Yep remember those alerts well at K I Sawyer, I was there 78-84. I love the UP😊

Show this to a Green and they'll have a meltdown.

As we said back in the day, jet noise, the sound of freedom.

Let's have a convoy

this is a crazy MITO - glad there is an explanation on that G model. As a kid I would see this when fishing the Au Sable by Sawyer's sister base Wurtsmith in Oscoda. Seem to recall two 52's then a 135 and repeat. great memories, loudest thing i have ever heard. SAC was instrumental in keeping the peace 1950's to when the Wall fell. I am sure the m a r x i s t s running everything now will cancel it too.

I served at Abilene, Tx Dyess AFB.I was in the 96 BW,96 OMS,tanker branch. I was assigned to acft 62-3528 KC -135 A. A great time in my life,and 22 months of alert duty. Out of 3.5 years there!! SAC was awesome, and I loved it!✌️🤝🎯💪

That my friends....is the sound.....of freedom.

Was that ellsworth

1195 gallons

I just got an erection...

I was SAC late '70s - early '80s. I remember many MITO launches, including one in particular for an exercise or an ORI, just after dawn on a Sunday morning circa 1980. We launched almost every non-alert B-52D and KC-135A we had, and awakened the good citizens of the valley with the unearthly, window rattling howl of one J57 water wagon after another. We figured if we had to be awake at 6 am on a Sunday, everyone in the valley should have to be awake, too. 😄

Crazy shit from back in the day! SAC/ACC ‘86-‘92

Stationed at Loring from '76 - '80. I was in charge of 2nd shift maintenance on a KC-135 flight simulator. The simulator was inside of a mobile railcar parked just outside the flightline. Whenever the klaxon would scream, the crew in the simulator would come racing out of the cockpit. We would hold all the doors wide open to ensure their speedy exit. They hopped in their blue trucks and went flying down the road. Then we would watch all the controlled chaos on the flightline. We had a great view. It was awe inspiring to watch all those bombers and tankers line up at the runway. We would hold our breath while waiting to see if the planes actually launched. Thankfully, they never did.

Bring back SAC!

I hope we are still doing these! The threats from a united russia and a super energized china have NEVER been greater!

Amazing footage dude ❤

Great video of great crews, thanks all! Anyone also serve at Kincheloe AFB? Or involved with the CIM-10 BOMARC SAM base W/NW of there as well? I've noticed US Forest Service roads near where they were based, would like to visit sometime if possible.

That's a lot of Buffs

4 minutes to get 16 aircraft off the ground

Best MITO video I've ever seen.

Stationed at KI Sawyer '81-'82; 410th SPS. Six B-52s, six KC-135s, on alert - 24/7/365. LE secured both ends of the runway during alerts. Go SAC !!!!

Very Cool

Peacekeeper 1986-1997.

Was at offutt for that one

So many smoke 😯

Holy shitt

Amazing. That first -135 after that B-52. Feet off his tail!

I was the crew chief of 62-3515 at KI during that Global Shield MITTO I served from 1981 to 1985 I will never forget my time there.

The most brutal concept of

Airborne democracy

Lunch

Launch

I tried my hardest

All salute to my brother's and sisters I remember thank democracy

⁰when you generate

The screaming B52 sounds nice.

All of KISawyer rocked when these things took place. And we choked on fumes for hours afterward. As an SP, we’d be coated in it for the rest of the night. And we’d have to get off our duffs, get out of our trucks and actually WALK the ramp.

Who was it that said ass holes and elbows

Tanks for the gas b52 crew chief

SAC

Greta would be happy :D

Tankers had more water

The wail of B-52 engines is something engrained in me, even though I was pretty young while living there from 85 to 88. I have mixed feelings about the closing of K.I. Sawyer. It was a wonderful community and a great place to live, and it got me loving the north woods and Lake Superior. But it also was a de-escalation from the scary days of the Cold War.

B52 stratodiesel

Lived by Barksdale AFB for forty years and when we saw a MITO we know it was training or the end of everything.

1195 gallons of duty honor countty

Tanker or bomber salute

Launching from the alert pad as a crew chief

Nothing sounds like a cart start on a b52g

J57-43wb has a pitch you feel