It's a fact that the mighty BUFF does not take off: rather, the earth gets out of the way. Long live the B-52! Awesome aircraft.
@miner333
6 жыл бұрын
LOL, good response, I lived that life as a kid, my Dad was part of SAC, I live near Luke AFB, my Dad retired, he passed on 27 years ago, but Mom is still alive, so I drive her to the base so she can get her medical help on base and the commissary priviledges. I saw a bumper sticker on some car the other day, I love jet noise, you know she was a military wife :) Anyways enough of the past, but I live under the flight path, Luke is a training base, F-16's and F-35's. I love the sound of jet engines, sound of freedom :)
@garygrant4459
6 жыл бұрын
mikethetuner
@DavidJones-de9zh
5 жыл бұрын
Well said
@nesbitt615
5 жыл бұрын
Chuck Norris said "hold meh beer"
@Redman147
4 жыл бұрын
The BUFF is the Chuck Norris of the skies. The BUFF doesn't drop bombs, but rather the earth reaches up to take them.
@waltonwarrior7428
2 жыл бұрын
The last B-52H (SN#61-1040) left the factory on 10/26/1962. It was delivered to the Strategic Wing at Minot AFB That was 59 years ago and they're still flying. Amazing airplane.
@drtidrow
20 күн бұрын
Still flying even today, with plans to upgrade them with new more fuel-efficient engines and other mods. Probably going to be 2040 before they're finally retired.
@brupp53150
12 жыл бұрын
I was at Minot from 87-91. Most of our aircraft were on alert at that time, so we never got to see this many in the air at any time.. Awesome video.
@nordan00
Жыл бұрын
Brings back memories-both pleasant and unpleasant! SAC/AAC, ‘86-‘92
@1949man
12 жыл бұрын
My first cousin was a pilot of the 'buff' in the first Gulf War.. Got to see him at Dayton airport soon after that war was over..Plane was older than every crewmember,except me.LOL
@dlmarkum
11 жыл бұрын
as i recall it would be the b-36. i remember watching their contrails when i was a teenager, a long long time ago.
@usafvet100
12 жыл бұрын
The BUFF is one of those "if it ain't broke don't fix it" designs that have stood the test of time. A couple of other examples: the Lockheed C-130 "Hercules," about the same age as the BUFF and still in military service, and the even older Douglas C-47 "Dakota," (DC-3 in civvies) still in service as a civilian cargo/transport aircraft.
@born2soon
5 жыл бұрын
I mowed that flightline and plowed that runway...1971. It's 3 miles long and 16 plow passes wide.
@bernard240vdc
12 жыл бұрын
Great demonstration of how many of these bombers you can lauch in a short time, however just one thing comes to my mind here wake turbulence these heavy bomber surely must create a lot you surely would not want to take off that close behind them in a small aircraft, these pilots must be well aware of that and thats one factor that dictates how soon the following aircraft takes off , of course since you are in as big a plane as the one in front that those mitigate the effects
@bassplaya1549
14 жыл бұрын
That must have been a sight to see...wow!
@Redman147
4 жыл бұрын
Now THIS is true MITO footage. Not cut at all. Letting us see what a REAL nuclear scramble would look like. Don't even care if it's 240p
@nordan00
4 жыл бұрын
And this is a 30 second MITO. They use to be 12 - 15 seconds!
@Redman147
3 жыл бұрын
@@nordan00 I actually found a 15 second mito film from 1983 and watching about 30 of them take off nutt to butt was crazy. They even had a full tanker squadron of KC135s on their asses on the way out. It was amazing yet scary to think a launch like that could've meant nuclear war.
@nordan00
3 жыл бұрын
@@Redman147 I was in one or two of those big ones back in the day, although on pretty much every training mission that involved more than one Buff, you MITO’d!
@mytmousemalibu
14 жыл бұрын
Awsome video, im truely jelous! Love the mighty BUFF! Wished i could see one start, the huge plume jet out from a pod from the starters, lol! Well done!
@AirmanCylon401
12 жыл бұрын
That's a mighty large can of whoop-ass that just took to the air!
@abbiebeast
6 жыл бұрын
1) God created mankind in his image 2) Smith & Wesson made the playing field of mankind all equal 3) The B-52H made some superior - TO FORGE AGAINST ones not understanding the above
@74superglide
5 жыл бұрын
#2 is actually Samuel Colt...
@whitemanstand72
8 жыл бұрын
DO you have the entire recording ?
@PQXLR
14 жыл бұрын
The sound of Freedom boys ! SWEEEEEET
@upstart1776
15 жыл бұрын
The carbon footprint of this blatant display of American hegemony is heart-breaking. Al Gore is weeping. I however, am smiling. I think these 15 bombers should have flown in formation about 50 feet above Mecca, as a simple gesture.
@ronaldrobertson2332
5 жыл бұрын
All I wanna know is, which one has Slim Pickens on board?
@Njoekiezoekie
14 жыл бұрын
@gordomg but those big giant bombers can't even find (or kill) a sole hermit called OBL in the mountains in Afghanistan. :P And they were used in Vietnam as well, that went well for the US.
@OSmith-yq5vb
3 жыл бұрын
Looks good but obsolete these things was knocked out the sky's in Vietnam by S 200 SAM Not even stealth can operate within a S 300 and 400 system of operation not to mention the S 500 it would be like shooting fish in a barrel, they look impressive thou
@dudeinthesea
13 жыл бұрын
I'd pay to go watch these monsters take off.
@tommywilliams9307
5 жыл бұрын
The Power
@byron500
13 жыл бұрын
@angmhalp I felt the same way at 1st. Then I realized that not having locked and loaded 52's, 58's and 47's in constant Alert status means we won. Kinda anyway. But who knows. If the Chinese keep up with their shenanigans we might be right back in that mode.
@keithwhitnight5493
8 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!!!
@thenakedtrucker
6 жыл бұрын
That’s night no other country can turn the sky black in just under 10min
@jackwagner759
6 жыл бұрын
I spent 32 years in the Air Force and Air National Guard as a Jet Engine Mechanic and crew chief. Retired in 2011. I salute my maintenance troop for getting all these planes in the air at once. I worked T37, T38 B52G,KC-135,RC-135 and c-130 during my career. I would give about anything to Marshal a buff again.
@rustybracewell4424
8 жыл бұрын
I am a SAC veteran from the 60s and saw this in person from the flight line and there is no way to describe the awesome chill that comes over you when you are a part of something great that won the Cold War.
@miner333
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for serving Sir, there is nothing like a B-52 scramble, can't describe it, you have to just experience it. That is like the fist of GOD ready to rain hell down on anyone that tries to F with us.
@miner333
6 жыл бұрын
You got it, when they scramble it is just awesome, and you know that some serious hurt is coming down on the enemy if this is not a drill.
@jeremyorr7469
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service Sir!!
@EnjoyTimeOutdoors-Steve
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed! None, what-so-ever! The sound is unreal!
@davidsandell7833
6 жыл бұрын
Rusty Bracewell: I watched them from my backyard at Homestead A.F.B. when it was a SAC base.
@charlesberndt8230
9 жыл бұрын
everyone always forget us SAC folks lol we won
@daverobinson6184
8 жыл бұрын
That should make everyone proud of our air force. What a sight
@miner333
6 жыл бұрын
my Dad did 23 years Air Force, I didn't come along until near the end of the Korean War, but he served in WW2 navigator in a B-25, never shot down, put bombs on target. then the Korean War, but he got stationed in the UK cause they were worried the Soviets would use the Korean War to invade Europe, then a long stretch of peace till Vietnam, I had to take my draft phyiscal and get registered for the draft, he was retired by now, but they tried to call him up, his old base commander, Robin Olds, he ended up an ace in NAM. Any ways when I told my Dad I was going to enlist in the Marines, getting drafting into the army was like the worst option you were facing, he told me you ain't doing shit but go to college and lay in that bed or I will shoot you dead. Well Nixon ended the draft, they went to some lottery scheme and my number was so high I was safe. So I went to college became an engineer and spent 20+ years designing bombs, planes, missiles, so I guess I could say I did my part
@spikespa5208
2 ай бұрын
A whole s___load of whoop ass going somewhere in a hurry.
@TheMotoben
10 жыл бұрын
15 BUFFs ..... that'll be ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (yep) Pratt and Whitneys and ...... wait for it ...... SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIVE years of service that just flew past you. Who's the daddy?.
@miner333
6 жыл бұрын
Those planes are older than their daddies ;) My Dad passed in 93.
@kellyarnsdorf5083
6 жыл бұрын
Its the champion of service. Only Tu-95 comes close in active service life, but its way short on action.
@gregwil6930
5 жыл бұрын
I would say, Who your Great Grandaddy!!!
@kevinbrooks6265
10 жыл бұрын
I think the b-52 is the most awe inspiring plane ever built!
@hazmatt3250
8 жыл бұрын
It pretty much says "See that? That's physics. See what we're doing? Yeah we just broke everything you thought was possible."
@miner333
6 жыл бұрын
Rolling Thunder in NAM, the VC were blown out of their boots, :)
@whiteknightcat
6 жыл бұрын
Sandals, not boots, I think. Ho Chi Minh sandals.
@keithad6485
Ай бұрын
You have got that right!
@sacpilot
10 жыл бұрын
Ah, 240p we meet again.
@Tuppoo94
4 жыл бұрын
If you saw this happen back in the Cold War days there was a real chance it would be the last thing you saw before getting nuked.
@mikebartz4581
11 жыл бұрын
Pretty impressive! I had about 900 hours in between D's, F's & H models. Last flew as a crewmember in May of '77. Still miss it some days. What a great old plane!
@murrygandy6546
2 ай бұрын
23rd Bomb Sq IRN SO 1 1973-77.
@mikebartz4581
2 ай бұрын
@@murrygandy6546644th bomb Sqdn.-KI SAWYER 73-77
@charlesberndt8230
9 жыл бұрын
who in here has lived on the "PAD" and done a cart start? lol
@DerekDtj
6 жыл бұрын
Aw, c'mon guys, you must've taken my previous comment off since it wasn't PC enough. That launch was NOT a 12 or 15 sec. "MITO" launch, since there would have been 4 or 5 aircraft on the active runway simultaneously. Also, there is NO smoke or major wake turbulence when following any of the later aircraft. It's nice photography, but it was simply a controlled 1 minute launch interval. In the mid 60s our wing launched on our annual ORI mission with all 15 tankers preceding our 15 B-52D models in a real MITO. Our crew was 23rd in the stream, and the wake turbulence just after liftoff was sporting, to say the least.
@RiverCityIN
10 жыл бұрын
AMERICAN AIR POWER! The clear message is: "Don't mess with the USA - we will come and get you!" Oh how I love to see my tax $$$ at this kind of work. God bless and thank you for your service!
@PappyGunn
9 жыл бұрын
+Bud Spencer I feel the same way Bud, but unfortunately some people do mess with the USA because the politicians forgot the meaning of "victory" and force the armed forces to fight with one hand tied behind their backs.
@tkguyok
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! I am proud to be an American!
@miner333
6 жыл бұрын
ditto, old fart, lived through the 60's never met a hippy I loved.
@schradeya
12 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I sat through this entire video, watching intently at the same thing over and over again. I usually can't sit through more than 30 sec of a video. But this is AWESOME. God, the SCREAM of those engines... I found myself chuckling in amazement or literally hollering YEAHHH at each takeoff. The only thing at all I miss about living in DC is getting to see badass military aircraft fly over at least weekly. Thank you so much for sharing!
@whiteknightcat
8 жыл бұрын
"Now then, Dmitri, you know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the bomb. The bomb, Dmitri. The hydrogen bomb. Well now what happened is ... one of our base commanders ... he had a sort of ... well, he went a little funny in the head. You know, just a little ... funny, and he went and did a silly thing. Well, I'll tell you what he did. He ordered his planes ... to attack your country."
@tpbart
8 жыл бұрын
You can't run in here! This is the War Room!
@kperson
8 жыл бұрын
..."fight"...
@zulubalandre9851
7 жыл бұрын
we do
@badguy1481
5 жыл бұрын
@@zulubalandre9851 Peter Sellers is dead! Long live Peter Sellers!
@nucflashevent
5 жыл бұрын
"Well, let me finish, Dmitri. "Let me finish, Dmitri. "Well, listen, how do you think I feel about it? Can you imagine how I feel about it, Dmitri? Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello?"
@Viking838
14 жыл бұрын
lol at 9:45 when the other guy takes a sniff of the air. :) I'm sure JP4 smells a lot better when you know that it's being made by bombers like these. Nice video
@SuperMike82
13 жыл бұрын
Gotta love those BUFFs! Watching those floating take-offs is beautiful. I love the feeling you get in your chest when they come trundling down the runway and you can feel those engines in your chest! HUA! Air Force for life!
@mightaswellbe
8 жыл бұрын
Still sends a chill down my spin. I'm a SAC brat going back to the 93rd BW at Castle when the B-52 was first coming into squadron service. I grew up watching B, C, and mostly D models flying. With that thought in mind would I be mistaken to think these Buffs are pretty lightly loaded or do they actually have that much more thrust than the old J-57 put out? I mean back in the day a loaded B-52D took damn near all of Twelve thousand feet to get airborne. Thanks for the Video, it's good to see the old bird still flying.
@tricitiesair
8 жыл бұрын
They won't ever comment, but they are empties. I am a SAC brat as well and it did take almost the entire 12 to pull it off the ground.
@gordomg
8 жыл бұрын
This was GLOBAL THUNDER exercise. You can draw your own conclusions on whether the planes were loaded with anything besides JP8.
@setnaffa
10 жыл бұрын
BTW, Peacetime MITO and EWO MITO are different. An EWO MITO would have been a much shorter video... ;-)
@teenagerinsac
9 жыл бұрын
+Mike Morgan Yes- notice where the BUFFS came from, NOT the Alert Ramp :)
@alanharaldson4229
7 жыл бұрын
Ithought they could be a lot faster if they put the pedal to the metal at say 20 second intervals or 10 seconds qnd 3or4 going down the runway at once instead of maybe 1 or 2
@miner333
6 жыл бұрын
As long as they get off the runway and deliver their ordnance they done good :)
@Mudpuppyjunior
5 жыл бұрын
@@alanharaldson4229 Problem is if they get too close, the turbulence from the preceding plane can, and has, caused a catastrophic stall.
@tomryan5777
2 жыл бұрын
Don't know about B-52 MITO times. But in B-58 there was only one time criterion, 7.5 sec on alternating guidelines..
@matthewb1973
6 жыл бұрын
North Dakota State Bird! I remember fueling them when I was stationed there in 1994. The old pump houses for the flightline used to be between the main taxiway and the runway. Talk about a front row seat!
@thomaswoolard7643
3 жыл бұрын
Greetings from a fellow 631x0. Castle, Ramstein and Spangdshlem. We put a few gallons on the beauts. 😀
@matthewb1973
3 жыл бұрын
@@thomaswoolard7643 It’s funny…just seeing those numbers (631x0) brings back memories! 👍🏻
@Hawkeye752
8 жыл бұрын
That IS American air power as the man says!!
@OldAirman2000
5 жыл бұрын
While the launch was nice to watch, it was NOT a real MITO (minimum interval takeoff). These aircrews were launching with about 30 second spacing between aircraft. During the Cold War alert days, aircrew were required to launch with 15 second spacing and sometimes less between aircraft. Also, tankers were flowed into the stream as well. The G model BUFFs and the tankers had the older J-57s which required water injection to get their heavy loads off the runway. With water injection takeoffs, number 3 in the stream and those thereafter could not even see the runway in front of them because of all the smoke, which was kind of scary. This launch was very leisurely by comparison.
@heartfire451
10 жыл бұрын
I have a question. I had a friend once who had worked in SAC as a mechanic on this beautiful dragons. He once told me that there had been a number of emergency alerts that they responded to that that were not just drills but came dam close to nuclear war. Is this true? He said the public was never told. One thing was clear. He loved the old B-52. It was literally a romance of a sort for him. He talked about these cartridge starts and the sheer power and noise. I couldn't believe it when he said that such big engines could start that fast. I knew him when we were working as truck mechanics. I was a good mechanic. This dude was an ace mechanic. Top notch. Maybe the best I'd ever seen. I had seen BUFFs before but never seen a take off until this video. Now I know why he was such a good wrench. Good guy too. He made it clear to me that the world owed a nod of thanks to these old dragons and their air and ground crews.
@maryhiggins5407
10 жыл бұрын
In spring of 1980, there were two messages delivered that were "ACTUAL". It was caused by a misinterpretation of a computer war game by the Cheyenne Mountain complex (so I was given to understand...I was a tanker navigator on alert and decoded the message... yikes!). A friend of mine was on the floor at the Headquarters SAC Command Post for the second one...given the previous issue, he adjusted the message to prevent having to launch some of the very heavy aircraft in the warm weather in May. We sat in aircraft with engines running for quite some time before we got a new message to "resume normal alert"...IOW, "nothing to see here...move along". We all silently proceeded to the briefing room and sat there until someone came in and explained what the heck happened. What was gratifying is that we all performed our mission professionally.
@maryhiggins5407
9 жыл бұрын
Dear David, I really appreciate your concern. It was 3 and 6 June 1980 and was covered in the following publicly released GAO document. It is a little wonky to read, but the Wikipedia entry that led me to the reference below captured it well when it said the following: "On at least three occasions, NORAD systems failed, such as on 9 November 1979, when a technician in NORAD loaded a test tape, but failed to switch the system status to "test", causing a stream of constant false warnings to spread to two "continuity of government" bunkers as well as command posts worldwide.[26] On 3 June 1980, and again on 6 June 1980 , a computer communications device failure caused warning messages to sporadically flash in U.S. Air Force command posts around the world that a nuclear attack was taking place (citation was the GAO document linked at the end). [I got in on the 5 June 1980 message.] The writer in Wiki goes on to say the following (without citation): "During these incidents, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) properly had their planes (loaded with nuclear bombs) in the air; Strategic Air Command (SAC) did not and took criticism, because they did not follow procedure, even though the SAC command knew these were almost certainly false alarms, as did PACAF.[citation needed] Both command posts had recently begun receiving and processing direct reports from the various radar, satellite, and other missile attack detection systems, and those direct reports simply did not match anything about the erroneous data received from NORAD." [This rings true based on what I knew personally.] "NORAD's Missile Warning System: What Went Wrong? (MASAD-81-30)". U.S. Government Accountability Office. U.S. GAO. 15 May 1981. Retrieved 3 November 2010. "Attack Warning: Better Management Required to Resolve NORAD Integration Deficiencies (IMTEC-89-26)". U.S. Government Accountability Office. U.S. GAO. 7 July 1989. Retrieved 3 November 2010. BTW, in addition to some procedures to prevent recurrence, a number of Cheyenne Mountain upgrades were completed in the late 1980s which undoubtedly took care of the issue. Again, with appreciation, MK
@MaidenUtah1
9 жыл бұрын
When did your friend serve? Times that I can see SAC going on a real world alert would be: 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1973 Yom Kippur War 1976 Operation Paul Bunyon 1983 Downing of Korean Airlines Flight 007
@orangejoe204
9 жыл бұрын
David Holt Ah, an OPSEC commando. Were you counter-intel, by chance? I ask this without any hard-feelings, just had a few knuckleheads in my unit who had a ton of enthusiasm for catching spies around every turn, and not a whole lot of common sense. WHERE IN THE HELL DID YOU HEAR ABOUT TALENT KEYHOLE!?!?! Uh, Sergeant, it's publically available information. Google "Keyhole intel satelllites". I DON'T CARE WHAT THE INTERNETS SAYS! WHO TOLD YOU THAT CODE WORD? I WANT A NAME! Roger, I got it from the Janes Information Group, Washington DC. YOU SAID JANE? YOU MEAN YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO A WOMAN ABOUT CODEWORD INTEL!?!?! *sigh*
@orangejoe204
9 жыл бұрын
Mary Kay Higgins Thanks for the info! I was not aware of those incidents. The one I WAS aware of was the 1971 EBS false alarm where a guy at Cheyenne accidentally ran the WHITE CARD EAN-1 alert tape instead of the weekly test tape. For some reason, they were hung right next to each other on the wall... Didn't involve any mobilization of assets, I don't think, but an Emergency Action Notification from the POTUS is nothing to sneeze at. A lot of people were pretty pissed.
@markdavis3306
8 жыл бұрын
The sound of freedom!
@lucdevincke2055
8 жыл бұрын
The sound of freedom? Are you insane? The sound of destruction, war, death, yes!
@gordomg
8 жыл бұрын
It's the sound of freedom for you, because it's the sound of destruction, war and death to our adversaries.
@mikes7446
5 жыл бұрын
Bombing innocent countries isn’t freedom
@charlesberndt8230
8 жыл бұрын
I post this now for Ronald Reagan and Nancy. RIP Nancy we won
@MaidenUtah1
9 жыл бұрын
Hello....hello, Dmitri....
@whiteknightcat
9 жыл бұрын
+Maiden Utah Now THAT'S funny! One of the best movies ever made.
@johnbaldwin2783
5 жыл бұрын
Watched many MITOs at Mather AFB with both the BUFFs (G models) and KC-135As. All had water injection, lots of smoke and drama!
@bobmonroe3745
5 жыл бұрын
John Baldwin miss those days. Great childhood memories of Mather and Mclellan.
@cabindiana55
10 жыл бұрын
My boy friend is a Vietnam Vet and USAF MAN! Yes I am proud of my military people and I do thank them for there service. My dad is a WWII Veteran to which I love dearly also. THANKS FOR OUR FREEDOM!
@miner333
6 жыл бұрын
Thank your Dad for serving, and your boyfriend, but make him take you out to dinner first ;) Just teasing.
@josemoreno3334
4 жыл бұрын
I remember i was TDY at March AFB back in 1980 from Norton AFB. They lunched a whole bunch of B-52's and KC-135's very quickly. What a mind blower. The B-52's still had tail gunners then. That was awesome. Good video.
@jeffausbun
10 жыл бұрын
I was at Loring AFB.. I was always intrigued by this. People who have never seen this don't know what they are missing.. Thanks for posting..
@jeffausbun
8 жыл бұрын
I spent most of my time with the locals. Played softball, candlepin bowling team, snowmachine trips, and I had a few good civilian friends that had to leave Caribou..
@heartfire451
9 жыл бұрын
I'll bet those old bombers are probably better aircraft than some of that new garbage. Built back when we knew how to build things.
@Bama3728
11 жыл бұрын
If they didn't have "Vortex Generators" on top of the wings, the wake turbulence would be too great. The "BUFF" might be 50-60 years old, but it still is a flying masterpiece of aeronautical engineering!
@BLKWDW0056
12 жыл бұрын
im a crewcief on these b52's and i dont get much appreciation when i work on these jets day in and out for 8, 12, maybe 14 hours a day, but after reading these comments i really appreciate my job more..... thank you all
@bcgrittner
3 жыл бұрын
My USAF son was stationed at Minot AFB for five years. He witnessed a few MITO's from inside the fence. The trifecta that flew over Super Bowl 55 showed one bomber that left quite the smoke trail - the B-52. It's a sight you don't soon forget.
@Rogue5459
11 жыл бұрын
I loved watching the "G's" launch after the ORI. They did the elephant walk to the runway and launched and the smoke and the roar was chilling. Every plane that could get off the ground except the alert birds. I miss the days when the military had might and real Presidents.
@RedLP5000S
5 жыл бұрын
Vote Dem 2020.
@nostromo42670
11 жыл бұрын
I remeber back in the day. B52s and 135s taking off out of davis monthan afb with water injection. Man that was a sight.
@gordomg
11 жыл бұрын
No. The H models use TF33s which do not use water injection
@johnpatterson6205
4 жыл бұрын
I watched a MITO when I was stationed at Fairchild AFB in 1970. Videos are great but nothing comes close to seeing it with your own eyes. Love it!
@gordomg
15 жыл бұрын
Yes I'm sure I'm allowed to be filming this, especially because it WAS during an exercise. 1) Nothing you saw is sensitive. The fact B-52s do 30 sec MITOs is public knowledge. This just proves we can do it. 2) If you look at 8:54 you'll see a guy with a much better video camera than me filming. That was PUBLIC affairs 3) Maybe we want to advertise our ability to our adversaries? 4) I could have been standing 100yds to the south and been on public property filming this.
@deovalente
12 жыл бұрын
Working on commercial jets for the past several years and being familiar with the regulations and restrictions in regards to flying one, this is amazing to me. The urgency of this exercise is incredible. Start the plane and take off ASAP, just do it, lives are on the line. Amazing to watch!
@OasisManUtd1
11 жыл бұрын
I'm not American,if you think America is broke for that reason alone you're living in coco land.
@TheLewilliams
11 жыл бұрын
I spent three years on Minot AFB from 1963 to 1966 when I graduated from Minot High School thanks to SAC and my dad, the Observer on a B-52 crew. You don't know what cold is until you've been outside for a while at minus-50 degrees. Also was at Barksdale twice,Westover for four years. Was born in the base hospital on Castle Air Force Base in 1948. Thanks to these planes and the men in them who prevented a global nuclear war.
@gordonames1892
Жыл бұрын
WAS THERE JANUARY 10, 1975. HUNDRED 150 DEGREES BELOW ZER9 WITH 80 MPH WINDS!! COULDN'T SEE MY HAND IN FRONT OF MY FACE!!!
@charlesberndt8230
9 жыл бұрын
who in here ever fought the cold war or was in SAC?
@hsharrott
14 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible. During my career I was stationed at Minot AFB for 10 years. I packed the B-52 deceleration parachutes at the Survival Equipment shop. Of all the aircraft I've encountered my favorite will always be the buff...
@عادلالشعلانالغامدي-ك9ل
2 жыл бұрын
وين جَاء بكم الله بحبله قال اللَّه تعالى(وَقُلْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا (81) الْآيَة.
@bagelboi66
14 жыл бұрын
This is one undeniably impressive display. It must have been thrilling to be right there in person. While it is reassuring that our biggest ally has this much might, I often wonder what would be left living on Vancouver Island and the coast if our enemies targeted their ICBM's at the US submarine base some 90 km away across the strait in Washington.
@bassplaya1549
13 жыл бұрын
Mmmm I can smell the smoke from here! Awesome footage!
@michigandermichiganian8173
3 жыл бұрын
Could you move the camera around a bit more?
@chadnga8
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing parade! I'd love to see it in person!
@JimHoward
8 жыл бұрын
My UNT 76-24 classmate and friend Lyle Brunner was killed doing this at Castle AFB shortly after he graduated.
@neighbor18
4 ай бұрын
That first one rolling is so exciting.
@wyosargirl
8 жыл бұрын
Makes me homesick. I grew up on this base. Still call Minot home, no matter where I am.
@sharonk.9354
7 жыл бұрын
Shondell Shughart I grew up here as well... 1980-1990 my teen years... best of my life. 😊
@1938dmkdz
12 жыл бұрын
In 1959 at Dow AFB the lst B52G landed on our base and I was so excited I jogged in front of it probably for several blocks. Six months later we had about seventeen and they were beautiful and got our devoted attention. SAC was good in those days and spirits were high!!
@bradnoga
11 жыл бұрын
no to bad for 1950`s technology and engineering. very impressive
@charlesberndt8230
8 жыл бұрын
those engines are a bitch lol
@HondaPactStudent
8 жыл бұрын
Use to knock out the furnace during winter when they flew low during red alerts and vibrate u while u sleep in bed scary at first till u get use to it ...back in the 80's at old Wurtsmith afb
@zone5ive
15 жыл бұрын
>3) Maybe we want to advertise our ability to our adversaries? Totally awesome sight, I hope a lot of people see this that need to, or should. BUFFs ROCK!
@JAFZX1207
12 жыл бұрын
Remember these days well from my Air Force days at KI Sawyer AFB in MI and supporting and watching the B-52 MITO take offs.....loved it!!
@dennisorr5023
Жыл бұрын
I was a Nav-Bomb on the "E" model and participated in MITO's. Ours had the 8 KC-135's taking off first at 15 second intervals and then 30 seconds later the first B-52E and the 7 others at 15 second intervals. One that I was in my then wife commented that the number 3 B-52 was being buffeted heavily on the takeoff. I said I was in that one. Another time we were about 25 miles from the base and could feel the earth shake from a MITO. We held the Fairchild Trophy and were constantly visited by the IG teams at Clinton-Sherman AFB. This was during the height of the Cold War as we did Chrome Domes with nukes.
@mikef-gi2dg
4 жыл бұрын
I saw something just like this in fall 1978 (November) I think. Springfield Mass. There is a AFB north of Springfield, can't remember the name. I was in my apartment parking lot fixing my car, there was a lot of activity going on for a few hours, then all of a sudden the B-52's started taking off and they were much louder than usual, sounded like continuous thunder. I stopped and walked to end of lot to get a better view, and I saw about 20 B-52's take off just like here, rapid bam bam bam bam, they sounded like rockets, something had them taking off rapidly. I got a bit scared, what just happened to cause the activity to get hectic like right now! I still wonder what that was.
@uksewingmachineservice7030
3 жыл бұрын
Nice one mate really cool video don 🤠🇬🇧👍👍👍👍. I have subscribed to you mate
@bropous4265
5 жыл бұрын
I have seen a B-52 one time in my life. One time. That sucker was coming in for landing over our apartment in Austin. I heard that sucker coming in, I KNEW this was gonna be SPECIAL. I ran out into the parking lot. And, there it was. A freaking BUFF. That sucker is so huge, coming in for landing, it looked like it was STUCK in the sky.
@zone5ive
13 жыл бұрын
Just before they rotate you can see the back end sort of lift a bit, must feel strange inside the jet.... BUFFS Forever!
@tpbart
8 жыл бұрын
This is the real Air Force. Fighters make good movies and drop cute little 2,000 LBS bombs. But real power is 100 Megatons of F.U. coming over the polar cap into your Kitchen. SAC, gone but never forgotten. thanks for the Video.
@AR-pm9nv
3 жыл бұрын
There in 83-84. Alert area was seriously scary. All that power. Also had the 2 aircraft on alert that could launch ICBMs from the air if needed. Rode in one during a moving exercise. (Security goes with the aircraft in that situation) Cool, but I could picture the end of the world in that seat.
@gordonames1892
Жыл бұрын
WAS A MINOT AFB 74-76. IN 1975 THAT WHOLE FLIGHT LINE NEARLY BLEW UP. THEY HAD PULLED SOME BIRDS OFF THE ALERT FLIGHT LINE AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO MSINTENANCE ROW. A KC-135 GOT FIRE AND BLEW UP AND A COUPLE OF GUYS DIED.
@meech8046
3 жыл бұрын
Used to watch B-52s fly over my grandmother's lake house on approach to K.I.Sawyer in the U.P. big grizzly faces painted on them...so cool. I remember that sound well.
@GM8101PHX
5 жыл бұрын
The smoke you see around the aircraft on the ramp is from the starter cartridges used to spool up the engines in lieu of a starter cart. this saved much time for the B-52 to start on the alert ramp, then the aircraft would roll out to the runway and take-off. At Fairchild we had up to five B-52's on alert, these aircraft and their crew were ready to depart the base in under 15 minutes warning time, failure to meet that time meant a crew would be standing at attention in front of the commander's desk, definitely not the place you wanted to be. That included Security Police if we got in the way of responding alert crews. The base had a red light similar to those used on police vehicles on the utility posts on designated alert routes to the flight line. If these lights came on, all traffic were required to exit the roadway with exception of Commanders, Fire Department, Security Police and the Alert Forces. This simplified getting to the alert area, onboard an aircraft and at the runway threshold with-in that 15 minutes. Most crews would be in the alert facility adjacent to the aircraft. This system worked great, everyone would pull off the road as the klaxon sounded, otherwise Security Police would pull the car over, and the driver would face the Commander in front of his desk, If it were a woman she might hope she was close to giving birth as a reason to continue driving. This was accomplished from 1957 to 1991, with professionalism, I am honored to have been a part of the SAC Team!
@ernieb3568
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely outstanding, Freedom is not free. 24 years of hurting C-130’s all over the “Wonder World”. Peace is our profession, but when the fight comes we FIGHT
@franciscocolon1740
2 ай бұрын
Man, I did the B52 thing at Minot in the later 80’s. MITO’s were a bear after about the 6th aircraft unless there was a crosswind to blow the smoke and wake turbulence from the previous guy away.
@terryhill545
4 жыл бұрын
I was in SAC at Barksdale, La .We were always afraid we would get shipped up north.One of the sayings going around was -Why not MINOT. SAC 1961 1965.
@18dmedic
9 жыл бұрын
watching this brings back so many thoughts and emotions from when i was in during the cold war era
@necrosiskoc9617
Жыл бұрын
I wish Airlines could do MITO departures... There's not much that sucks more than waiting on a jet in line to take off for hours at an airport when there's departure delays.
@TonVerkleijT3
3 жыл бұрын
This will be the first plane that will be in active service for more than 100 years! Sometimes a design is that good and timeless and will basically remaine in the same configuration as it was designed. I wonder what the effect will be when it is equipped with new engines, if this will happen eventually.
@davdski5935
6 жыл бұрын
Shame that none of them would get off the ground because of an air burst nuke spoiled the party. Only time they would get off the ground would be when they are used preemptively. After which they would have no base to come back to.
@CarlWatts-pv7vb
7 ай бұрын
Stationed at Minot 1976-1978 enjoyed watching the Buff takeoffs and later talking to the pilots. Cool cat's
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