I’m a USAF Vet from the mid 1970’s. They are still the best damn bomber airframe in the sky’s today. Music to my ears.

I was raised in the 70's in The Azores in Terceira Island watching the B52's taking off and landing. Thank you US Air Force, I still love it today.

I am a middle age woman now. When I was a little girl I loved to watch airplanes and I still do. These Majestic B52 Bombers are still something you can't describe! Yhey are just as Magnificent now as they were then! I pray you Magnificent guys will be guarded by our Magnificent God when you are in the Heavenlies. Be safe and well in His loving care. USA 🇺🇸 YOU ARE LOVED

I watched the B-52 the first time it flew in 1954. It had a B-47 and a delta-wing fighter as escorts and camera planes. It flew a lazy loop from Seattle down around Tacoma and back and never retracted its landing gear. I would have been very impressed with its size if I hadn't seen a B-36 passing over low, a couple of years before.

awesome US Air Force and all the crew that keeps these B 52's going. True warriors !

When I was 12 year old, my neighbor, an air force pilot offered me a ride in a b-52 in Texas. I was so impressed and in love. B-52's are awesome!

Boy does that bring back memories! I spent 5 years at Minot AFB in N. Dakota working on "H" model B-52's and eventually got shipped to Loring AFB by Limestone Maine where I spent another 21/2 years working "G" model B-52's. They are quite the bird I can tell you but it was definitely a love/hate relationship working on those beasts.

I recently watched a docu on the B-52 that said they don't actually "rotate" at takeoff, but rather sort of lift off with all landing gear leaving the ground almost simultaneously. Apparently they land the same way. Very impressive!

This is the sound of freedom! Thank you America, all the best from Germany.

As a retired USAF member...very proud to see these birds " scramble ".. n awesome to see the crews hit n git! Very proud of all of those " BUFFS" , as we called them during Nam! Does this old Vet well! Thanks for sharing!

Мощный самолет, красивая техника.

I had just turned 18(November 1961) and was stationed at Larson AFB Washington (now closed)was assigned to the 462nd SAC wing as an aircraft ground refueling specialist. Standing by the flightline watching a group of B52's takeoff one after the other just took my breath away. Will never forget that sound

When I was a senior in high school, I lived on Peace Air Force Base in Potsmouth, New Hampshire. That was in 63-64. I would wake in the morning and watch the tails of B-52's over the tops of the buildings between my house and the airstrip getting in formation for take off. After all these years it's still a strong memory.

My father was a crew chief on B52 until he retired in 1985. I grew up to hearing those beautiful beast. Whenever I see or hear one it brings happy tears to my eyes and reminds me of my father.

These are historial 8 engine jet propulsion bombers still in service. Congratulations to the US Air Force B52 flight team. We thank You for your Service. Aim high and keep America strong!

Большое уважение наземному составу, техникам. От них всегда, в большей степени, зависит вылет экипажей самолётов. Сам лётчик ВТА, поэтому с удовольствием просмотрел видео. Всем лётчикам, не смотря на принадлежность к странам, респект. Мы потомки Антуан де Сент-Экзюпери.

I am honored to see pilots of different ethnic groups flying for our country. I salute you all!!

I was a proud crew chief on a B-52 D from March 1962 to Dec.1969. We too pride in our aircraft and made sure when we presented our aircraft to the flight crew it was airworthy.

I was enlisted in The USAF at Loring Air Force base Maine from 1978 to 1982. I was a security specialist guarding 4 B 52’s uploaded with nuclear weapons and nine KC 135’s. This video brings back great memories!

In the mid 1960's the family was heading to Maine towing our 25' sailboat for a 2week cruise. We were on I95 near Bangor Maine. At that time Bangor Airport was a SAC base with a squadron of B52's. One of the runways ends at the highway so the planes fly over I95 on take off. I hear dad say "Ah s___" as he looked at the runway ahead. A B52 was taking off. It would fly right over us and Dad was afraid the engine wash would flip the trailer. Thankfully it didn't but man what a sight.

I lived in Riverside, California near March Air Force Base when I was a kid. My class went on a field trip there when I was about seven years old. We got to go inside a B-52, a C135 refueling tanker, and an F-4 Phantom. All out on the airfield. Then a K9 demonstration by the military police. What a great day for a kid!

I grew up on Air Force bases. My Dab flew B 52s. I love the sound of them taking off.

I'll never forget seeing one of these beasts in person at a local Air Force base. This bird first flew in 1952!

God I love my US Of A. This is ominous awesomeness. To have recorded a full frontal… …of this magnificent flying art of war taking off would have been priceless.

Grew up with these beasts in my backyard. My dad was a navigator on 52's at Pease AFB in New Hampshire. God they are a beautiful plane and show the power that we once had.

I live here in Sacramento, California, USA....back when Mather was an active Air Force base, around 1986, I saw 3 of these B-52's take off at once, then a U-2....the big trail of smoke from the B-52's hung around for 10-15 minutes.... The U-2 was impressive, whisper quiet, and as soon as they got air...went nearly vertical climb...

I spent my summers in Limestone, ME, just about 2 miles south of Losing AFB where my Dad was stationed in the 50's and my brother and I would just lay on the grass and watch the B-5×'s fly "HOT'S" every time during the 60's and into the early 70's. Thank you.

Dad was a career USAF SAC pilot and flew the 52 during the 60's and 70's. He flew Chrome Dome in the 60's out of Westover AFB in MA and McCoy AFB in Orlando and was actually in the air the day Kennedy was assassinated. They got orders to arm their nucs and light up Moscow as the US thought the Russians got him and he knew at that point that it was a one-way mission. After they crossed into Russian airspace from Turkey, they got orders to divert to Seville, Spain and he said when they all deplaned, their flightsuits were soaked with sweat. He also flew the Buff in Nam in 67 and 72 when they were knocking them down with SAM's. Said as the lead squadron commander, he said all he could do was turn his radio off when the screams of being hit became too unbearable and he hoped he'd make it out alive when he nauseously climbed into the cockpit on every subsequent sortie. He told me all of this before he passed and ever since, there's no one that holds a candle to him to me although all of our serviceman and women are as hallowed. He used to take his Super 8 video camera up with him and had his copilot film the midair refuels - they zoomed in and you could see the boom operator from the KC135 waving at them from his window. We'd watch these on home movie night and would always laugh. Dad's been gone since 2002 and I've missed him every day. High Flight Dad!

There will never be another as grand, graceful, and to-the-point as this Plane is! May she fly 60 to 70 more years... fly on, fly on. :)

In 63 & 64 I was in SAC at Bergstrom AFB with these big babies. God, I still love watching them !!

When my family lived on Guam in the summertime with the air thin would watch The B-52s take off from the Anderson Air Base field. They backed up all the way to the end of the runway locked their brakes. Then they would throttle up you would hear a thundering Roar and the squeal of the brakes releasing. They would go to maximum throttle then dump water into the engines to get additional thrust the exhaust would turn black. The plane would lift about a hundred feet off at the end of the runway. Then would dip below the horizon because the runway was on top of a cliff. In about 20 seconds later you would see the B-52 rise up above the horizon. On a rare occasion if having engine trouble a B-52 would end up splashing down in the ocean. It takes some real guts to fly these things.

This aircraft deemed outdated from the get go, but lasted way longer than its critics! Respect.

I had the pleasure of having a childhood with two weeks every summer spent at my grandmother's camp on Hot Brook Lake in Danforth, Maine. During those years, Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine was a B-52 base and they would practice flying those things at ultra-low altitude OVER Hot Brook Lake four or five times a day. It's a very quiet lake with only a handful of camps on it, many times I would be out in my row boat or canoe and hear that thing coming just in time to plug my ears and look up. There it would be, cruising low and slow right over the tree tops and then right over my damn boat as it continued across the lake. The same was done with F-15 or F-16 fighters but they were never as slow and never as cool as those bombers. That all ended when the base closed around 1991.

Thank you to all that serve, I did not but nothing makes me prouder to be an American citizen than watching videos of our awesome military

Great Video, fantastic planes, thanks for sharing

These huge stratofortress are a beauty to see them take ff. A lot of training and courage to do this. Thank God these guys are willing. I love and respect all of you! God love and protect all of you! My 2 brothers are in heaven now, they were in the Korean War. These men are so handsome in their uniforms. WE are behind you! Frankie Ravan

I have watched stuff like this for 55 years of B52s & B47s. I still get exited & wish I could fly again. GOD Bless our military & their families. H. Dexter

Being born a SAC-baby (Dad was a navigator on KC-135 tankers) the B-52 quickly became my favorite aircraft. Nothing has such a flat angle of attack on take-offs or landings. Truly a majestic bird.

See? That's why I'm telling you that we are still the bosses in the world!!

My dad worked on these beasts for 10 years!! I got to do a flight in one, scariest thing in my life!!!!!! Beautiful bird...

Thanks, I enjoyed. I flew 0058 and 0022 when I was at Homestead AFB. Amazing that we had such an experience. However, Ten hours in an ejection seat was painful.

They call this beauty outdated, but for Russia this is pinnacle of technology.

Veteran Air Force Crew Chief who worked another plane but never got tired of seeing these land and take off, same goes for B1Bs and C-5s. Recently in an airport was lucky enough to see a ANTONOV AN-225 take off, another sight to see

What a superbly graceful yet starkly menacing aircraft. May it fly forever.

My name is olsen, was stationed at Carswell afb in 1978, 7th security police squadron. I was a security specialist 81130 job specialty code, I guarded B52's with nuclear weapons on board. There was 12 jets on the alert pad. It was a fun time for me and my buddies, thanks for the memories.

I felt this was one of the best made aircraft videos. Favorite shots were the close up of the pilot looking out his open window and the bird still in its parking spot while another of its squadron was taking off seemingly right over its wings. You could feel the speed and precision of this operation from that shot. Good filming. Good editing. No crap shots left in. No camera shaking. No dirt on the lens. Just good stuff. THANKS!

Those B-52 are in fact a piece of Art!

I used to drive truck around Shreveport and see them flying in and out of the base. It’s a sight to behold indeed.

Imagine these beauties flying over a neighborhood

Still very fantastic planes! We may still need them for World War III -LOL!

I worked on the B-52 D/F/G/H at my first duty station, Castle AFB in Merced, CA in 1973. We couldn't believe how old the planes were then and they are still flying.... Amazing!!!!

Самолёт супер! Восемь турбин и 15000 км полета! И это притом,что создан он был 60 лет назад! Чудо- машина!

I don't know why so many people find the B52 to be ugly. I always thought it to be one awesome looking bird!!!

Mult respect pentru acești piloți și DUMNEZEU sa va aibă în paza!

As an Officer in the Canadian Army Reserve I attended an air show in Hamilton Ontario, Canada and was lucky enough to be invited aboard a "Buff". I was totally impressed by this remarkable aircraft and was certainly glad to know that this aircraft was representing the US Air Force that is our ally and close friend.

This was my last duty station in 77, brings back alot of memories.

I humped these planes as a young Airman at Barksdale, so glad I trained as a BISS operator, and a Security Controller.

I was stationed at Wright Patterson AFB from 1967-1971 and lived in BOQ (base housing). Among other organizations, a SAC wing was based at Wright Patt and when the B52s took off they went directly over base housing at maybe 1000-2000 ft elevation. You couldn't hear yourself think.

I was a mechanic working on B-52s and KC-135s at Loring AFB, Maine. At that same time, my brother was a mechanic at K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan. Both of those bases are closed now.

That's a badass bomber I love watching it every time it takes off or lands

B-52 is a beautiful plane of the sixties years. Eight jet engines are impressive. The big passenger plane Boeing-747 has four jet engines. Today B-52 is looking excellent too.

I lived in a small town in the bootheel of Missouri and Blytheville later named Eaker AIR FORCE BASE was just a good stone throw from home to base as crow flies! You could definitely hear without and fought when they would fire those big birds up. I suppose we were right over there flight path cause when they came over looked like tree top height, I know they were higher but all you could do is cover your ears and squat with your back toward them, the noise was just unbelievable!!!!

One of the reasons you can sleep safely at night. These men and women protect us with their very lives. God bless and keep ALL of our military personnel...I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S.

The ladies have changed a bit from the D Series but I still love her. Fifty years later and she still my favorite girl. Never forget your first dance with her. 307th SAW SAC

God bless and protect all airmen. God bless and protect America.

Fantastic!Never saw a plane like dis b4 in any video.The scene of another plane taking off in da sky b4 other plane could take off is beautiful!Suman

I grew up in the 50's and 60's living down the flight path of Castle Air Base near Atwater, CA. I miss the sound of those 52's taking off and also watching them come in for landings at night. They would be stacked up for miles back in the sky. Nothing louder than a 52 taking off, it makes the ground shake. I also miss those F4's breaking the sound barrier, loved that sonic boom.

A very long time, these airplanes have guaranteed the peace and freedom in the world.We all in the western hemisphere have lifed very comfortable under this protective screen.Thanks and Respect for all crewman in the air and on the ground in all the decades beeing on duty.

I had no idea these aircraft ran on coal.

Lived in base housing, Offutt AFB and I remember lying in bed and listening to B52s take off. Strangely enough, it became my lullabye (I was just 5 ) and I was so used to it that when we moved off base it was so quiet that I had trouble going to sleep!

I served at K I Sawyer AFB, aka K I Siberia, in the late 70s. Security police. The video brings back a flood of memories. Mostly of the -45 degree nights and chest deep snow. I enjoyed hearing the buffs again.

My brother got a great deal on a house that was nearly directly in front of the main runway (about 500 yards away) at Bergstrom AFB. It had been a SAC base before but had been converted to TAC. Still it had a few B52s and KC 135s When they took off you felt as though you could hit them with a rock if you tried. The phantoms there were impressive too for their get up and go.

TRAVIS AFB ,in the 60's was a GREAT EXPERINCE.. WE HAD A SQUADRUN OF C124's BEFORE THEY RETIRED , C 133's UNTILL THE BAD CRASH & they were take out of action.. , C130 , B52, ADC , TAC , SAC , MATS.. OUR BASE WAS ALIVE & Thriving & FUNCTIONING PERFECTLY.. I LOVE BEING IN THE ' USAF'

I had the honor of flying the Buff for twenty years as an instructor pilot … Blytheville AR , Guam, Loring ME, & Barksdale LA … the most incredible bomber ever … Thank you so much to all the crew chiefs & maintenance personal for providing me the greatest … The B-52 will be in operation until 2050! Hope my grandsons get to fly the greatest airplane ever built … like their grandpa!

Allways support for US airforce.👍👍👍

I was stationed at Barksdale in the mid 70s and it was a blast watching these things take off and land. And the same planes are still flying today!

Still one of the coolest looking planes ever designed. I grew upten minutes from carswell afb. Back in the cold war 80s when they were still flying airborne alerts.

Me grew up in Pendleton, Oregon- me DaD helped build big Hangars+ widen the runways for the first version of B 52s- me got to go on planes+ got to see+ feel All the Ammunition plus the Peace Bombs- a crew man told me "when they dropped Em the bombs would Quiet The Area- Peace Bombs- a phrase was Peace The Old Way- B 52s- still amazes me the still fly em- modified Em so Wings Could WithStrand the High Altitudes- No War Is No Good War- Quit Making Objects Of Destruction + Help All Survive In True Peace- Truckin On

used to see one B52 in Duxford air force museum. Quite impressive about its size. The whole round building is built to fit its size. And all other planes are in its arms.

Just another incredible display of American might and ingenuity.

I flew Buffs from '81 to '92 at K.I. Sawyer AFB (410th BMW) and Barksdale AFB. I was assigned to 8AF but flew with the 2 BMW. It's an amazing aircraft, but it can really wear you out after flying in for 12 hours.

Amazing 😍😱

Been there, done that! Was a B-52 crew chief on #0213G at Griffiths AFB in Rome, NY 1968-69.

When I was a kid somewhere around 1957-1959 living in Camillus, NY, Griffiss AFB was not far away in Rome, NY. One afternoon while outside in my backyard I heard this roar of jet engines and looked up to see a B-52 being refueled in mid air by a KC-135 tanker. They were very low - I could see the cockpit windows of the B-52. What an amazing sight and sound of 12 jet engines going by at once. I could not tell their approximate height but to me at the time they seemed VERY low. AWESOME!!!! I was 9-11 so I am sure I would now exaggerate how low they were. 64 years later, that model, but perhaps not that exact plane is still flying and is still impressive.

I was stationed at a remote radar site in northeast Wyoming in 1966. Elsworth AFB was our support base. I can remember seeing FOUR B-52's take off at the SAME time. Everything on the base was shaking. They are impressive.

Back in the 60s during the height of the Cold War I lived in SE Missouri, about 30 miles from the former Air Force base in Blytheville, AR. These birds would be going over my house all the time, at around 2 or 3k feet. Awesome to watch. Probably some of them were carrying nukes. In those days they were in 24 hour flight mode, just in case the Soviets pulled a stunt.

I used to live in FOrt WOrth back when they had B52s at Carswell AFB (now JRB/FtWorth). We would drive out and park directly in the flight line on the south end of the base and these mosters would fly DIRECTLY overhead. It seemed like they barely cleared the fence, lol. I asked a lot of questions of my USAF friends & found out the B52 cannot take off with a full load of bombs AND fuel. They weight is just too much (at least in the late '80s). They may have changed to m,ore powerful engines by now. Anyway, the little wheels on the ends of the wings are to keep the wings from dragging the ground when fully loaded, and they still have to top off from a KC-10 or KC-135 once airborne. That blew my mind.

The B52 is a very majestic, very beautiful airplane.

I was aircraft structural maintenance at Barksdale from 1997-2001. I worked on every plane shown in this video. I remember 0058, an engine fell off and was down for a looong time

For the mid 50s, this plane was ahead of its time.

لُا الُُه الُا الُلُُه مٌحُمٌدِ رَسِوَلُ الُلُُه سِبّحُانَ الُلُُه. وَالُحُمٌدِالُلُُه الُلُُه الُكِبّرَ لُا حُوَلُةِ وَلُا قًوَةِ الُا بّالُلُُه الُْعلُيَ الُْعظٌيَمٌ لُلُُه فَيَ ٌخلُقًةِ شِوَنَ حُسِبّنَاء الُلُُه وَنَْعمٌ الُوَكِيَلُ

My Dad flew these planes. He was an incredible pilot!

Years ago, lived in Virginia Beach- flight path to Naval Air Station in Norfolk. One of these coming in over the beach- broke windows!! I had just moved to Virginia Beach, and was overwhelmed by this gigantosaur landing. Beautiful and scary at the same time. Still haven't forgotten.

He taught you what you did not know, and God’s grace upon you was great

I live in Spokane not far from Fairchild AFB…These symbols of FREEDOM & SECURITY of our Nation (🇺🇸) were ever present until 1994 when they were re-assigned further inland. First off, FAIRCHILD AFB remains a vital part of nation’s security and the men and women air personal there have my utmost respect and admiration. The Spokane “region” was a key location with underground ICBM’s, B-52 base, Cruise muzzle depot, very active Air National Guard fighter base just a few miles away and a major intelligence listening post ( Mica Peak). IRAN (as usual) was then and still is an International Outlaw caliphate with their Mullah’s ,as always,promising to destroy us, sooner-or-later/eventually. I was sitting at the end of Fairchilds runway (1990’s) just outside the fence having my McCoffee one early morning before my job took me elsewhere that day. Ironically, the early morning news just blurted out on my pick-up radio that a major crisis was at that moment unfolding with IRAN the centerpiece of the days dishevelment…AGAIN 😈👹. A red hot full scale alert scramble was in progress and our planes were screaming down Fairchild’s runways with their throttles hammered…full metal-to-the-petal. That sight and sound of those B-52’s departing is with me to this day (I’m 77 now)…there were three of them taking off in rapid succession and they were stressing their aircraft for ground speed/lift enhancement. Let’s just say, they were loaded for “Bear and Sand Lizards” and time was of the essence…they hit the end of the runway so fast and low that when the ascended, you could see the seated pilots and that they had sunglasses on and were waving down to the few of us witnessing the stirring sight. You could see those Pratt and Whitney engines working hard and the exhaust fumes were dark and thick that morning…a few moments plane 2 and plane 3 passed ever so close to the ground. The Sound- of-Freedom roared loud and clear and those planes massive/distinguished vertical tail was a punctuation mark to behold. As far as the human eye could see that morning, those engines poured of black fumes all the way out of sight…very serious business that day. I would say probably 20 miles out, all three suddenly banked and resumed three separate flight plans. The International news concerning the offending events of IRAN and their Allie’s, made me appreciate Fairchild AFB and those committed and dedicate service members.

The most incredible aircraft ever built in history:) the size the quality and the design of it impressive:) protect America we salute you:)

incredibly matured piece of aeronautical engineering. Good plane, no doubt.

Gracias a estos Aviones tenemos Democracia, Paz y Libertad. DIOS LOS BENDIGA SIEMPRE

It's like a small building taking off. Very impressive.

Looks like it did as when I was a firefighter in the AirForce!