Good morning. Wish I could have been on that tour.

The government wasted so much money for this foolishness. But there were the same old titans who made money off the endless pile of gold. So when that place was turning to an obvious blunder, they started the Vietnam war. The USA is not what is used to be at the end of WW2. We have become a chicken shit nation soon to be led by a chicken shit president.

Shit audio. If the camcorder man worked for my crew, I'd fire his sorry ass.

This was great. As a Cold War historian and an 80s kid I enjoyed this

I was a 55g that worked in the tunnel 1967-1968. Any other 55g's around?

New Rolls Royce powerplant upgrades. Guess we can call them the New-B's.

John, thanks for researching and putting all this history into these videos. You did an outstanding job! All the best to you and yours in 2025. Cheers Doug... Loring 1986-1990

B-52H copilot here...23rd Bomb Sq, Minot AFB in the 1970's. This brought back many memories, some good, some bad. Thanks for posting it.

Great music. What is it?

If this is 58-0301, this was as a result of a mid air collision with 58-0264…

I agree! BRING BACK SAC AND BRING BACK THE 80’s!!!

Thank you SAC for your service to our nation!

Been there too. KC-135A crew chief at Seymour Johnson AFB 1979 - 1983. The first time the klaxon went off for me was right around the normal wake up time. I sat up in my bed and didn’t realize it was an actual drill until my roommate came running back in the room screaming “we got a horn, let’s go!!! Flight crew members took turns on sentry duty watching for any white top staff cars coming down the taxi ways which always meant get ready because another horn was about to go down. During drills, all eyes were always on the first bomber lined up on the runway waiting to see if the pilot throttled back and taxied down to the other end. We were told if they took off, it was the real thing. In spite of the constant specter of an actual nuclear attack hanging of our heads, life on the alert pad was actually very enjoyable. I feel quite privileged to have been able to serve my beloved country this way.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I was a weapons loading crew member at Bunker Hill AFB (renamed Grissom AFB) on B-58's from 9/63 to 12/64. Our alert aircraft would not takeoff on an ORI but fast taxi down the runway. Until you saw that, you did not know if it was real or not. Pretty concerning because if it was real, there was a Soviet ICBM with our address on it inbound in a few minutes. The end-of-world was about to begin. This could still happen, of course, but as an old, private citizen now, I probably wouldn't know about it until the bright flash.

I'm very sorry that you won't be making any more films. You have done a great service by sharing the history of this important era. Thank you.

Fascinating documentary! Coincidentally, I just saw this past week that in 2024 the US military is "restoring" the airstrips on Tinian as an apparent deterrent to China's advance.

I was at March AFB, towards the twilight of SAC (78’-81’)and it was truly amazing to watch KCs and “D” model BUFFS launch during ORIs and all other “Alert” exercises! Sometimes we knew and a few times we questioned whether this was a “real world” response or not!! So does anyone know which Alert area this is??

Out of my 20-year Air Force career (1977-1997), 4-years weapons loading, F-111, F-4’s and F-15s; 16-years as a KC-135 Boom Operator, 12 of those years were sitting alert at (Travis AFB, McConnell AFB and Plattsburgh AFB). This short video brought back many great and fond memories. Thanks for posting this jewel.😊

Why are the tankers taking off before the 52's?

1:09 What weapons were those in the igloo?

@michaelmartin5534 0 seconds ago Wow, McCoy AFB, Orlando Fla. early 60s, Cuban missile crisis, once a week, sometimes twice, deafening noise, smoke filled air from the carts and non stop take offs for 45 or so minutes. Just a kid at the time so didn't really appreciate the absolute gravity and dire circumstances involved. We were 90 minutes or less from cooking. Thank you all BUFF drivers, crew, loaders, crew chiefs, and support personnel who stood down the aggressors and kept us safe. PEACE IS OUR PROFESSION!! I ended up a Viper crew chief for 33 years!

Out of my 3.5 years at Dyess AFB in Abilene Tx, I spent 22 months pulling 15 minute ground alert! On a KC-135A TANKER! Yes those days are long gone,but not forgotten!! Thanks! 🤝✌️👍👍🎯🫡🍻🥃

Been there, done that (B-52 crew dog 1977-1987, then 6 years in the B-1B). We knew most of the time that the klaxon was an exercise, but then one night at Grand Forks AFB the Emergency Action Message decoded to "Actual." Scared the crap out of us...

The old saying goes "in SAC you knew where you stood". I never knew what that meant, but I heard it more than a few times from old SAC vets.

…pushing the throttles forward… knowing if this was the real deal, the missiles were inbound, and everything behind you would be gone…

I spent four years at Barksdale AFB. Good old Second Bomb Wing. I miss that place.

I remember as a kid listening to the B52's taking off on alert. One right after the other, I would go to sleep to them.

Ahh, if Boeing had not broken up the tooling and fixtures for the B-52.

I was born at K.I. Sawyer. I don't mess the snow. I'm in Az now. Thank God!

I was an Alert Force Controller at Plattsburg AFB in the late seventies. Fun times. Thanks for posting, I am lost in memories right now.

😡 your channel shows the B-1, but about the B-58❓️🤦🤷

Elephant walk-- -- Meanwhile, I'm 100 miles away in my LCC, 60 meters below grade, thinking "Oh yeah, the stick yankers are actually doing something today."

I watched this many times at Fairchild AFB. Scared the the crap out of me every time. Watching this video reminded me of that feeling. All eyes were glued on that aircraft sitting on the runway waiting to take off. For those of you who don't know, these birds were loaded with nukes. They take off for one thing, and one thing only. Thankfully they never did. But I would have been proud regardless. I stood on Tinian looking down into the bomb pits. I would like to go to Japan someday and stand at both ground zero's. Would be a fitting end to a lifelong career supporting weapons of mass destruction. Perhaps it would give me closure.

To everyone who say on alert, never knowing if the klaxon was an exercise or the real thing... thank you.

Definitely an impressive show of force. Especially when the B-52s and KC-135s are taxing to the runway.

1:07 The klaxon would sound all over the base because alert crews might be at an authorized appointment somewhere on the base. Everyone authorized to drive on base knew that if the klaxon sounded to keep the roads clear. See a flashing light???.....pull to the side because it could be an alert crew trying to get to their aircraft. The entire purpose of that base is to support the alert pad.

There was a Crew Chief in our squadron who got the name The General up on the alert pad. The klaxon went off and everyone scrambled for the planes but this one guy was in the shower and didn't hear any of the commotion. When everyone started heading back into the shack they saw him sitting there watching TV and said.....What, are you some sort of General or something that you don't have to respond to the klaxon? From then on he was The General. Great guy. I wonder where he is now.

I miss the Cold War.

I seen this once when i was TDY to March AFB around 1980. I was station at Norton AFB at the time. Good video . Cold War History.

I had a lot of good laughs sitting SAC Alert!

Thanks for posting the video of B-36H-15-CF (serial number 51-5709).

Thanks for sharing this video. Having said that, this program really contributed to NASA more than the AF. Cheers

aaahhh the old mobility bags....remember it like yesterday.😀

Fun music but almost no content.

Good morning John

Loring was my first assignment as a sky cop in 1970. Those dormitories bring back memories. I will never forget the common latrines in the middle of the building. The windows were double sash types. There was literally zero air circulation in them. They smelled like steamed shit with magic shave. Unforgettable.

Good morning.

"Boring" Loring, Maine. Adore watching the "good ole days"! Keepum comin..

There is no substitute for SAC, it was the USAF's greatest, most disciplined and feared command. (To Err is Human, to Forgive Is Not SAC Policy) I served in SAC 1988-1991, after SAC was disestablished was put in ACC-Air Combat Command, then AMC-Air Mobility Command; it wasn't the same.

Interesting how most of the scenes showed piston engined B-36, before retrofit of four J47 turbojets.