane

@Gulrahman-rl4ne 9 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@adadwithnoclue7978 8 күн бұрын

Which aircraft is it that the wheels are placed on and drop off after take of I thought it was this one

@nedmac2116 8 күн бұрын

U-2

@averteddisasterbarely2339 4 күн бұрын

If they use them to take off then how about landing ? It seems they play an important roll

@BrentMettert 6 күн бұрын

Just another day of keeping the free world safe from bears and dragons!!!!

@robertnilla 4 күн бұрын

trust me brent.. these big birds will and can be destroyed with advanced missile technology !

@dixonpinfold2582 5 күн бұрын

Badass in airplane form. Don't mess with America.

@escapetheratracenow9883 5 күн бұрын

Unless you're members of the Taliban, the Viet Cong or the North Vietnamese Army. The rest is history. Even the Houthis are laughing at Uncle Sam and his Muttley-like sidekick in London.

@dixonpinfold2582 5 күн бұрын

@@escapetheratracenow9883 Actually the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars had their intended effects: In the case of Vietnam, to put an end to Chinese communist expansion in Asia; in the case of Afghanistan, to put an end to the Taliban's dreams of sponsoring continued acts of terror in the US and the West. It was never actually believed by the US administrations involved that those two countries could actually be taken over and revamped like Japan was after WWII. Not without total war, which was neither fully called for, justifiable, nor ever supported by the American public. All that was necessary was to prove to their regimes that the US would impose a far-too-heavy price for attempts at spreading their abominable ideologies.

@escapetheratracenow9883 4 күн бұрын

@@dixonpinfold2582 Absolute crap. Belive what you want. The world saw the pandemonium on the roof of the US embassy in Saigon, and the bigger humiliation in Kabul 3 years ago. And you think you can defeat the Russians and Chinese, let alone North Korea?

@dixonpinfold2582 4 күн бұрын

@@escapetheratracenow9883 I can't defeat anyone except know-nothings on KZfaq.

@escapetheratracenow9883 4 күн бұрын

@@dixonpinfold2582 And you can't do that either, Captain America.

@cheytacpraetoriancomposite3413 9 күн бұрын

The Nazguls of Angband

@mbord169 8 күн бұрын

Thought they waited for U2 before taking off? 😳🤔🙄

@michaelmandl6656 6 күн бұрын

Look at the exhaust cloud - what about the CO2 emissions? Really a great plane?

@ronwatkins5775 7 күн бұрын

Wondering why they don't re-engine the B52 with 4x high bypass turbo fans like the 747?

@CobraEmergency 7 күн бұрын

They're working on it, set to be done ny 2030s I believe.

@freddy1637 4 күн бұрын

Be Safe May God Bless You Beautiful American

@edutaimentcartoys 9 күн бұрын

very wide wings

@CobraEmergency 8 күн бұрын

Very very wide!

@nerforeos675 6 күн бұрын

The apocalypse bringer.

@stevenclark1973 7 күн бұрын

Brilliant engineering to get these things off the ground.... you got to wonder about the amount of crap these things kick out though that we ultimately breath in. Great video.

@kevinking330 8 күн бұрын

❤

@DrSuperHater 7 күн бұрын

Are these engines always producing those thick black smoke or is because of the new aerospace fuel? Would having high bypass on those be able to fit

@bradlindsay3354 6 күн бұрын

Must have been Fairford

@jsuukim9051 4 күн бұрын

멋있긴 하지만 지구는 싫어할 것 같다....

@RodolfoGaldamez-fq2pv 6 күн бұрын

GRSCIAS A DIOS TODO PODEROSO DIOS DE LOS EJERCITOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTA BENDESIDO POR DIOS Y POR ALGO ES EL MAS PODEROSO DE LA TIERRA

@robertnilla 4 күн бұрын

these monster are not fuel efficient.. they suck up a whole lot of fuel..

@napalmholocaust9093 7 күн бұрын

What fuel does the B-52 use? Bunker oil or coal?

@jimchik 8 күн бұрын

Is that much exhaust normal?

@edwardmills3825 7 күн бұрын

Where is this?

@user-oj7ry1ps4o 8 күн бұрын

Lot of work to get that U2 in the air.

@johnfarmer2722 7 күн бұрын

How many carbon credits do you need to offset a B-52?

@leemccabemccabe5627 6 күн бұрын

B 52 juke box money 🎶 🎵 ?

@FuManchu5ltr 7 күн бұрын

Why are the wheel wells painted white?

@Showboat_Six 5 күн бұрын

Back when Boeing had decent NON UNION workers…. The 55 year old B52’s

@shawnpeterson3386 5 күн бұрын

Back when Boeing had engineering in management.

@tomgreen1721 7 күн бұрын

What were those two guys in front , Spies ?

@CobraEmergency 7 күн бұрын

US Air Force personnel taking photos for PR.

@PutinKhuilo331 7 күн бұрын

The BUFF.

@yvanlouzier1013 2 күн бұрын

La pollution et le bruit. Quand je pense à notre Admirable Avion Concorde. Notre magnifique oiseau cloué au sol, beauté, élégance et de génie Français.Que de tristesse quand je vois cela, avion de guerre.

@slimkadiddlehopperiii6355 Күн бұрын

Ask your grandparents how sad they were to see American war planes in 1944/45?