B-52 Stratofortress take off from RAF Fairford, England, B-52 are from Barksdale Air Force Base, US Air Force. (2nd Bomb Wing/U.S. Air Force)
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@douglasbishop592 жыл бұрын
My brother was a radar navigator on one of these. He was killed along with six other crew members on April 11, 1983 in a crash in Utah. My family was absolutely devastated by his death. He was a brilliant young man. I think about him every day. Fly high brother...I love you and miss you everyday.
@bballkid2422 Жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss man
@user-zm9cw5ew5w Жыл бұрын
وماذا عن أطفال العراق، اللذين قتلو من قبل القوات لامريكيه
@nobo2979 Жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss.
@Complex_51 Жыл бұрын
Lol!
@kurnma3776 Жыл бұрын
RIP fallen hero
@badguy14813 жыл бұрын
I flew them A HALF CENTURY AGO....and they STILL look awesome.
@beaconblaster333 жыл бұрын
Half a century ago
@kyokogodai-ir6hy3 жыл бұрын
@@beaconblaster33 *YAWNS* They do the job, so what's the issue?
@beaconblaster333 жыл бұрын
@@kyokogodai-ir6hy grammarly
@airzulu27333 жыл бұрын
The Buff seems timeless a bit like the 747 the older it is the better it looks . Truly a magnificent piece of american aviation .
@justin.w.063 жыл бұрын
@@beaconblaster33 half of a century ago
@mozartcat12 жыл бұрын
This plane look beautiful and terrifying at the same time.
@hugoabreu5 Жыл бұрын
PERFECT lovely comment 😉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@mohamedlamari3648 Жыл бұрын
@@hugoabreu5
@bugman9787 Жыл бұрын
I used to watch these take off from Kadena AFB in 1969 headed to Laos loaded to the hilt with 500 pound bombs in the bomb bay and under their wings. What took off first were the KC 135 tankers to refuel them when they got in the air. There would be a KC 135, some B 52s another KC135 more B 52s! Also had the very secret SR 71 there too!
@williamhaynes4800 Жыл бұрын
I saw one in a fly over at a football game. The sound and sight were awesome. As the saying goes, "I'm glad they're on our side."
@alexkoronec4326 Жыл бұрын
I remember when they flew over Dyess AFB. 😯
@RCox-bm1on2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure I'll get many disagreements, but this plane is like an albatross bird. It does not take off gracefully, and doesn't land gracefully, but it does fly beautifully!
@steveziegler72862 жыл бұрын
Just don't be under it when it drops it's payload lol
@jeff90622 жыл бұрын
Yep, sipping a cool 3300 gph in the process...
@Don.E.632 жыл бұрын
And delivers a heck of a payload!
@martinvaladez95072 жыл бұрын
Lo mejor de la USAF que avión,que potencia felicidades USAF protegan esa hermosura 😍🇺🇸
@lenpey2 жыл бұрын
Those big old metal condors now can fire cruise missiles at the Kremlin while flying just over the South Coast of Sweden.
@alexandermills52813 жыл бұрын
The silhouette of them rolling down the runway with the flaps out is intimidating as hell, love it.
@hugoabreu5 Жыл бұрын
WE LOVE IT ALL!
@TrainMan20044 жыл бұрын
Those B-52s gotta be, hands down, the most intimidating looking aircraft ever!!!! BAD ASS!!!!👍👍👍👍👍
@libraryquiet4 жыл бұрын
+The Train Man+ You got that right! They look like giant, metal, lethal, condors.
@moweewesty2794 жыл бұрын
It looks like Batman.
@shrekwith3 жыл бұрын
Scary sounding too with the screaming TF-33 turbofans
@andrewally35703 жыл бұрын
Lol dont Forget the Vulcan, thats number 1 for me but this is close
@izabelachorazewicz77983 жыл бұрын
*Vulcan has entered the chat*
@johnroberts95603 жыл бұрын
You know it's a long wing span when the wings have wheels on them , beautiful aircraft !!! 😀👍✈✈✈
@dededenver95602 жыл бұрын
I used to live near Ohio's Wright Patterson AFB in the 70s and these flew over every day. They were so large they seemed to just drift by with hardly a sound. Amazing aircraft!
@zakedwards61282 жыл бұрын
I was just at the museum last week
@williamdavidnew4719 Жыл бұрын
My wife and I often went to Wright Hill to watch them take off between 1972 - 76. As a young 2nd Lt. we did not have much money. This was cheap entertainment. They were a thing of beauty and still are.
@MotoXfor-ug1dz9 ай бұрын
I worked on them parked them put fuel on them and took them apart and repaired them then put them to bed amazing,at times frustrating but a machine that seemed to love you back
@kryptonian76482 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how some of these guys are flying the same plane there grandaddy and in some cases their great grandaddy flew. Simply phenomenal
@The-real-CrackerZack4 жыл бұрын
It’s like a 70 year old man that can still fight in the mma and still kick ass. Absolutely an amazing aircraft
@Aa-qd8kd4 жыл бұрын
Let's see if it can kick Ayatollah,s ass hhhhhh
@butwere3-0wou4 жыл бұрын
Am Bo oh it can
@turtleman51114 жыл бұрын
Old Gringo Yeah, I was lucky enough to be stationed on a SAC base in 75(Loring,Maine; has since been closed). We used to sit at the end of the runway at nite, watching them take off. Its like a building. But, to your point, many got shot down over Nam with primative missles.
@tks20724 жыл бұрын
@@turtleman5111 well it seems like it's hard to dodge if your wings are the size of the statue of liberty
@rollingtones14 жыл бұрын
And the story of the B-52 is far from over. First flown in 1953, with modernization programs the US Air Force plans to keep them in the fleet until about 2050 or later. That's a 100 year airplane my friend.
@truck9moon1002 жыл бұрын
Spent 4 years in SAC. Watching these take off never gets old.
@thomaswalsh50972 жыл бұрын
When the world feared three little letters SAC.
@wallysgaragenshop4567 Жыл бұрын
I spent 2 years at Andersen AFB Island of Guam when it was changed from a Strat wing to a bomb wing. I worked in the bomb dump 43rd MMS. I miss those B52s.
@bugman9787 Жыл бұрын
@@thomaswalsh5097 unless you were in a SAC squadron, then you got to live the term, “SAC sucks! “
@thomaswalsh5097 Жыл бұрын
@@bugman9787 509Th SPS. So, yeah, SAC Silly Ass Circus.
@bugman9787 Жыл бұрын
@@thomaswalsh5097 I worked on the Titan II re entry vehicle as a Nuclear Weapons Specialist at Davis Monthan AFB, I can’t remember the squadron number. I came from being on a Missile Crew for the Mace Missile in Okinawa at Kadena AFB. what a difference! You always read the SAC sucks, and I found out why!
@MedOKC2 жыл бұрын
It is absolutely amazing that this aircraft is still flying after 69 years! . . .there has always been talk about retiring it. We get to see them flying over our house quite frequently; ALWAYS go out to see it IF there isn't cloud cover obstructing the view.
@lenpey2 жыл бұрын
The ones flying today are not 69 or 70 years old. The early ones are all retired. What's flying now are version Hs- all vintage 1961-1962.
@93Beefcake Жыл бұрын
keep in mind that plenty of those accidentally dropped whatever they were carrying for some reason i wouldn't be so happy about them flying over my house
@leonardengelhart19654 жыл бұрын
I was in the US MARINES at Futema air facility in Okinawa. When I drove past Kadena air force base these great planes were there and I always stopped to watch then take off or land. Totally awesome. A real sight to see and hear.
@sgtlt4 жыл бұрын
I was there also, 79 and 80 at Macs 4
@TS-ev1bl4 жыл бұрын
My big brother was a Marine in Vietnam in '68 - '69 who came back a huge fan of B-52s. His description of witnessing B-52 Arc Light raids from the perspective of Marines on the ground made an impression on me. Actually, the BUFFs flew so high the Marines never actually "witnessed" the BUFFs themselves, only the "rolling thunder" from the ordinance they delivered. It was apparently pretty awesome. I don't know if his stories had anything to do with it, but later in the '70s I ended up in the USAF on B-52Ds (the AF part was intentional, B-52s were just the luck of the draw). Knowing they were his favorite aircraft, I sent him a B-52 t-shirt in the mail. Years later after my AF days were long over he and I were swapping military stories (some of them actually true), and he told me he had worn that t-shirt until was ragged.
@235buz4 жыл бұрын
I was at Camp Hansen in 72. Went to Kadena to pick up ammo once. Nice big chandelier in the mess hall. My uncle was a B-52 pilot in Nam.
@user-br8fe2rv7r2 жыл бұрын
Говно, мрия лудше
@geosword64 жыл бұрын
Me: Think I'm going to go to sleep now. KZbin: Here's a video of some big ass planes taking off. Me: K. I'm in.
@johnpeterson89913 жыл бұрын
I’m
@brideofchrist75883 жыл бұрын
These are Bombers going to be used by America against Iran very soon Jesus showed me in a dream. 7/30/19 and now it is happening!!!!!!
@adammilan64343 жыл бұрын
Think that's big? Look up a c5 galaxy
@brockkickass89273 жыл бұрын
The youtube vortex.
@EdBlakeslee2 жыл бұрын
One of the things I liked most about being stationed at Ellsworth AFB was the sight and sound of these magnificent aircraft...
@edwardzamorski37112 жыл бұрын
My Dad was at Ellsworth in the 50s worked on the b 36s I was born on the base.
@alexgramm51702 жыл бұрын
I used to breath the sight and sound of them intimately for 4 yrs. Many longer than I did. It was sometimes boring, sometimes intense , often painful . I don't regret it.
@steveshelton50362 жыл бұрын
Taking off from my first base RAF Fairford !! Was there from ‘82 to’87. Loved it !!
@BillSprague4 жыл бұрын
Even after watching a bunch of these take of, it’s always amazing to watch those wings find their lift. The camber becomes a graceful dihedral.
@Chief-Solarize4 жыл бұрын
It looks like a groundloop nightmare
@steveb91518 ай бұрын
Thems wuz my thoughts too, dude: The camber indeed becomes a graceful dihedral! Woooeeeee!
@kenkat64924 жыл бұрын
Saw B-52s take off at Hill AFB in Ogden UT in the early 90s while Desert Storm was going on. The sound, the SMOKE TRAIL - this video brought it all back. It’s hard to describe it - like a beast being unleashed. Terrifying to think of the firepower this aircraft can carry and deliver. I’m still in awe.
@markhalley11403 жыл бұрын
It looks like the pilot actually has to start flying the plane before it even gets off the ground.
@henriuurbanus71543 жыл бұрын
Mark Halley
@zod62503 жыл бұрын
The metal Vulture.
@user-pt6uw6vm7s2 жыл бұрын
Добрый день. Демократию понесли?
@Taoseno20073 жыл бұрын
Nothing like a "Buff" takeoff!! I was stationed in 1969 at U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand during the Vietnam Conflict. We had about 50 Buffs there and they were magnificent to watch!!
@burtvincent12782 жыл бұрын
U T 70 -71 Bomb Nav Hard Hat. Still hear and smell them in my dreams.
@jonkuby Жыл бұрын
Same here John I was 4258 FMS U-Tapaoin the engine shop 1969 the B52 D Model
@Da_Lolo4 жыл бұрын
Never get old looking at these. Been 27 years since I left the air force.
@brianbrooks24714 жыл бұрын
My house is just on the other side of those woods
@tobirennie74214 жыл бұрын
Nice mate looks fuckin huge
@davidbreen47272 жыл бұрын
yup, 44 years since i left.
@alenavish55924 жыл бұрын
“We pay for whole runway, we use whole runway”
@ValentineL8064 жыл бұрын
That is what we call - the runway cleaner!
@georgeb.wolffsohn304 жыл бұрын
How long does the runway have to be for a safe takeoff and landing ?
@empe8114 жыл бұрын
@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 3-3.5 miles I presume. Some of them do have water injection to boost the engine thrust a take off
@imvandenh4 жыл бұрын
@@empe811That was a joke, right? A 3.5 mile long runway? Uh, no. No aircraft in existence that requires that much distance to achieve rotation speed.
@TS-ev1bl4 жыл бұрын
@@empe811 The only B-52s still in service since the 1990s are H models, and they never had water injection.
@blackhorseman2 жыл бұрын
They have been around a very long, long time. It is insane that such an old aircraft is still so very relevant to this day. Then again we still fly the U-2.
@adedjd5349 Жыл бұрын
Hands down the most beautiful aircraft ever.
@MiniOne824 жыл бұрын
Saw these once a year when my Dad was in the RAF and still to this day, it amazes me how something so big can take flight.
@47rintin14 жыл бұрын
The Antonov 225 Mriya seems to be twice as big than this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5ukfYd3mq1_mLM
@qualitygoldfish21984 жыл бұрын
Check out the vulcan what a beast for its time.
@johnevans3884 жыл бұрын
@@47rintin1 Yeah, but how many bombs can it drop?
@47rintin14 жыл бұрын
@@johnevans388 Your quote:"It amaze me how something big can take flight". Well the Antonov 225 Mriya is way bigger. It's as well bigger as the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. Mriya even flies more elegant than the Galaxy, I've seen in a air show, many years ago.
@mindhunter87724 жыл бұрын
@@47rintin1 so you're telling me the "Antonov 225" is the biggest airplane in the world?
@milnei4 жыл бұрын
I love the way B52 pilots start ‘flying’ the plane before they even leave the ground 👌
@electronicsNmore2 жыл бұрын
Wow, that plane is so heavy, that even with all that thrust, it accelerated slowly.
@groovewithpassiondrumlesso23482 жыл бұрын
I got to go inside a B-52 at Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa, FL at an air show. This is a massive, amazing aircraft. One of the best planes ever built.
@SuperAmin1950 Жыл бұрын
That was a great 'show¡☆! 🙂
@markforster64578 ай бұрын
IKR! I saw one at a show in Missouri. I was able to stand up while looking up into the bomb bay.
@HammyTechnoid4 жыл бұрын
This magnificent air machine has enough thrust that it is possible to still rotate with a 4 degree nose-down attitude. I was an avionics tech on these gems back 1973 to 1976, stationed at Loring AFB, Maine. Memories of riding the launch truck. AMS 5 was our radio call sign. What a time that was.
@GregSr5 күн бұрын
We might have crossed at Loring. I arrived there 8/76 and departed 2/80. 42nd AMS as a KC-135 flight simulator tech (E5).
@metalone20554 жыл бұрын
I was a mechanic on the B52 H in Grand Forks, ND in the mid 70s. What an awesome aircraft!
@MilitaryUpdate3 жыл бұрын
GRANPA never SLEEPS
@JohnDoe-hl8xb3 ай бұрын
It’s really not bad when the power plants are at 10%, the ship is sailing, and the clock on board is standing
@jluvs2ride2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating seeing those droopy wings straighten out when they start getting lift.
@Eddie420232 жыл бұрын
See my (mostly) humorous comment.
@silvernaturemusic5994 жыл бұрын
First time in 10 years the Thumbnail turned out to be real
@telsport4 жыл бұрын
congratulations !
@TS-ev1bl4 жыл бұрын
No big red arrows or circles?
@VaySupaCharged4 жыл бұрын
No cap
@joethekinghawk75143 жыл бұрын
Esp in the world of clickbait.
@joethekinghawk75143 жыл бұрын
@@VaySupaCharged when did that become a saying?
@johnmccann87294 жыл бұрын
Love them B-52,S SEE them ever day, and pray they come back safe. Iam from Barksdale and still here after serving 22 yrs
@carsonwu91394 жыл бұрын
Much respect
@Red-ei9qx6 ай бұрын
My dad worked on the simulators for these in the late 80s-early 90’s. It’s amazing how BIG everything is on this plane!
@ronaldkearn33223 жыл бұрын
I Love America! I love our country and it's technology!! All of those B 52's are around 40 years old!! Still awesome. :-)
@alanhigh81254 жыл бұрын
At one time, the B-52 bombers were the world's largest and most feared bomber fleet. The US built a total of 744 B-52s. It's hard to imagine, isn't it.
@bricklayer1234 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it’s crazy what can be done by raiding, bombing and destroying other countries. Hope you enjoy!
@stanslad78684 жыл бұрын
These B52s would scare the sh*t out of us kids, when years ago they came low over the house to land at Upper Heyford Air base Oxfordshire, I miss the base, the Americans, the F1-11s, lovely times, lovely people.
@twilacarlson72054 жыл бұрын
Stans lad My dad was stationed there from 1951 to 1953. He has fond memories of the area.
@Codebreaker514 жыл бұрын
We didn't have the '52's at our base, which was RAF Brize Norton. Of course, that was in 1963-'65. Brize was turned back over to Great Briton in '65, and we came home. We had the old B-47's then. I spent two years at Brize.
@donatella0944 жыл бұрын
Cant comment on the B52s as the RAAF (here in Aus), never purchased them... but the F1-11s were one of the best fighter/bombers we had. Growing up near Amberley afb, I'll always remember the roar of the Pigs going over and seeing their dump and burns; i've many fond memories of them - long live the Pig.
@badguy55544 ай бұрын
In mid 1972 I finished a 1 year assignment in Vietnam flying a C-47. I was assigned to SAC as a B-52 pilot. I went to their 6 month school at Castle, AFB in California. I finished up my training flights just before Christmas 1972 and was scheduled for my final flight test on January 1, 1973. As I waited over the Christmas layoff, I sat and watched B-52's getting shot down over Hanoi. I thought: "Oh HELL. Here's another fine mess I've gotten myself into! I just survive a 1 year stint in Vietnam. NOW, I'm gonna go back over there and get shot down....in a B-52! WTF...OVER!"
@NeighborhoodCarReviews4 жыл бұрын
My dad worked on the B52 when I was a kid. We were stationed in Grand Forks, ND.
@SmokieOkie9184 жыл бұрын
We were stationed at Minot in 70-72. My dad worked on their radar systems.
@alancleveland77152 жыл бұрын
@@SmokieOkie918 I was Stationed at Minot for my 20 yr. career with the exception of a 1 yr. tour in Panama. I got there in 74 and left Minot in 2011 not long after the flood.
@georgecrutchfield87344 жыл бұрын
When I was about 10 years old my father took us to Homestead Air Force Base and we got to get up close and personal with a B-52. Each engine pod was as large as our 1950 Buick Roadmaster.
@feixiangzhao30894 жыл бұрын
George Crutchfield morning
@angelorende18674 жыл бұрын
Leribangue
@charles29384 жыл бұрын
awesome
@coydog79024 жыл бұрын
J3TD!
@teresaeames69263 жыл бұрын
My Dad was a radar navigator, celestial navigator! I used to love watching the take offs and landings 💞 Miss him so!
@MrMotermadness3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love the sound of those old school turbofan engines. Not something you get to experience much nowadays.
@donsmith73544 жыл бұрын
When I was a young boy in the "50's" my Dad would take me to Griffis AFB to watch these monsters take off and land. What an awesome site.
@michaelcorning48574 жыл бұрын
I was on griffis in rome NY a few years bk the place looks like crap roofs falling in etc a real shame.
@SCSlimBoiseID4 жыл бұрын
60 plus years and still delivering the mail. Updated, of course, but awesome.
@telsport4 жыл бұрын
From Utica...watched em all the time. Still in Utica.
@michaelcorning48574 жыл бұрын
@@telsport lived in canjoeharie for a number of years really enjoyed the area my kids learned to ski on royal mtn
@UNSC0110014 жыл бұрын
They fly them around where I live. I hear them every day, every night. If one flys over while you're having a conversation you just stop, wait for it to pass, & pick up where you left off.
@Arr1able4 жыл бұрын
Must be a quiet town
@UNSC0110014 жыл бұрын
@@Arr1able yes and no. Idk how high they are at the time, but they fly them somewhat close to the ground with the landing gear down a lot (help keep them at operational status I guess). One will literally over power every other sound while it flys over. If you're not hearing one like that, you're hearing one off in the distance, flying over someone else lol.
@curtsidles54074 жыл бұрын
What a great privilege! Thank you.
@curtsidles54074 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of when I lived in Merced, CA, in the mid-1960s.
@dcmhsotaeh4 жыл бұрын
Your hearing is OK so far??
@-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-k3 жыл бұрын
legend has it if it loses all of its engines it can glide halfway around the world with those wings
@AzelVonAzrael3 жыл бұрын
Wait is that true ?
@-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-k3 жыл бұрын
@@AzelVonAzrael i made that up but i wouldn’t be surprised if it could assuming it would start from the edge of space
@MrChickennugget3602 жыл бұрын
@@AzelVonAzrael its not. its a joke.
@DG-EditsMedia2 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahah this really is a good fun joke lol
@adamnewton85653 жыл бұрын
I go to the Royal International Air Tattoo in England nearly every year, only ever seen the B-52 flying once, and it’s still the most terrifying aircraft I’ve had the fortune to see. Those engines screaming overhead, I can understand how the people of Vietnam felt when they were around
@CaxtonOyallo Жыл бұрын
American Terrorism right?
@badguy555411 ай бұрын
The B-52 formations flew so high the enemy never heard them or saw them.
@tegnando26974 жыл бұрын
When I was in ROTC we went to Louisiana Air Force Base they gave us a tour of the the B-52 Top Speed: 650mph, Wingspan:185'0" Range: 8,800 mi, introduce: February 1955, Number built: 744, Engine types: Pratt & Whitney JT3D, Pratt & Whitney J57
@davidgolbert35484 жыл бұрын
Watched them land at Amarillo Air Force base when I was in high school (I'm 76 now). When I was younger than that I watched B-36s making low passes over the city on their way back to San Antonio ; I'll never forget that sound.
@ghs77144 жыл бұрын
Arousing sound?
@crookedroots95122 жыл бұрын
2:33 gave me chills and goosebumps
@saryn18293 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe I just got assigned to fix these beasts at Barksdale! So stoked!
@alexgramm51702 жыл бұрын
Good luck buddy...if you work on one that I did I'm sure there is my blood and sweat still there!!
@K-Effect4 жыл бұрын
The B-52 makes moving 500,000 lbs look so effortless.🇺🇸
@torquetrain89633 жыл бұрын
With eight huge jet engines screaming at around 20,000 lbs thrust each. Indeed it does.
@randallmacdonald48514 жыл бұрын
I used to live near Barksdale main gate. When I was a kid, in Albany, Georgia, we were in the runway approach and would have those monsters fly about 100 feet above our house on take-off or landing. And, an ORI (Operation Readiness Inspection)? B-52's and KC-135's overhead once a minute for about a half hour! Our windows would rattle and we would have to cover our ears. But, to see those giants fly was so impressive. Seen in this video, to assist with crosswind takeoffs and landings, the main landing gear can be pivoted 20 degrees to either side from neutral. Preflight/taxi checklists require this pivoting to be tested. This yaw adjustable crosswind landing gear would be preset by the crew according to wind observations made on the ground.
@Skynightburst3 жыл бұрын
That many, in a row, so likev30 bombers?
@gwynnbounds35423 жыл бұрын
We experienced the same situation at Ft. Bliss, El Paso TX back in 1959-1961. The military family housing complex was adjacent to the air strip there and when those huge B-52s would rev their engines and take off, everything would shake, rattle and roll!! We kids thought that it was so exciting, but our mother didn’t find it so fun...she was always trying to hold everything in place while the shaking was going on!
@katman_kilby_16 ай бұрын
I noticed that pivoting and assumed a) that that was what it was for, and b) why they did it while taxiing pre-flight. Thanks for confirming that for me.
@freddyflintstoned9134 жыл бұрын
WPAFB was the home of SAC. Having lived close to the base I still remember watching those huge wings lift up before pulling the fuselage with them. It is amazing how much they move.
@MarcusRefusius2 жыл бұрын
I was raised just north of Dayton Ohio. Very near Wright Patterson AFB. In the 60s Mom used to pack up a Picnic and Dad would drive us over to watch the B-52s take off and land. Amazing they’re still a capable aircraft. That was a fun activity for a couple Farm kids. The Air Force Museum there is amazing too. It’s a Crime they didn’t get a Space Shuttle. It’s a one day drive for 60% of Americans and has never charged admission.
@richsmith42074 жыл бұрын
Barksdale used runway on occasion that brought them over my house really low. It was almost deafening..... I loved it!!! The sound of freedom..... And eight smoking engines.
@bradleythomsen30834 жыл бұрын
Freedom to ship arms, conquer oil and opium fields, and kill anyone Israel demands.
@gusopher4 жыл бұрын
All from Barksdale. I live in line with runway 15 and see these all day long. Never gets old!
@cathysmith15553 ай бұрын
Our house was in the flight path of KAFB in Michigans UP. When an alert went off 13 or 14 of these big B52s would roar over the house at 3:00 am. They rattled the house so much my Mom couldn’t keep a Knick-knack on a shelf. It’s a sound you never forget even though it was 60 years ago
@annmarie74886 ай бұрын
My dad was a crew chief on these as his SAC, Castle AFB was the first to get them on June 29, 1955 while he was stationed there. Pretty awesome and very loud.
@orangecrush55124 жыл бұрын
I grew up near Castle Air Force Base. The 93rd Bombardment Wing trained pilots for a long time. As teenagers we used to go sit outside the fence, near the runway and watch these huge beasts come in to land. They were so huge and seemed to be flying so slowly that it was amazing that they could stay in the air. We were so close that the pilots would often give us a little salute as they went overhead. We lived in the flight path and everyone in my neighborhood knew that if you were on the phone with someone when one of these guys were flying overhead you had to tell them, "Hang on a minute; Plane." Good times.
@andrewbarkemeyer86102 жыл бұрын
My dad was stationed at Castle AFB we could watch them take off from our backyard.
@orangecrush55122 жыл бұрын
@@andrewbarkemeyer8610 I appreciate his, and your family's service!
@waifubreaks15724 жыл бұрын
I find it amazing how most of these were built in the 50s and are still in service.
@BlacKnightRising4 жыл бұрын
and they're the most lethal bombers in the world still, they're just that effective...if you're the enemy and that big ole girls' over-head, you're so done hehe
@codyself69884 жыл бұрын
The H models were built in the early 60’s and are the only ones still in service.
@marksmith27144 жыл бұрын
They are fossil's
@BlacKnightRising4 жыл бұрын
@@marksmith2714 they've been modified with the latest technology, 'resto-modded' in effect...if they're such fossils, they sure get the job done like the 'modern' bombers
@illinoishasenteredthechat9504 жыл бұрын
waifu breaks trust me they rebuilt the entire system over again.
@laidsgpr633 жыл бұрын
Man, how many B - 52's has the US Air Force got ? Any nation who messes with these guys, have got their hands full. You can't even run for the hills ! There's no place to hide !!
@dangerllama91133 жыл бұрын
There wouldn't be any hills left to run to.
@mq-9reaperdrone5303 жыл бұрын
The ones in operation are the B-52H's, we have 102 in operation today.
@stevejensen34713 ай бұрын
Dad flew these outta Westover and McCoy from 1958 and the 60's during Chrome Dome and in VN outta Guam and later Utapou. Music to my ears always. RIP Dad and High Flight!
@chrisst89224 жыл бұрын
IT doesn't take off, the ground just drops way beneath it.
@alecto15504 жыл бұрын
Meh
@recognizereal7ify4 жыл бұрын
Nah b
@VaySupaCharged4 жыл бұрын
Haha lol
@dylanmillerthegoat4773 жыл бұрын
Weighs so much the ground runs away from it
@HydroSnips4 жыл бұрын
Man, this thing is more like a giant bird than a man-made construction. Even the way it wobbles from one side to the next is like it’s saying “I’m not meant to be on the ground, dammit! You gave me wings now let me flyyyyyyy!”
@DerekDtj4 жыл бұрын
It was not "wobbling" around, the crew was just checking the crosswind crab limits of the landing gear, which turns up to 20 degrees off-center in either direction. This enables a fully loaded B-52 to take off into as much as a 50 knot direct crosswind while still staying in the middle of the runway. Probably the best bargain the USAF ever purchased. I flew over 4000 hours in the D-model, which was built in 1955-56 and cost around a paltry 8.5 million to build. Also one of the sturdiest, most forgiving airframes of all time.
@jacksonemory43584 жыл бұрын
@@DerekDtj epic response!
@davidmcneejr.977 Жыл бұрын
Can’t believe the wings don’t break off with all the weight on them. Amazing.
@BLOVECU3 ай бұрын
love how those gigantic wings sag when not in flight and then flatten out as it gains speed. what a flexible flyer
@michaelcorning48574 жыл бұрын
Dow afb in the 60s saw them daily in my back yard particularly never forget that sight
@banjopete4 жыл бұрын
Michael Corning , must be a good sized yard!.?
@mikehilbert93494 жыл бұрын
@@banjopete I was trying to picture the same thing 😀😂
@jennyperrio48874 жыл бұрын
@@banjopete Oh how i would love one in my yardCan i can i please please awwww go on just one I promise to feed it and clean up after it I think my grandchildren would be thrilled I know i would be They are poetry of the air Jenny 😘
@telsport4 жыл бұрын
@@jennyperrio4887 Griffis AFB now a business park (very successful) has one sitting. I like to pet it.
@jennyperrio48874 жыл бұрын
@@telsport A business park thats an awful thing to do to an AFB In Guerney Channel Islands where i live An American Air Force Base would be probably bigger than the island Our Airport is small i think the largest we have had in of any military aircraft has been the Hercules when they come over to pick up duty frees and practise take offs and landings I would love to be able to look out the window and see some of the us monsters of the sky not the commercial Aircraft but the real hard working ladies of the sky Still i can dream As for the baby in the video I still want one in my back yard Thanks for your reply Jenny 💕😘
@julieenslow59154 жыл бұрын
I loved watching the wings raise from their ground position as the plane was on the runway, so that the wings leveled off in their flight position - just before the plane left the runway. So graceful - for such a huge plane.
@Hot80s2 жыл бұрын
That scream is why we sleep good at night. God Bless the USAF.
@michaelmayo2 жыл бұрын
Very nice. I grew up next to Tinker AFB and used to go to sleep to the sound of their engines static testing. Nice to hear them again.
@alexpiva96724 жыл бұрын
The hiss of the B52 is unmistakable. Very good video, thanks for posting.
@jerrykinnin79414 жыл бұрын
How cool is it that grandkids are working on and flying a plane their grandparents worked on and flew. Seen a bumper sticker at Wright Pat that said "Peace thru Superior Firepower." All I can say to that is PRAISE GOD. and Thank You.
@teresasanders2064 Жыл бұрын
Chills. Saw one at an airship several years back; awe inspiring, couldn’t take my eyes off of it.
@earl4989 Жыл бұрын
I'm as environmentally aware as anyone but the fact that these take off in such a black cloud seems so fitting.
@normanwilkinson20424 жыл бұрын
When they taxie and take off in mass formation, along with KC 135 tankers, it’s called an “Elephant Walk”
@timeckert684 жыл бұрын
Norman wilkinson That’s what we say at work when our boss walks down the hall. 😂
@parasnathsingh99574 жыл бұрын
Bakvas
@emperordonaldtrump1st6144 жыл бұрын
Norman wilkinson yo thats dope
@dougszymanski28574 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! Those B-52s are absolutely massive behemoths.
@cathyw45643 ай бұрын
Heard this sound all my life. I'm from Bossier City Louisiana home of Barksdale AFB. Bossier Proud of Barksdale.
@N330AA2 жыл бұрын
8 engines, 6 landing gear, completely oversized wings, long gangly body. An absolutely ridiculous aircraft in every way. I love them!
@ericksuarezb.59944 жыл бұрын
it is hard to believe, how this aircraft takes off into the air, such a monster !!!!
@dennispetty4405 Жыл бұрын
I was in both of these SQDRN's... the 96th and the 20th, out of Louisiana, Barksdale AFB... Love my 52's! Retired from there back in Feb of 2006.
@kagnewmp124 жыл бұрын
On January 7, 1971 I was an 18 year old kid riding in an apple truck driving from Boyne City Michigan back to Petoskey Michigan. It was just getting dark and as we were driving the sky lit up in biggest fireball I had ever seen. Then we heard the explosion which scared our driver even more because he was older and knew about the Big Rock Nuclear plant (NOW CLOSED) that was also on the edge of lake Michigan and from where we were and the explosion the plant was between us. We didn't know what it was till we arrived in Petoskey and finally heard it on the Radio. It was a B-52C Stratofortress Registration number 54-266 with 9 crew on board that crashed into lake Michigan on a training mission and blew up. All crew died and were never recovered. The salvaged parts were recovered in 225 feet of water by a company from Florida. If you visit this area there is an memorial along the highway just east of Charlevoix (Pronounced CHAR LA VOY) Michigan. It is a day I will never forget.
@robertallen67104 жыл бұрын
I had just turned 18 myself in December of 1971. That B-52 I'm guessing took off from (closed now) Wurtsmith AFB in Oscoda, Mi, bound for North Dakota. The B-52's would routinely practice air refueling runs from that base westward to about Minot AFB and turn around (without landing) and return to base.That being the case, those refueling runs would have routinely been flying over the vicinity of Petosky as that city is directly aligned below the sortie's path. I was stationed there (Wurtsmith AFB) for a few years from May of 71 to early part of 75. I knew every squadron staff officer and crew member in the tanker squadron there. The whole time I was there I never once heard about that crash from anyone...just weird.
@kagnewmp124 жыл бұрын
@@robertallen6710 Just Google B52 crash over lake michigan
@mkp38242 жыл бұрын
You really don't get to appreciate just how fast those big planes are actually moving on video. Just as all large objects appear to be going slower than they actually are, you also have the camera moving, from a distance, keeping up with the plane. When I was a kid, my dad took me and my brother to the airport, on the observation deck. You could see them taxiing, then, they disappeared behind the building, out of view. When they came back the other way, taking off, they would come back into view, and boy were they rumbling! You could see they were well over 100 mph. It was like when a car passes you going real fast, only they were huge airliners!
@curtisalan4402 Жыл бұрын
As a 10 year old I remember going to the flight line every evening (2 weeks on 2 weeks off) where dad worked on b-52.
@RichardKaseler4 жыл бұрын
Almost like like seeing a strip mall accelerate to 180 mph and fly away.
@Meatsquatch694203 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. Talk about a new perspective
@MJLeger-tz4so4 жыл бұрын
I am a GA pilot, but I am blown away by the sight and sound of the B-52 Stratofortress! It is interesting that with a 185' wingspan, it needs those small wheels at the ends of the wings! Beautiful bird! And to hear one for real, can rumble your whole body inside. Amazing aircraft. We're very proud of our aircraft and all who fly them up into the wild blue yonder. Be safe, and may the Force be with you!
@rodneycody87465 ай бұрын
Wing wheels r 4 when it's fully maxed loaded
@chandlerh24 жыл бұрын
I grew up near Andrews air force base i remember seeing these but definitely remember F4 phantoms, F104s and C5s flying over our house it was awesome.
@ThatGuy-te9wh3 жыл бұрын
you look at it from the front and think "How can that get airborne"?
@carloschu71272 жыл бұрын
I think they called it when lots of B52 are ready to flight, the elephant formation.
@topfelya4 жыл бұрын
Very impressive footage !!!
@pjreynoldsa14 жыл бұрын
Was on Mass Pike, 1972 one took off from Westfield Mass and it seemed like it was 3 feet above my car, so loud, so unexpected, so memorable, so proud to see my tax dollars preserved!
@DavidWilliams-ko4vl4 жыл бұрын
went to umass in the early 70's. used to see lots of them flying over en route to westover. my uncle was a navigator on b-52's and when i was about 10 or 11, 1960 or so, he got us into one. sat in the pilots seat.
@michaelclendenen40052 жыл бұрын
Years ago when I was deer hunting .I ask the uncle of my brother in law about. The b52 take offs from base at whitesettlement were he lived .He replied if your in the backroom.. Your end up in the front room and don't be sleeping. When 52s scramble
@ImExcalibastard2 ай бұрын
Those old dodge cummins trucks could never even dream to roll as much coal as a B-52
@pippiperade40304 жыл бұрын
Looks like it would be a real handful in a crosswind. The word "iconic" is over-used these days but if one aircraft could be said to be iconic for representing air power during the decades-long Cold War, it's the B-52.. What an aeroplane! One of Boeing's finest products.
@generalpershingm26564 жыл бұрын
@@FishbedFive yeah both of those planes are retired, and Stratofortress is just that good
@bearcat05514 жыл бұрын
Actually. the B52 has the ability to crab in a crosswind landing while keeping it's landing gear straight. A nice feature.
@Kimjongil-pu6rk4 жыл бұрын
@@bearcat0551 The gears swivel because it almost always crabs.
@hawkeyeten24504 жыл бұрын
This plane is seemingly ageless. Remember folks, this bomber entered service when Sabre jets patrolled the skies, and will continue to serve for at least another 30 years alongside the F-22s and F-35s. If I wore a hat, it would be off to the men and women that built these aircraft. They were made to last!
@jimmybrashear48624 жыл бұрын
Cool story bro
@fasx564 жыл бұрын
Hawkeye Ten Your comment pretty much summed up how most people feel about the very impressive B--52 s and how they still have a place in a modern Air Force. Sometime in a future conflict we might need them to deliver a big payload to target that they can only do.
@gokmachine4 жыл бұрын
@@fasx56 Might not take years untill Iran can hit any spot in the US coast to coast. In a time less to fill up kerosine in a B52.
@williamj.gustafson52274 жыл бұрын
Hawkeye Ten That’s truly amazing! But unfortunately at the cost of the B58 Hustler supersonic bomber.
@williamj.gustafson52274 жыл бұрын
gokmachine The times they are a changing for sure.
@koimackan12873 жыл бұрын
B-52: flies over Vietnam in the 60s and early 70s Vietnamese ppl with our anti-aircraft weapons: look, here comes more metal to make tools and furniture
@williamhaynes48003 жыл бұрын
My uncle was in the USAF when I was a kid. He showed my brothers and me of these weapons at his base. I was very impressed but still wanted to be a Sailor like Dad.
@stingerveteran19824 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see them working the stick as the aircraft gains speed even before taking off
@goatbucket4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful sight. God bless all those on board.
@erwinstada18112 жыл бұрын
Don't like war(machines), a bomb dropped by these things kills everyone, child ,women, men, soldiers, citizens, that's why I hate these bloody things. Nothing beautiful, just total MAYHEM....
@kkttss19282 жыл бұрын
@@erwinstada1811 nah, they're beautiful for sure
@albertrodriguez4933 ай бұрын
Saw a cold war version of a B52 while at Hickam AFB in Hawaii & believe me you haven't seen anything like it when it taxied & attained a speed over 100 miles an hour before take off simply awesome.
@gosteelers832212 күн бұрын
Simply "AWESOME" when watching these B-52 Statofortress marvels from Boeing Corporation. Truly shows America's MIGHT and POWER when looking at these bad boys, even when there resting on the tarmac.