Detailed tour through a B-52 Stratofortress
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Күн бұрынWalk-around tour of BUFF, a USAF Boeing B52 G strategic nuclear bomber including the cockpit, bombay, defence station, offence station and more. This SAC (Strategic Air Command) B52 is based at the Darwin Aviation Museum and on display to the public.
Darwin Aviation Museum website: www.darwinaviationmuseum.com.au
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0:00 intro
0:41 aircraft history
1:04 Electronic Counter Measures (ECM)
1:50 low level vision including infrared
2:40 pitot tubes
2:50 downward ejection seat panel
3:12 more ECM equipment
3:36 forward landing gear bay
4:30 weapons bay and cat walk
5:00 aft landing gear
5:46 tail section, weapons, countermeasures and tail art
7:40 wings and turbojet engines
10:00 external pylon mount
10:29 entry hatch
10:40 offence compartment and ejection seats (radar navigator/bombardier and navigator)
11:56 ECM equipment
12:05 defence station (electronic warfare officer and remote gunner)
12:57 toilet
13:08 periscope sextant
13:15 in-air refueling system
13:44 flightdeck
17:30 catwalk
@raypeters4525 3 жыл бұрын
JUST TO THINK, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING 2 YRS. BEFORE I GRADUATED HI SCHOOL, I AM NOW 83 YRS. OLD ! AMAZING !!!! MADE OF THE RIGHT STUFF !
@pastorofmuppets8834 3 жыл бұрын
It's made of the right stuff too!
@trentsavage4533 3 жыл бұрын
@@pastorofmuppets8834 wow congratulations ig?
@jamieadams7838 3 жыл бұрын
And the last person to train as a pilot on these probably hasn't even been born yet
@pastorofmuppets8834 3 жыл бұрын
@@trentsavage4533 I appreciate your kind words. Not sure what it's for but any congratulations always welcome! Ready for another if you're feeling generous
@DmitriyNotYourDad 3 жыл бұрын
@@pastorofmuppets8834 Congratulations sir
@Shadowfax-1980 3 жыл бұрын
This is the most comprehensive and straightforward tour of a B-52 I’ve ever seen.
@thebeaz1 3 жыл бұрын
How many B-52 tour videos have you seen?
@ericbrosted6870 3 жыл бұрын
@@thebeaz1 iioiiiii
@mauricioavaloz6155 2 жыл бұрын
@@thebeaz1 pendejo!!
@jrftworth Жыл бұрын
Here's a better and more in depth tour of the B-52H kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNl4iK2f2LOnYoE.html
@kimchi2780 3 жыл бұрын
"This is a Boeing B-52 lets take a look at its quirks and features and then we'll give it a Doug Score."
@Infection3d 2 жыл бұрын
"Thhhhhhhissss...."
@marlo8850 2 жыл бұрын
You forgot the "take it out on the road" part
@saranath0317 2 жыл бұрын
And soon to be found on "Caaars and Bids...!"
@roadkill6576 3 жыл бұрын
MY dad flew one of these in the VIETNAM war. I still remember us going on base and him letting me see all of the planes. I sure do miss him and his stories!!
@DerpPilot 2 жыл бұрын
My granpa was a engineer in utapao air base during the Vietnam war
@roadkill6576 2 жыл бұрын
@@DerpPilot That is awesome brother. MY DAD WAS STATIONED AT CLARK AFB IN THE PHILLIPINES WHEN I WAS BORN;
@jamespartin5277 Жыл бұрын
My Dad filmed many of his bombing missions over Vietnam as an Aircraft commander. The magic of 8mm home movies! We lived on SAC bases for most of my fathers 24 year career and got tours of every model B 52 from the D model to the H. My father passed away last year. He’s gone now, but many of the aircraft he flew are still in use today.
@gdaeagle 3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the tour. I was the co-pilot on this particular tail number "596" on 1Apr73 on a night bombing mission from Guam to Vietnam. Brings back lots of memories.
@anselrod5699 3 жыл бұрын
Tell us some pls!
@gdaeagle 3 жыл бұрын
@@anselrod5699 Where to begin? 48 years ago…
@Ossamakilla 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
@armymxere5 3 жыл бұрын
Does it have a shitter
@stevenwiederholt7000 3 жыл бұрын
@@gdaeagle AIR FORCE! We're the smart ones. Send the officers out to fight. :-)
@TheHomeExpert5 3 жыл бұрын
So, when the B-52 is finally retired, it will have flown for over a 100 years. That is crazy crazy crazy incredible! What a plane!
@robertwagner9933 3 жыл бұрын
In my 25 year career I have had to pleasure of seeing these amazing aircraft's in action this is one amazing machine the US can be very proud of
@kerryh8er04 2 жыл бұрын
www.minot.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/264580/three-generations-of-b-52-airmen/
@styldsteel1 2 жыл бұрын
Of course. It's a Boeing. Don't forget the queen of the skies.
@TheHomeExpert5 2 жыл бұрын
@@styldsteel1 Boeing is not the same company that used to be, It suffers from extremely poor and unreasonable management today. Companies that do business with Boeing are generally very unhappy with their business tactics and attitudes.
@styldsteel1 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHomeExpert5 that's very sad. In all honesty, now, I can't confirm nor deny what you day is true, if companies are dissatisfied with Boeing, companies will look to Airbus, or maybe even Embraer.
@johnyoung5820 3 жыл бұрын
Former B-52 EWO here. Wanted to correct a few misunderstandings. Regarding your story about ECM and ATC, no... just, no. First, during peacetime, we're squawking via an IFF transponder, so we wouldn't be invisible to air traffic control. We also don't fly around actively jamming or doing so indiscriminately because if we were jamming an airport surveillance radar, it's not only not seeing us, it's not seeing anyone else. Also, there is no radar absorbent material on a B-52, or at least not for the purpose of rendering the aircraft less visible on radar. While serrations are used to scatter incoming RF on some aircraft, those on the B-52 tail wouldn't have that effect. That said, given the proximity of the ALQ-153 TWS on the vertical stabilizer, it might be related to it (although having spent 8 years and 2000+ hours in the B-52, no one has ever mentioned that, so...). Fun fact: Going to the "loo," aka "honey bucket" is taboo for the obvious issue of aroma. Having flown a Global Power mission, we carried a chemical camp toilet. Also, the urinal is close to very hot electronic equipment, so it tends to simmer, which lends to the distinctive aroma inside the cockpit. Good times.
@jamesrudd8705 2 жыл бұрын
I never saw the honeypot ever get used. Not even once. I am not aware of anyone that did.
@crew-dog2668 2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesrudd8705 I did! My co-pilot had to use it. As the EW, I went to 100% O2 and put the a/c to max. I turned around at one point and he was shivering while doing his business. I think he had to buy beers after the flight.
@crew-dog2668 2 жыл бұрын
Agree, the B-52 has a huge cross section. ATC couldn’t miss it. We did not actively jam outside of an authorized location.
@jamesrudd8705 2 жыл бұрын
@@crew-dog2668 , yikes!! Yeah, that had to be bad.
@badguy1481 2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesrudd8705 I never used it. And I don't think I remember anyone else ever using it. I think the work load and rapid pace of even the training missions kept your mind off your need.
@maryrafuse3851 3 жыл бұрын
As a child my husband was inside one of these at the airshow in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It was returning to America from Vietnam and the crew took a side trip to the airshow. He remembers the USAF crew being very friendly and kind with children. They made a big positive impression on my husband who was 12 years old at the time. God bless America, NORAD, Canada and NATO.
@adamdubin1276 3 жыл бұрын
The Bell X-1 precedes the B-52 by about 6 years and was dropped from the bomb bay of a modified B-29 and later a B-50. You might be thinking of the North American X-15 which was released from a hardpoint mounted on the aircraft's wing between 1959 and 1968.
@CH-pv2rz 2 жыл бұрын
@adam dubin thank you, I was going to post the same thing… 👍
@osulxa Жыл бұрын
This is correct. A special loading pit/ramp was designed in the tarmac to load the Bell X-1 into the B-29.
@SCFoster Жыл бұрын
Correct. When I was at NASA Dryden in the 80s we used the B52 to drop various X manned aircraft and drones.
@msantifort 3 жыл бұрын
As a former taingunner we only used the water injection on take off for extra thrust. You could actually feel it when it kicked in. Great video, brings back a lot of memories.
@pastorofmuppets8834 3 жыл бұрын
Is that the plane version of pushing the nitrous button?
@msantifort 3 жыл бұрын
@@pastorofmuppets8834 Exactly. Simplest way to describe it.
@rocketman5167 3 жыл бұрын
KC-135 also had water injection. The rivets would rattle when the dumped it!
@mcahill135 2 жыл бұрын
When men burned water!
@DerAbenteurer94 2 жыл бұрын
How did you felt being alone in the tail gun compartment. You hadn't really that much space there
@noelht1 Жыл бұрын
This one was built in 1959 and it still looks futuristic now. Incredible plane.
@jobellecollie7139 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the guided tour of my old office. I was a member of The Strategic Air Command and began flying F-111's. When my Aardvark was retired, I got the "keys" to my very own BUFF! My late father was an Admiral in the US Navy and was not pleased when I decided to enlist into the US Air Force vs US Navy. He worked on General Electric jet engine designs in the 1950's and 1960's. He had taught me how to fly many years before I learned how to drive a car. I prefer flying, less traffic! The only saving Grace my father allowed was I at "least" I would use engines he had designed. The US Navy had nixed the F-111 so my father was unsure of its air worthiness. I no longer fly because I am a terrible back seat driver!
@jimmysweet8907 3 жыл бұрын
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1 in 1947, he was carried aloft by a B-29. The B-52 carried the X-15.
@dtyr123 3 жыл бұрын
The B-52 never carried the X-1. They did modify one or two B-52's to carry the X-15. Those modified B-52's also carried carried a lot of other research aircraft as well. But never the X-1
@LinenAssociate 3 жыл бұрын
@@dtyr123 Pretty sure he knows that which is why he made his comment. In the video around the 10:00 mark the voice over erroneously mentioned carrying the Bell X-1 using the underwing pylon.
@MarkLoundy 3 жыл бұрын
@@LinenAssociate The X-1 was not carried by a B-52 at all. They used a B-50, which was an upgraded version of the B-29.
@LinenAssociate 3 жыл бұрын
@@MarkLoundy Reading comprehension is a bit lacking on your end isn't it?
@dougcook7507 3 жыл бұрын
The B-52 didn't carry a Bell X-1 for any of it's flights. The X-1 made it's last flight before the B-52 was put into service.
@marks1638 3 жыл бұрын
Been there, done that, tail number 2596 was one of the BUFF's I worked. Spend several years of my young life crawling through every inch of B-52G's. It's amazing where they used to stick Electronic Countermeasures Equipment on BUFF's. Everything from the nose to the top of the tail. We had to fix it all and fix all RF paths and electrical wiring (including the Chaff Dispensers in the Wing and Flare Dispensers in the Rear). It was a great job, though sometimes stinky, dirty, cold/hot, and everything in between.
@52griz 3 жыл бұрын
Aww . . you just miss pouring DC-200 into the HD's on the alternator deck with a donkey dick on pre-flight. Why not Minot? Freezin's the reason. And if your ECM you know exactly what I'm talking about.
@TheKila68 3 жыл бұрын
@@52griz 5 AMXS? I feel bad for you all, that flight line out there gets chilly
@helios1912 2 жыл бұрын
Roger that--this vid does a good job of showing the bomb bay and ECM pods past that ominous hatch.
@melnie89 2 жыл бұрын
Ah been there done that...that's what Obama said when he cancelled the Orion Moon project.
@marks1638 2 жыл бұрын
@@52griz It's just as much fun at 0200 and the windchill just went below -40 at Loring AFB. Or for more fun try changing all the equipment mounts on all the ALT-28 Transmitters and HDs on all 15 Bombers at Robins in 95 degrees with 95 percent Humidity in 1978. All because the Depot at Kelly bought the mounting racks from a crap supplier and the DCM wants the TCTO done yesterday (including the Alert Birds). Oh and of course the Day Shift Flightline Crew with three people gets to do it all, because Night Shift is so busy handling the returning Buffs (an average of three a day) from training missions. I did finally talk the Boss into grabbing some Shop Troops into helping us after the DCM realized that we weren't fully manned and only three people were actually doing the work (Boy, was he hot when he found out.). My back still hurts from heaving all those Heavies. We finally got Hydraulic Loaders for the ALT-28's/AlQ-155's when I got to Loring in 83 and no one even knew we had them or how to use them. They were awkward to use, but saved our backs on many occasions.
@jgarner1104 3 жыл бұрын
When I was a small child, my kindergarten teacher was married to a B-52 pilot. For our field trip we were allowed on a USAF base and were allowed to crawl through the B-52 and the KC-135. The B-52 variant we were in still had the crew station in the rear with the quad .50's and it was tiny there. The coolest part of the trip though was the large matted surface in the KC-135 where the crewmember laid and looked out the windows to fly the boom.
@KingAladeen 3 жыл бұрын
Did y'all go to Barksdale?
@jgarner1104 3 жыл бұрын
@@KingAladeen Carswell AFB. Now named NAS JRB Fort Worth
@briansearles4473 3 жыл бұрын
I had a similar experience. Went through a B52 at Peace AFB in New Hamshire some 60 years ago. I can remember siting in the bombardiar's station.
@podaly 2 жыл бұрын
I flew several times across the US on tankers laid out in the refueler's pod watching this gorgeous country sail by. Awesome way to fly!
@henrylicious 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if that was a D model?
@Joel-ew1zm 2 жыл бұрын
A testament to the insane longevity of this platform. My Uncle entered the Air Force 50 years ago as a pilot during Vietnam and flew the F4 Phantom (B52 had already been in service for years at this point). He stayed in the Air Force long enough to fly in the Gulf War as an A10 pilot some 20 years later before retiring as a Brigadier General (B52 still in service). After retiring, he stayed involved as a civilian contractor / advisor involved in the mid 90's study of re-engining the B52 to 4 modern turbofans. He passed away a few years ago, and the Air Force is FINALLY moving forward with re-engining the B52 in earnest with the CERP program and the platform will be in service for decades to come.
@rookiedrifter2631 3 жыл бұрын
As a B52 crew chief i would like to compliment you on a truly completely accurate tour. I watched very closely to see mistakes and saw none. Very good job. I can't say that about most "expert" videos. Matt. B52H 60-0001 Memphis Bell IV 20th Bomber Squadron 8th Air Force Barksdale AFB 1996-2000
@bobgil3464 3 жыл бұрын
My dad was a B-52 Navigator stationed at Barksdale AFB (SAC) in the early 60's. I remember going to a little hole in the wall seafood shack nearby. Miss those days with my dad.
@scottgshomewrenching1352 2 жыл бұрын
I I was a B-52 crew chief at BAFB from 89-92, one of the last 4 crew chiefs on the alert pad before the START treaty, I sent a few G models to the boneyard and recovered a couple TAC ferry H models when we first started getting them as the G's were being retired. Good times.
@jamesrudd8705 2 жыл бұрын
I spent many hours on "Balls One".
@JamesSmith-gq6hf 2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesrudd8705 Balls One dropped in for a visit to Wurtsmith AFB (G unit) once. It had an interphone problem and we were asked to take a look. Oops, wrong model of interphone! So we took turns laying in the bunk just to say we did and buttoned it up and went back to the shop.
@jamesrudd8705 2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesSmith-gq6hf Great story! Love it!
@ruthere4pretender 3 жыл бұрын
This is the sort of no-nonsense, knowledgable aircraft tour that we need - good on you!
@geoffhalstead1811 3 жыл бұрын
Ditto👍👏
@williamhudson4938 3 жыл бұрын
Not a bad tour, but he doesn't know RAM from vortex generators. Then he describes the air exhaust under the Stab as cooling air exhaust for the hydraulics from the slot in the vertical stabilizer. That slot is for the "Q" spring, which provides artificial feel for the flight controls. Brakes are poor? you obviously haven't been on board during landing! How about coming to a complete stop in 2600 feet? Been there. 8:16 your fuel vent leads to a surge tank of 50 gallons. When fuel expands due to high temps, it bleeds over to these tanks. Airflow in flight pushed it back to the main tanks. The primary vent for refuel was behind the aft gear forward of the access hatch to the 47 section. It was known as the "Fuse". I was a Crew Chief on D and H model BUFFs. The external tanks were not jettison able on G and H jets while they could be on D models. But that was purely because of the weight involved. A D model tank was about 20,000 lbs when full. They were never jettisoned just because they were empty, in fact they were usually the last fuel burned to maintain wing stability. OMG Water injection does NOT change RPM! It increases density of the air being burned, thus increasing thrust. I'm out. Please do more research before you mislead the masses into thinking you're an expert.
@richardmartin3073 2 жыл бұрын
As a Crew member in the 70s, we did occasional static display days where the public climbed stairs to look in the cockpit. My all-time favorite question was, "Now, does this thing have one key to start, or eight?" Nice tour and great memories. Built with slide rules.
@penguin2ab 2 жыл бұрын
Thought the story was that some tried using the new computer models to come up with a model and it wasn't meeting requirements so a few people at Boeing were talking about it and literally grabbed a block of wood and carved out a fuselage
@dougball328 2 жыл бұрын
@@penguin2ab OK, that story has been distorted a bit. George Schairer, Ed Wells, Bob Withington and several others were in Dayton, OH pitching their concept for a new bomber. The Air Force rejected it saying it needed to be jet powered and faster. So back in the hotel they redesigned the airplane based upon what wind tunnel data they had with them. While the others were drafting the report Schairer went to a hobby shop and bought supplies and built a balsa model. It was more than the fuselage, it was the entire airplane. Schairer was Boeing's rep to Operation Paperclip. His letter back to Seattle concerning sweep is (was?) displayed in Boeing's HQ in Chicago. I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Schairer and Mr. Withington as a young engineer - and had Mr. Withington's son as one of my employees. Those guys were good engineers, believe me.
@101egm 9 ай бұрын
As a crew member in the '60's, no civilian was allowed inside of a B52. It would have been nice to allow our wives to see "our office" but that wasn't the SAC way. Actually, wives were considered unnecessary complications that just complicated the war mission
@internationalnews5669 2 жыл бұрын
My Dad Flew This Exact Aircraft how cool it is to see it again
@krazmokramer 3 жыл бұрын
Fabulous video! When my family moved to Wichita Kansas in 1962, our next door neighbor was Boeing's chief test pilot for the B-52 program. Our home was due north of the runway and B-52s flew over all day long. Test B-52s had fluorescent orange paint on the fuselage and the vertical stabilizer. If we were in the yard playing and our neighbor flew overhead as he was about to land, he would wag the wings at us to wave. It was so cool! Thanks for this interesting video!!
@toomanyuserids 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, first flew about when I was born.
@thetwopointslow 2 жыл бұрын
Cool story! (and hello from a fellow Wichitan)
@KC-UT4rmAZ 3 жыл бұрын
Finally a walk through thats an actual walk through and films everything. Good job. Most "walk throughs" just start recording when the person is sitting in the pilots seat and you don't see shit except out the window and front dash board.
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! I’m working on more detailed tours
@TheRudydog1 2 жыл бұрын
What a great tour of the famous B-52 Bomber. Back in the mid 60's during the Vietnam War I was in the USAF repairing the radios on these great aircraft. The main HF radio for long distance communications was the ARC-65 made by Collins Radio Company and it was quite ugly, looking more like a round garbage can. It had many vacuum tubes putting off an enormous amount of heat and was remote controlled from the cockpit. It ran about 250 watts output on both SSB (Phone) and CW (Morse Code). I spent many an hour troubleshooting this beast to make sure it could do it's important duty in combat. All of the ARC-65's have been replaced by modern solid state radios which are much more reliable. The RB-47H Bombers also used the ARC-65. I am very proud I was able to serve our country and be at least a little part of the history of the mighty B-52 Stratofortress.
@crew-dog2668 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting! As an EW, I used the HF radio many times to report emergencies on the aircraft back to our command post, or reach the nearest SAC base. It always worked!
@Docstantinople 2 жыл бұрын
I had no idea there were more than two people flying in these planes until I watched this. Thanks.
@PaulStewartAviation 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@williamepstein4837 3 жыл бұрын
I was a crew chief on the B52G from 83 to 87 assigned to the 379th OMS Wurtsmith AFB. MI. I was on flight status and loved to sit in the IP seat between the pilot and co-pilot. Working on the BUFF was the best time of my life.
@jeffburrell7648 3 жыл бұрын
I was crew chief on a B52H in the 319th OMS at Grand Forks from 75-78. Even though cocking a KC-135 onto alert took much less time and effort than my BUFF, I never envied the tanker guys needing to heat water during the winter nights. I can still hear in my mind the MD-3 chugging away on those cold nights.
@williamepstein4837 3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffburrell7648 HI Jeff, I spent my fair share of time on uploads and alert. Cart starts and rollers were fun too. Nice to hear from a fellow crew chief.
@jeffburrell7648 3 жыл бұрын
@@williamepstein4837 Those were good days for me, too, but I really don't miss ORIs or rebuilding my bird after a month on cann status. It was a hard decision to cross train into satellite communications, but it was the right decision for me.
@richardkraus3208 3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffburrell7648 hey chiefs, I was also crew chief B-52H 5TH OMS MINOT 80-84 ACFT 61-019 60-053 (RIP now in the pacific Guam) 60-008 (lucky lady lV) Darwin guam missions were great, but some your just glad you made it back. 21 hrs was my longest flight but was super cool cause I sat in the copilot seat & flew at cruse while he got a couple hrs of sleep :)
@gregbedford9706 2 жыл бұрын
I was there at the same time! Defensive Fire Control. I loved almost every minute of it. Working at the tail in January wasn't so pleasant.
@simonjamesdean2307 3 жыл бұрын
You should have crawled down the back end. The one at Duxford in UK had graffiti from the Vietnam war era scratched into the main bulkhead, including mission dates and bomb tallys. Very cool.
@glen1555 3 жыл бұрын
Seen the one at Duxford. It was outside and one could appreciate how big this plane is. This video can't really demonstrate its size tucked into a hanger
@CraynerProductions 2 жыл бұрын
Darwin is wet and stormy for six months of the year, so I'd imagine it's safer inside than out. Having been to the Aviation Museum, the B52 truly dominates the space.
@white-dragon4424 2 жыл бұрын
@@glen1555 It's now in a custom made dome, along with a load of other USAF planes.
@MrJinxyBuster 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. I lived about 20 miles downrange of the flightline at Warner Robins AFB base when I was a kid and these things were constantly rumbling over the house, either on missions or check flights just having been repaired. Warner Robins did an yearly airshow, Navy one year and Airforce the next. Other than the SR-71's, the B52's were the most badass plane in the show. They would simulate a napalm bombing run and just annihilate the grass between the runways, right before the choppers with special forces troops would come in on helicopters. Fun times, and thanks to all you guys who served.
@Dydreth 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing engineering long before they had computers worth the name. This was the same generation that put a man on the moon with slide rulers and created the SR-71 with similar equipment. Also, amazing camera work an narration. Thank you, Paul!
@Name-ps9fx 3 жыл бұрын
You have to wear a Stetson hat when climbing around the bombs... 🤠
@garynew9637 3 жыл бұрын
No fighting in the war room!
@robertwolf9380 3 жыл бұрын
where is Major Kong?
@havocproltd 3 жыл бұрын
We must preserve, at all cost, the purity of our bodily fluids.
@havocproltd 3 жыл бұрын
What are ya? Some kind of prevert?
@Name-ps9fx 3 жыл бұрын
@@havocproltd *OPE*
@stephenkolcinski3179 3 жыл бұрын
I served on a B-52H. great aircraft!
@ArokhX 2 жыл бұрын
As a former mechanic for the egress systems on the BUFF, this was a trip down memory lane. Thank you so much for sharing. I actually kinda miss this old rust bucket.
@PaulStewartAviation 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@kenpatton8761 2 жыл бұрын
My intro to BUFFs was swapping out the parachute and survival kit in the tail of a D model in 1976. I was the skinniest and could fit through the bomb-bay catwalk door into the tail section.
@robinsites9790 3 жыл бұрын
I have over 2000 hours flying as an EWO in the B-52...most of it in the G model at Barksdale and Castle. Fond memories...can almost hear the noise and smell that distinctive BUFF aroma that never changed. Thanks for the post!
@52griz 3 жыл бұрын
I was a ECM tech at Castle '76-'81. May have debriefed you - CND, Cannot duplicate indicated malfunction - IAW 1B52G-2-23.
@robinsites9790 3 жыл бұрын
@@52griz Always something wrong with the ALQ-155s on a check ride:)
@robinsites9790 3 жыл бұрын
But you probably spent more time on the ALT-28 and ALQ-117
@52griz 3 жыл бұрын
@@robinsites9790 I believe we got 155's while I was at Castle. I remember being with company tech reps out on the flight line. The 28's were heavy enough. These were much heavier. Problem with avionics maintenance is it is difficult to duplicate some malfunctions on the ground since the aircraft is stationary. We'd wiggle wires and cables in attempt to do so. And sometimes we'd just swap out seemingly good components due to repeat write ups. Air pressure changes and vibrations in flight were often a cause. We always tried to provide the best equipment and maintenance. I always wanted to go for a ride to see the equipment I maintained in actual operation. Felt I'd get a better appreciation of our jobs.
@robinsites9790 3 жыл бұрын
@@52griz They were just getting the 155s when I was a student at Castle in 1982. It took a few years to get the bugs out. Lots of things happen at altitude that you can’t always duplicate on the ground. Also we would run our system check at high level cruise then cold soak them a few hours and turn them on and use them after a 2 hour low level run. Too many of our guys would write stuff up I thought...Years later I was the lead ECM Program Manager at the F-16 SPO at Wright-Patt. Got experience with 2 level maintenance. Maintenance troops would send a malfunctioning ALR-56M box to the ALC and they would send it back NFF (no fault found) and charge the unit for it. Discovered the thing was getting wet and failing and would dry out on the way to Warner -Robins and the could not duplicate the fault. The fix was to plug 2 hole in top of the box where water was getting in from an in insulated air conditioning line above it...
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching everyone! If you enjoyed it, please give it a thumbs up and drop a comment. I am planning a visit to the US in early 2022 and hope to make similar videos around many aircraft including the SR-71, X-15, B-17/29/36, B-2, first 727/737/747 and many others so make sure you're subscribed so KZfaq lets you know when I've uploaded them. *apologies I should have said the X-15 flew from the B52 rather than the X-1. **yes I’m a big fan of Doug Demuro 😃
@govdon08 2 жыл бұрын
You need to stop at the Strategic Air and Space Museum a short drive from Omaha. Many SAC and other command aircraft there. Also some missile items.
@martinjh999 2 жыл бұрын
The X-1 mothership was a B29... Can't wait to the B-17 walkthrough as they are my favourite WW2 bomber...
@dougball328 2 жыл бұрын
Also, from the starboard side, not the port side.
@PaulStewartAviation 2 жыл бұрын
@@dougball328 i stand corrected
@jamesdewan5834 2 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at Sheppard AFB in 1950/51, A@E school, and there was a B-36 stationed there at the time. We were in awe of the size and the engine noise. We could identify the sound as it approached from miles away. We were only allowed to view it from a distance as there were armed guard around it when on the ground. I later became a C-54 flight engineer in Japan and Korea during the conflict there (22nd Troop Carrier Sqdn). I am 92 now. I wonder how many of us are left? Jim DeWan, Binghammton New York.
@garrykraemer8993 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video; brought back fond memories! One correction: All wing flaps moved in sync! The non-flying pilot had to watch the flap indicator needles to make sure both needles (left and right) kept in sync. If a split flap condition was shown; it was an 'emergency procedure'! I instructed in 'G' and 'H' B-52's for 13 years ('77 - '90). I have 5000+ flying hours. Your 'G' model is a non-ALCM carrier. The leading edge wing root would have been flared into the fuselage if it was an ALCM carrier. Russia used satellites to see that identifier to determine ALCM capability. Hello, John Shockey!
@PaulStewartAviation 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the extra info.
@wigglyjiggly4498 2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: the flaps and Crab transmitter are the same, so you can actually swap those two gauges if you're trying to trace a malfunction.
@hodwooker5584 2 жыл бұрын
I worked on this model of B52. That was in 1979 and it is amazing how much this aircraft has changed. Thank you for a great video.
@PaulStewartAviation 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@LandNfan 3 жыл бұрын
In the late 1960’s, I was stationed at McConnell AFB in Wichita, KS. The base shared its runways with the adjacent Boeing plant where they did refurbishment work on the B-52. It was quite a sight to see a BUFF flying low over the access road on final approach. We used to call it an “aluminum overcast.” And quite a contrast to the aircraft on the other side of the boundary fence at the factory where Cessna built their light singles, 152, 172, 182, etc.
@badguy1481 2 жыл бұрын
I flew test flights in a KC-135 at McConnell. On one flight the weather and visibility was so bad at McConnell we had to make 3 passes before we could get down. The next morning, when I came in, I saw a B-52 off the end of the runway, mired in the grass. Evidently, it was being delivered to Boeing and had the same problem we did getting it on the ground. (that was in 1978 or 9).
@stepstone100 3 жыл бұрын
I guarded the B52 for 8 years. Always amazing .
@robertfulcher4641 3 жыл бұрын
I guarded the g model at wurtsmith AFB for 3 yrs
@rickkidd6521 2 жыл бұрын
I also walked figure 8's around two alert Buffs on the Christmas Tree at Robin's AFB. I loved my time in SAC. Nothing like an alert scramble to get your heart pumping!
@qzztv3 Жыл бұрын
Great tour. I retired in 1992 and have about 3550 hours in B-52 D, F, G and H models as a Nav/RN so it brought back many memories. Being downstairs with no windows meant (at Grand Forks ND) that one could take off before dawn, fly 12 hours and land at night so never saw the sun at all.
@101egm 9 ай бұрын
Ahhhh yes, memories. I remember eating my flight lunch on the crew bus after one of those missions because I never got time to eat it aloft...for 10+ hours. The Nav was the donkey of the crew. Someone need something???? Hey nav, when you got a minute !!
@havocproltd 3 жыл бұрын
I was a respiratory therapist with the World Famous Army Flight Team. On a very sketchy instrument landing in a C-120 into Minot AFB one frosty February Sunday morning. The instrument warning " MINIMUM. MINIMUM" the whole way to the runway. The fog suddenly cleared and all we could see for the whole length of the runway was B-52's! Parked next to one another, nose and tail, left and right all the way down the runway. It was the first day the 24/7 B-52 patrols had been "stood - down" by President Bush. It was awesome and eerie at the same time.
@jasonpayne1240 3 жыл бұрын
🇺🇸 🇦🇺 I served in Iraq with a lot of Aussies. That beautiful museum seems to be a fantastic space to honor that old buff. Nice video!
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Jason. It's a great museum and getting this close to a B-52 was a huge honour
@jasonpayne1240 3 жыл бұрын
@@PaulStewartAviation as an Av Geek if I ever make it to Darwin I’ll include it on my itinerary. Thanks again for your videos.
@TheMonthlyJack 3 жыл бұрын
@@jasonpayne1240 The markets on Mindil beach and in Parap are also top notch.
@GaryLeeJ62 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour. 1975 to 1979 I was involved with the B 52G, first as the 97th OMS Bomber Branch Officer In Charge, ending up as the OMS Maintenance Supervisors for both the KC 135 and B 52, based in Blytheville, Arkansas.
@larrywright4539 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, I was stationed there from 01/09/73 to 01/10/80, and again from 08/01/88 to 15/12/92, when they closed the gates. I worked in DFCS, trying to keep those guns firing until the last flight with a gunner October, 1991. I was assigned to OMS my second tour there.
@jurassiceagle1057 3 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories. I was a Crew Chief on the old (tall tail) B52D during Operation Arc Light during Vietnam. My aircraft, and a great crew of guys, wend down over Hanoi from a SAM.
@DerAbenteurer94 2 жыл бұрын
Can you please tell me your story of bailout, capture and captivity
@adrianrouse5148 Жыл бұрын
When you design something right it can have a very long service life. With upgrades. A fantastic plane. Hats of to the design team.
@dealershiptechtruth 3 жыл бұрын
My step father flew this through desert storm. I lived on barksdale AFB for a bit of my childhood. Loved watching these fly over near daily
@scottgshomewrenching1352 2 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at BAFB from 89-92, crew chief on the B-52. Your dad probably flew a bird I crewed.
@dealershiptechtruth 2 жыл бұрын
@@scottgshomewrenching1352 i know he had blue tails and red tails there... i believe he was the blue tail squadron.
@tippersteffi1 3 жыл бұрын
I was a pilot on the F, G and H model from 1974 - 1987….very comprehensive video
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@stuartwatson3959 3 жыл бұрын
I was a USAF Security Policeman from 1973-1982, and guarded countless B-52s from South Dakota to North Carolina to California. They are awe-inspiring aircraft just sitting in their parking spots, but to watch a scramble and simulated launch from the alert apron is an other-worldly experience. Thanks for the memories, Paul!
@airzulu2733 2 жыл бұрын
We have a number of BUFFS visit the uk several times a year to Fairford . This aircraft looks as good as it did 50 years back . And in its day could seriously ruin your day .Amazing aircraft .
@robertdesrosiers2382 3 жыл бұрын
I was a Bomb-Nav Systems mechanic for the B-52 G models. 82-86 Loring AFB, Maine. The ECM Shop was right next door to ours at the 42 AMS Squadron. The ECM guys always bragged that they could throw out enough RF energy to shut down and or fry the electronics of a small city. I don't think they were exaggerating.
@Yogenh 3 жыл бұрын
The B-52 was one of the airplanes I worked on for 10 years when I was in the Air Force
@swisswildpicsswp3095 2 жыл бұрын
plz tell us some anecdotes and stories!
@Yogenh 2 жыл бұрын
@@swisswildpicsswp3095 not much to tell I was just a jet engine mechanic and out in Castle Air force base it was hot! It was a trailing base for the pilots for the B-52 and KC-135.
@davidgilbertson4354 2 жыл бұрын
@@Yogenh B 52G mechanic from BEALE 456 FMS Eng cond
@Yogenh 2 жыл бұрын
@@davidgilbertson4354 mine was 93 FMS
@edmccall390 2 жыл бұрын
Those are magnificent aircraft. I worked around them for years while I was in the USAF. They are big, loud, and stunning when you are up close to them like you are in this video. Watching them take off and seeing the wings curl up at the ends was astonishing when I first saw it.
@PaulStewartAviation 2 жыл бұрын
Yes they are!
@2-old-Forthischet 2 жыл бұрын
I was a USAF mechanic on B52s in the late 60's-early 70's. When I was stationed in Guam, it was weird watching the fully loaded bombers TRYING to take off and literally falling off the end of the runway cliff then climbing to attain altitude. We'd be driving maintenance vehicles across the runway near the cliff at times watching the bomber bearing down on us.
@nathd1748 2 жыл бұрын
They are all getting new engines now with a very slight thrust increase courtesy of Rolls Royce.
@podaly 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha! I was jets hitching a ride to Guam on a tanker ( KC135). The crew chief pulled a prank as we were returning home by calculating out loud the amount of fuel on board. As we hurtled down the runway he yells "Oh shit I calculated wrong!" Just as we did that drop off the cliff at the end of the runway...almost crapped myself!🤣 Good times🥴!
@deweykendrick1260 2 жыл бұрын
That's weird that only 60,000lb of additional cargo would affect the flying fortress so much...
@nickadams797 2 жыл бұрын
I was a B52 crew chief 2003-2007. We're full of pranks! The echo check is when you have a new guy inspecting the turbine fins yell into the engine. No echo is a big problem... Before my time they'd tell newbies to do that in the exhaust vent. He'd climb out just black head to toe.
@2-old-Forthischet 2 жыл бұрын
@@nickadams797 oh I had many stories too. I rode the brakes in the copilot's seat once when the crew chief was running the engines. He applied so much power the bomber jumped the chalk blocks! I thought I would be occupying a cell! Yes, there's more.
@white-dragon4424 3 жыл бұрын
You really only realise how ancient the plane is once you get inside. Even that G model looks archaic. A literal museum piece! It shows why the plane's still in service, because it's so basic and slow that it must be extremely cheap to use as a bomb truck.
@jaek_898 3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate how you kept the pace high, didnt need to fast forward or speed up the video!
@kdlev4903 2 жыл бұрын
I got to tour inside a B-52 any time I wanted in 75-76. I was stationed at B-52 SAC base Merced CA. then, last piglet training base in the world. One wet winter night student pilot landed, hit his brakes too hard, blew 8 tires, skidded 100' into the mud at the end of the runway, took rest of the night to jack the plane up, change the tires & tow it back on the runway.
@buffip 3 жыл бұрын
I have thousands of hours flying the BUFF as an Instructor pilot and crew commander. (Note my moniker.) This was great! Have no idea if I ever flew this particular tail number, but all my time was on "H" models and "G" models. Thank you for this!
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@jamesrudd8705 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I could remember all the tail numbers I flew on. I do remember a few. All H models here.
@amoore2539 3 жыл бұрын
B-52 D, J-57 engines with the oil cooler in the center core. Came with an actual tail gunner. Arc Light from U-Tapao Airfield, Thailand. Peace The Old Fashioned Way.
@jfwfreo 3 жыл бұрын
One interesting fact about the B-52 is that when Dr Strangelove was released, the USAF saw how accurate the interior of the B-52 looked and (wrongly) assumed that the film crew had somehow gained access to a real B-52 (the USAF didn't exactly share pictures of the interior back then).
@duartesimoes508 3 жыл бұрын
Stanley Kubrick was very well known for his acute obsession for historical accuracy, yes...
@johnned4848 3 жыл бұрын
Kubrick was famous for his insistence on realistic sets. As I understand it, the USAF, refused to cooperate. But Kubrick and his team combed through all available public sources on the B-52. According to IMDB, they got the details from a single photograph. Also production designer Ken Adams was an RAF fighter pilot which certainly helped with keeping the cockpit design realistic. The production team nailed it, causing Kubrick to worry that they had somehow obtained secret, and thus illegal sources of information
@PORRRIDGE_GUN 3 жыл бұрын
@@johnned4848 'WHERES MAJOR KONG?' 'YEEEEEEHAAAWWWWWWW'
@TheEmeraldMenOfficial 3 жыл бұрын
@@johnned4848 That’s the most Kubrick thing since 137 takes.
@thepurplemaskknows9383 3 жыл бұрын
@@PORRRIDGE_GUN Slim Pickins' finest career moment!
@sthrnfrog60 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting seeing the G and comparing. I was Master Crew Chief on 61-011 Chameleon, an H model. I was one who had the pleasure of powering up those 8 throttles from time to time. Also was one who crawled on that crawlway in flight. Not fun! I gave many static display tours in my time, you did a good job. I've slept with that plane, loaded for alert, and flown all over the world in that plane. Low level flying is awesome. I was even blessed a few times to take the stick and fly it, shhhhh! Those were very fond days.
@nonyabiz9487 2 жыл бұрын
Such an iconic aircraft but also you can really see the retro blast from the past old cold war design of the aircraft too. Looks like an old B-47 on steroids!
@petertocher6845 3 жыл бұрын
I spent a humid day at the beginning of 2020 looking through this great museum. I walked around the B52 with one of the volunteers and he told me that, although the Buff was in a museum, it technically remained the property of the USAF. He recalled one day some American brass arrived from the airport and needed to remove parts from this airframe to be used on an in service aircraft. It was sort of like a having a handy scrapyard that someone else looked after for you.
@jjojo2004 3 жыл бұрын
Some parts were removed off a B-1A on display at an air museum in Colorado once. The parts were for an in service B-1B. The curator of the museum mentioned it in one of the museum’s videos.
@chadseibel3898 3 жыл бұрын
One night we had to do a midnight raid on a static display B-52 to steal some parts in order to fix a grounded BUFF. My job was the lookout. The funny thing was the display was a B model and we needed the part for a H Model.
@oldfatandtired6406 3 жыл бұрын
As far as I know, all displayed USAF Aircraft remain the property of the USAF. This is administered through the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. An example of an aircraft that was on loan, determined not to be maintained and returned to the Museum, was the B-17, "Memphis Belle". It was on display at a couple of different locations and had suffered from years of neglect and vandalism. Museum staff determined the airplane was not being maintained and gave the City of Memphis, Tennessee the ultimatum of repairing the plane and safeguarding it, or returning it yo the Museum. The Cjty was unable to provide the needed funds and location for the Memphis Belle's care and it was surrendered to the Museum. The Belle was moved from Memphis Tennessee to WPAFB, Dayton via semi trucks. I live near Dayton and got to see with assembled large crowds the Nemphis Belle being transported along the highway. It was placed in the "Restoration Hangar" near the main Museum buildings and painstakingly restored. There are a number of videos on KZfaq about this. One is a documentary produced by ThinkTV of the Public Broadcast System.
@petertocher6845 3 жыл бұрын
@@oldfatandtired6406 That's interesting Mike. Further to my comment above, the volunteer I was talking to in Darwin observed that the upper fuselage and wings on the B52 were looking grubby and he remarked to me that part of their agreement with the USAF was that they had to keep any a/c clean and maintained. It costs a bit to get up and clean a big aircraft with all the health and safety concerns. We often forget that when we pay admission.
@roguedalek900 3 жыл бұрын
@@petertocher6845 It was fresh out of the paint barn and flown straight to Darwin. Theres a video of it out there somewhere about the prep and arrival .
@ashleymarie7452 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Very well done! I was a USAF "sky cop" who walked around buffs at Loring Maine in 1970. I never got the opportunity to see the inside of one of these aircraft until now! Thanks!
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@bkdexter79 Жыл бұрын
I was with the 633rd MXS on Guam in 1995 and actually flew to Darwin to work on the B-52 tow bars in storage. I got to see this B-52 on display at the museum. I really enjoyed Darwin and the friendly people. Great job on the video!
@JackKellyUSA 2 жыл бұрын
I've really enjoyed reading all the B52 reminiscence and nostalgia. I served in the SAC 416th Bombardment Wing at Griffiss AFB (Rome NY) from 1965 to 1967. I'm 79 years old now and, in retrospect, these were two of the best years of my life. I was a guidance technician on the AGM-28A Hound Dog missile. After a productive year and a half in the guidance shop, I spent a year in the analysis section of the AMMS squadron. There I learned to debrief incoming flights and to read the missile portion of the MADREC recordings. Most importantly I got to fly as an observer on six FSAGA missions (First Sortie After Ground Alert). This privilege and honor was quite extraordinary because I was only a two-stripe, first-term enlistee. These missions tested the reliability of the alert aircraft and all its systems. To qualify for flight status, I had to complete altitude chamber testing at Westover AFB. Before each night flight I was outfitted with a flight suit, helmet, oxygen mask, and parachute. If we had to bail out, I was expected to exit through one of the bottom holes left by the navigators (lol). Before each of my flights, on the short bus ride to the flight line, I briefed the crew on the prior maintenance of the aircraft and missiles. If I was the only observer, which was usually the case, for takeoff, air refueling, and landing I sat behind the pilot and copilot. During the missile runs I sat behind the navigator and radar navigator. We took off from Griffiss in the early evening, flew over Maine for KC-135 in-flight refueling, then made a high-level missile and bombing run to an electronic range in Kentucky and a low-level run to a range at Warner Robins in Georgia. Then back to Griffiss for a few ILS touch-and-go's before landing around 6 AM. What incredible experiences these were. I was transferred to Little Rock AFB and served on a Titan II launch crew for the last year of my enlistment. Another extraordinary experience but of an entirely different nature altogether.
@sidv4615 2 жыл бұрын
Did you see Titans launch?
@JackKellyUSA 2 жыл бұрын
No, I never saw a launch. Once a year a missile was taken from each of the three bases (Little Rock, McConnell, and Davis Monathan) along with an alert launch crew, and sent to Vandenberg for a silo launch. The year I was at Little Rock, our missile failed to launch. The holding clamps didn’t release for some reason. BIG disappointment!
@mikewithers299 Жыл бұрын
@JackKellyUSA so awesome hearing you were at Griffiss AFB. I remember seeing B52's daily at times fly over as a kid in Utica. The thunder from those birds was incredible. Rome, NY was active back then. I moved away in '82 and base was decommissioned. What a shame.
@JackKellyUSA Жыл бұрын
@@mikewithers299 I moved back to Rome three years ago. The base is an office park now and a little used airport. There’s a B52 on display though - The Pride of the Mohawk Valley. Rome and Utica are still good towns to live in. Come on back! 😊
@mikewithers299 Жыл бұрын
@JackKellyUSA my family is still there. I'm in construction and that industry was dying when I left there. Still love my home town though. I need to visit the base one day to see that bird. I love that buff
@bigjulie3714 3 жыл бұрын
human voice plus no music = no distraction, well done. Perfect.
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Many other similar videos on my channel
@doylefrost4314 3 жыл бұрын
I had a quite a few hours working on some of these, back in the mid sixties. Sure have changed since then. 380th BW, SAC, Plattsburgh, NY.
@rocketman5167 3 жыл бұрын
IN USAF '72-'76. Aircraft Instrument Technician. Worked on B-52s (all D's) & KC-135's in Carswell, Guam, and Kincheloe. Got lucky and worked F-4's (C's D's & E's) in Udorn Thailand. Many good memories I will carry to my grave. I will never forget when after my training my first duty station was Carswell - I'm barely 5'2" and when I walked in a burley Hawaiian grinned at me and said "Oh look, a new hell hole guy" I asked what a hell hole was and he proceeded to take me on to the flight line and showed me the barely 2' oval hole under the wing behind the engines where the EPR sensor was! You had to actually climb into the wing to service the thing. BTW D's didn't have water injection.
@jackruby1137 3 жыл бұрын
B52H 60-0001 was christened State of Michigan in October,1960 and flew out of Wurtsmith AFB SAC,, 2nd AF, 379th Bomb Wing.
@MandG80439 3 жыл бұрын
Lots of hours on "Balls One"
@wolfmanhusky1055 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. It is hard to believe something like this was built only about 50 years after the first airplane flew.
@mwhyte1979 3 жыл бұрын
I was a Electrical/Environmental maintainer on G model BUFF's at Wurtsmith AFB in Michigan. Thanks for the ride down memory lane. I did a lot of crawling and banging my head in these birds and loved every minute.
@bobgil3464 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. My father Colonel William R. Gilmore graduated from the USNA in 1954. He transferred into the US Air Force and was a navigator in the B-47 then B-52. He is now buried at the US Air Force Academy near the B-52 on display.
@sidv4615 2 жыл бұрын
When was he born?
@bobgil3464 2 жыл бұрын
@@sidv4615 January 9 1933.
@Sternodox 2 жыл бұрын
I was a Bomb/Nav avionics tech in the Air Force in the early 70s and I worked on B-52s for four years. I remember R&R-ing the EVS and FLIR modules outside at night when it was 20 below zero. Thanks for the video. Really brought back memories!
@lawrencemarocco8197 2 жыл бұрын
A college friend of mine went into the AF after graduation and was in training to pilot the B-52. He said there was one flight where the instructor said that are some things you should never do with this aircraft. Then proceeded to perform a barrel roll, an Immelmann turn and a hammerhead stall. There wasn't a dry pair of pants among the crew.
@justforever96 2 жыл бұрын
I have my doubts. Remember you can't believe everything someone says just because they were once in the service. Often that is a good reason to be suspicious, actually. I just don't think a B-52 airframe is up to that sort of thing
@samuelweir5985 2 жыл бұрын
I actually crawled through the detached tail end of a B-52 bomber in a jungle on Guam when I was a kid back around 1976 or so. I was surprised to see that the electronics in the tail there utilized small vacuum tubes. Such was the state-of-the-art in electronics back in those days. How did the tail end of a B-52 end up in a jungle on Guam? That particular B-52 was actually out-of-service as a bomber and was used for firefighting practice at Andersen AFB on Guam while I was an AF brat there. Typhoon Pamela hit the base in 1976 and, along with other damage, blew the tail end of the old B-52 over the airfield fence and into the nearby jungle. I came across the tail end when I noticed it while biking on a nearby road and went to investigate it.
@robertfinch6602 Жыл бұрын
Seriously!?! 🙄 🤔 😂
@zlcoolboy Жыл бұрын
Lucky!
@a.j.rainey3024 2 жыл бұрын
USAF Veteran: Mather AFB, 320th, B-52G’s 1968-71. AMS “Black Hats” worked on the Terrain Avoidance and Bomb Navigation Systems. Lucky to be on “Flying Status” for approximately one year. All good, lot’s of good friends, good memories and a great job at a young age.
@timothyprice1407 2 жыл бұрын
It's crazy knowing that a plane built 16 years before I was born will probably outlive me!
@timothyprice1407 Жыл бұрын
Check that . . . SIX years before I was born, not 16. But still though!
@benr10 3 жыл бұрын
Great job! I don't think I've ever seen such a comprehensive look at a B-52 before!
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Ben! Yep there's a few videos on YT but they're much briefer and have less details
@timaahhh 3 жыл бұрын
Turning the bomb bay into a theater is so cool.
@zepter00 3 жыл бұрын
You can always drop critics 😆
@chuckinsac 3 жыл бұрын
I had a client in Rancho Cordova, California, whose office was on the final approach of what was once Mather AFB. The B-52's would come in so low, they would rattle his building and you could practically see the pilots in the cockpit! It was such a trill! All the surrounding businesses were auto salvage yards so no one complained about the noise in those days.
@CraigBranson 2 жыл бұрын
Mather AFB was my first assignment working on the ECM systems on these monsters! I always felt sorry for the trailer park at the end of one end of the runway because of the noise!
@Ofageover50 2 жыл бұрын
A walk down memory lane!!! I worked on the B-52 D/F/G/H when I was stationed at Castle AFB (now closed) in Merced, CA from May '73 to Oct '75. This is an amazing aircraft and the fact that it continues to be on active service is a testament to the engineering behind it.... It was quite an experience for a 19 year old from a small borough outside Pittsburgh, PA.
@sully4627 3 жыл бұрын
See those cables on the right towards the top where the navigator (the bottom right seat) sits ? If you move those cables back and forth the upstairs throttles will move. It was always fun to get the newbies up top and move the throttles and have them wondering why they were moving by themselves. Ghosts, lol.
@rbeard7580 3 жыл бұрын
We used to tease new crewmembers by pretending we had "voice controlled throttles". In fact, it was the downstairs crew tugging on the cables as they listened the the "commands" on the intercom. (We'd explain they didn't learn about them at B-52 school as they were only installed on "line" aircraft.)
@anandmorris 3 жыл бұрын
My uncle hitched a ride on one of these from Diego garcia to Mauritius int. Airport in around '88. I was 5, and watched this beast land. Couldn't believe he actually got to fly in one of these.
@pastorofmuppets8834 3 жыл бұрын
Must have been when Mauritius was still English. Couldn't imagine the independent nation agreeing to that otherwise
@murraystewartj 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a great tour. What a beast! Boggles the mind to think that an air frame designed in the early 1950s will likely see service for a century. Those designers with their vision and slide rules really had the right stuff.
@DigBipper188 2 жыл бұрын
Boeing's engineers really knew what the heck they were doing that's for sure!! It still blows my mind that the B-52 was capable of constant flight with in-air refuelling for most of the cold war...
@goofygus6855 2 жыл бұрын
My father was stationed at Pease AFB, NH with the 509th Bomb Wing. When my father would go to his office on weekends, which was in the main hanger, he would take me with him. There was a B-52 in the hanger, painted black, for maintenance. He would let me Go inside the B-52 and walk around the interior. I just couldn’t touch anything. What a great dad, retired E-9, and what an incredible memory.
@RickRottman 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video! I was stationed at Griffiss AFB, Guam from 1988 to 1990. I was a flightline electronic warfare technician assigned to the 416 OMS squadron. I worked on all of the ECM gear you pointed to in the tour. This video brought back a lot of great memories. The bumps in the nose and around the aft section near the tail gun were part of the ALQ-172 radar countermeasure system. It was an automated system. The EWO (pronounced "E Whoa") would turn it on and the system would do all the work. It was the newest ECM system onboard. The surfboard-looking antennas on the belly belonged to the ALQ-155 receiver/transmitter system. The EWO manually operated them. The wing-like antennas mounted more on the side of the aircraft belonged to the ALT-32 radio jammers. The radome on both sides of the verticle stabilizer belonged to the ALQ-153. It constantly scanned aft of the aircraft looking for missiles. The EWO could connect it to the flare and/or chaff system to automatically dispense chaff and/or flares. It was the most hated ECM system for flightline techs. Going up to the radome required a cherry picker (bucket lift). I read one of our BUFFs was donated to the museum in Darwin. We regularly deployed 3-4 aircraft there so aircrews could do low-level flying. Darwin had an area for B-52s called the BRA. It stood for "bomber recovery area." The idea was if there was a nuclear strike, any BUFFs that survived after delivering their payload, would try to land at Darwin. Thank God it was never required. I enjoyed my one visit to Darwin. I got to see saltwater crocs and I was introduced to one of the finest beers I've ever tasted, Victoria Bitter.
@ridingwithairbubble1694 2 жыл бұрын
I started my USAF career in ECM in 1978 at Keesler AFB. Tech school was mostly ECM systems on the BUFF but I ended up on F4s at Hill AFB. I trained on some of the systems you mentioned but ended up on mostly pods and RHAW systems. Finished college and became an Aircraft MX Officer for 20+ yrs. Really miss my AF career, but age and retirement were stronger callings, hehe.
@RickRottman 2 жыл бұрын
@@ridingwithairbubble1694 I went to Keesler in 1984. From there I went to work on F-4s at Clark AB, the Philippines for three years. While there, I got heavily into scuba diving. The Philippines had some of the greatest scuba diving in the world, but Clark AB was far away from them. It meant I could only go diving on three-day weekends. I realized if I was stationed at Andersen AFB on Guam, I could literally dive every day. So I volunteered for another overseas assignment if it was at Andersen AFB. I got my wish and it was great. I hated working on F-4s. I loved working on the B-52. I felt like I committing fraud. The Air Force was paying me to hang out with my friends and work on B-52s. I loved it so much, I would have paid for the privilege. It was the best two years of my working life. And yes, I got to go scuba diving all the time. 😁
@ibubezi7685 2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't this the plane that, if they switched on their ECM (erroneously, I would think) above urban areas, that they disrupted power/TV for the whole area? (could have been AWACS as well...) Must have been some serious generators to supply all power. And, tracing wires all the way from the cockpit to the tail... Plus, if damaged (SAMs over Vietnam) even more complex to repair and test everything. Thanks for the info!
@NorCalProf1 2 жыл бұрын
I agree about VB, sometimes called "Very Beautiful" by my friends in Melbourne. I was aircraft radio maintenance in the 456th Armament and Electronics Sq., 1968, just before "Avionics" simplified the name, at Beale AFB, CA. B-52Gs and KC-135s. (The SR-71s were over there across the red security line; other people went there, not me). We had a couple UHF and VHF antenna masts on the belly toward the nose end. All those mast antennas were a head-knocking hazard for us maintenance troops walking around, constantly ducking to go under. The HF radio antenna coupler in the vertical stabilizer had to be changed on a cherry picker. No one trained me on it but somehow I did it at night without slamming into the tail, or worse. This was a good video tour of the aircraft but it ended just as I was hoping to see him get into the 47 section, the long open bay behind the bomb bay that had various radios and other gear. I spent some time in there as well as the flight deck. One other memory was being on board during a ground engine run up that was pretty fun. Everything rocking and rolling but the brakes held of course. All this was evening or at night on swing shift.
@JoseRodriguez-vr6ju Жыл бұрын
Worked with Rick.
@scottmoore8002 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this tour. I have around 3000 hours in B-52G's and H's as a copilot, aircraft commander, instructor pilot and evaluator pilot, and the information you've given in this video is, for the most part, exactly what someone who is unfamiliar with the B-52 would want to know. I have just 2 quibbles (in addition to the errors already pointed out regarding the X-1 and RAM): at the 11:20 mark you mention the special weapons release handles and then say that nukes were "never dropped from one of these." If you were referring to nukes never having been dropped from this specific B-52G, or from a G model in general, then of course you are correct. However, if you meant that a nuke had never been dropped from any B-52, this is incorrect. B-52s were the delivery vehicle for a total of 30 nuclear bombs tested by the US in the Pacific during the Cold War. Also, at least 2 B-52s accidentally released nuclear weapons as a result of an aircraft accident. Secondly, at the 13:10 mark, you refer to the sextant, but what you show is the sextant port, not the sextant itself. The sextant was a delicate instrument which was normally kept stowed in a case nearby and only removed from its case and inserted into the sextant port when being used by the EW to take celestial shots for the Nav during his celestial navigation leg. The sextant port was simply an opening through which the sextant was inserted and connected to the aircraft, allowing the EW to view the particular star he was taking the shot off of. Otherwise, good show!!
@canoe365 5 ай бұрын
Former B-52H mechanic here. The periscopic sextant was used only a little (1977-1981 time frame) so some enterprising mechanics in the flying mechanic program would connect a flexible hose to it to use as a vacuum cleaner. The ejection hatches under the downstairs ejection seats would accumulate stuff like cigarette butts, sunflower seed hulls, paper clips etc., this vacuum was the best way to clean up.
@LesSharp 2 жыл бұрын
Love it. Aircraft is 70 years old already and we're talking about improving the brakes 'soon'.
@BrandoDrum 2 жыл бұрын
So true. I think since your last post the new engine for the B52 has been announced. Rolls Royce F130 engine - typically used on business class jets. These are over 30% more efficient than the B52's existing TF33's which should give the B52 the longest unrefueled range of any production aircraft and by a wide margin. 11,400 miles roughly speaking. Imagine what it could do with some better brakes!
@Dave-ty2qp 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour. I haven't crawled around the G Model since 1970 at Seymore Johnson AFB North Carolina. We were complaining then that they were over ten years old and too old to go to war. LOL Brings back good memories of great people, a great aircraft, and a great service.
@cyrilculton1181 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent job. Great tour of a B-52, best I've ever seen. It's incredible that the first flight of the B-52 was in 1952 & expect the buff to continue unti 2050. That kind of longevity just doesn't happen usually.
@Jimmerca 2 жыл бұрын
I used to work on the B-52 bomber and the KC 135 tanker from 1971 to 1975. Thanks for sharing I really enjoyed this clip it definitely took me back in time👍🏻👍🏻
@PaulStewartAviation 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Jim!
@SimonAmazingClarke 2 жыл бұрын
B29 carried the X1. The B52 carried the X15. Great review.
@Banshee365 3 жыл бұрын
“Thiiiisssssssssssss is a Boeing B-52 STRATOfortress.” -Doug
@pattonorr7572 3 жыл бұрын
This! made my day
@fleetSRT 3 жыл бұрын
And today I am gonna fly it around & give it a Doug Score!
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
haha
@cmans79tr7 3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha! Best DD reference here (other than the OP's script of "quirks and features" ). I almost spit out a mouthfull of oatmeal😝.
@majorpayne608 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! This brings back some memories. I've logged a few hours in this aircraft. 59-2596 was last assigned to the 60 Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Wing Andersen AFB Guam. It was gifted to the Darwin museum in 1990-91 when the 60th BS closed its doors after the first round of the BRAC (base realignment and closure). We used to have a regular deployment to the Northern Territories at RAAF Darwin back in the late 1980s. One thing incorrect in the narration, the B-52 H models did have a tail gun, but was removed in the 90s after Desert Storm. The B-52H had the M61 20 mm rotary gun. The gunner operated the gun remotely from his station on the upper flight deck Side note @ about 8:20 in the video on the left tip tank, you see an Indian head. That is the squadron symbol for the 93rd Bomb Squadron Barksdale AFB La. This was the first Air Force Reserve B-52 squadron. In 1995 we were part of a deployment to RAAF Darwin for an exercise with the Australian Air Force. One of our reserve aircraft needed a part to return to Barksdale. Some of our more industrious maintainers were able to "borrow" a part from 2596, the display aircraft. Of course the unit symbol had to be zapped on the tip tank of the museum display. I swear I had no knowledge of that operation when it happened. Short video for the 93rd kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mcqSi62Kpp62foU.html. Also, airhistory.net has a great picture of this aircraft circa 1983 in the UK when 59-2596 was assigned to the 2 Bomb Wing. www.airhistory.net/photo/108303/59-2596
@panzerkiller13 Жыл бұрын
That's too awesome!
@dlb4299 2 жыл бұрын
Did radio maintenance on B-52 at Kinchloe AFB Michigan 1969. Primary radio was on the upper deck right behind the right hand seat. Radio weighed about 30 pounds and we had to carry it through the hatch and up that ladder to install a replacement. What was worse was that the secondary radio was in the tail. We had to climb in through the rear landing gear bay up to the catwalk and then crawl along the catwalk pushing the 30 pound radio ahead of us to get to the rear of the plane. When I saw the right navigator's seat on the lower deck it brought back memories. One night all the planes were headed out on a full alert drill. There was a broken headphone cable on the right side of the navigator's seat. The call me and another guy to go out to the flight line to fix it. While the plane taxied down to the other end of the runway I had to fix the wiring with the plane shaking and bumping. When I was done we were like two miles from where we got on and there was a maintenance truck to take as back the plane took off. Never got in the air in a B-52 but at least I can say I had a ride in one.
@rizzo-films 4 ай бұрын
I was just watching Masters of the Air and my favorite part so far is how they show the minutiae (some of it at least) of working inside the old b-52, which seemed nearly medieval compared to modern technology. It’s honestly surprising that the CURRENT one rolled out not long after WWII! Of course with a lot of newer technology that has been retrofitted, it’s basically the same plane from the 50’s. Kind of mind-blowing that something designed and built so long ago can not only still be used but is combat-ready!
@davidrobins4025 3 жыл бұрын
About 40 years ago I was part of a group who was given a tour of an active B52 at Loring AFB in Limestone, Maine. We were given an escorted tour of the cockpit and had the opportunity to walk under the B52 for the length of the bomb bay. MASSIVE. Back then, Loring was the second largest AFB in the world.
@marks1638 3 жыл бұрын
I was at Loring from 83-85 working ECM on B-52G's. It was large and it was very cold during the winter. One day we got down to 47 below zero (with wind chill). During the summer it was humid and somedays you climbed out of the plane feeling like you just took a shower (you needed one afterwards).
@wschappell 3 жыл бұрын
I flew as a gunner on a B-52 (hence my avatar) and was one of the last ones made redundant in the 90s. It was a sad day. When I flew on them, the gunner was responsible for monitoring aerial refueling, and in the case of malfunction, we had a rather lengthy procedure to follow in order to attempt to fix it. During a standardization/evaluation flight (this is where crew members are tested on knowledge and procedure) our mid-air refueling system went kaput and I asked the pilot if he wanted me to run the checklist. He said sure and the evaluator gunner asked if I was sure because he'd have to evaluate me on it. I said sure, and did the checklist flawlessly, and restored the system. That check ride (as we called it) ended with the highest rating of "Outstanding Performance". This was good because one before that was Q3 (fail) as I left my seat to go use the urinal (which required a fair of flexibility to use) and neglected to put the radar on standby. The rule for the upstairs chemical toilet was "He who christens the bucket, empties the bucket", so we all waited as long as possible before using it because once one person used it, we ALL would. In my thousands of hours of flying, I don't recall it being used once. Low-level flying was festive, the plane was not smooth, it bumped and jarred around something fierce. And in the late eighties and early nineties when I flew on it, the accumulated odors of decades of flight was....unpleasant to say the least. It was not a comfortable plane to fly in, but then again, that wasn't its mission. I am proud to have been a crew member of this beautiful beast.
@PaulStewartAviation 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Thanks for the extra insight :)
@jamesrudd8705 2 жыл бұрын
I don't recall ever not getting sick and throwing up during low-level bomb runs. Every single damned time. I never got used to it.
@dougwickstrom9870 2 жыл бұрын
The bucket got cold, too, at altitude.
@Shadow0fd3ath24 5 ай бұрын
That thing is so fricking huge it boggles the mind to see someone next to it, let alone to walk up next to one in person. Its 2-3x larger than i thought, and the already large jets and bi planes in the museum show it decently here
@joeelmore3656 9 ай бұрын
I was a b52 crew chief at barkdale afb 2nd bomb wing from 85 to 88 it was an experience ill never forget
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