Global Shield Minimum Interval Take Off MITO launch of B 5

[@DerekDtj]

In January 1969, my best friend in the USAF, Capt. Richard L. Jones was killed on takeoff from Minot in his B-52H. Dick had just come back from his first combat tour in Vietnam, and on his crew's first training mission back stateside, the copilot made a gross error in the stabilizer trim setting. At liftoff, the aircraft went uncontrollably nose up, rolled over and the entire crew was killed on impact off the end of the runway. Dick had a wife and four little girls, the youngest just 10 days old when he perished. Rest in peace, old pal. You were a great classmate in navigator school at Harlingen AFB, and a great roommate in advanced ECM school at Keesler AFB, MS.

[@artist92543]

I was in that ECM school, but in 1983.

[@briancooper2112]

R.I.P hero!

[@paccs23]

Fantastic and beautiful. WOW! I never get tired of seeing MITO's...never..thanks so much for posting.

[@bearbon2]

I don't think you'll see MITO's that tight anymore. I worked on the KC-135 water wagons and always liked the sound of the J-57 over the later fans.

[@heatherwalke8688]

I shared it with my dad (Capt. Walke, Retired). He is plane #2....he got in a jet wash which caused the dip to the right on take off.

[@traw7021]

Heather Walke well, after reading this and watching the video, it seems every plane “dipped” to the right.

[@cotts135]

Brings back many memories. SAC (Strategic Air Command) was the baddest command in the Air Force. What your looking is SAC responding to a nuclear threat. (Simulated) There were two other prongs of nuclear weapons that included submarines (Navy), ballistic missiles (Air Force). If the threat was real this scenario would have played out at over at least 12 SAC Air Force Bases that I know of, and many more Submarines and Ballistic Missile facilities. I was a Boom Operator at Plattsburgh Air Force base and had many MITO takeoffs and they were exciting, only remember one with B-52's and that was in Guam.

[@nordan00]

Those were the days! The Griff and Strato Control!

[@Darren4352]

Here we are 11 years after this video was first posted and I found myself thinking I sure hope those boys in Minot and Barksdale are still practicing because they're going to have less time than ever to get those birds off the ground I think. For some reason I was incredibly proud seeing the precision that these airmen exhibited getting these beasts into the air so close behind one another, scrambling for distance from their home base which surely was targeted. I pray that their sons and grandsons who are flying some of the -H models today have the same clarity of purpose and dedication to their mission.

[@amkrause2004]

Lived at minot back in the 1980s my father was stationed there. We used to watch them when they were under SAC. Beautiful! Sorry to any fighter jocks out there but tour little fighters dont compete with these babies

[@jrftworth]

This wasn't filmed at Minot, it was filmed at Griffiss

[@CyberDurden]

Nice! I do miss seeing the G Models, though.

[@ericbob04]

wow 14 big ones in 5 minutes. now that is a testament to bruit American power! good vid. thanks

[@robertdoyle7963]

sac

[@stevemitchell4871]

Was born @ the 379th Bomb Wing Hospital in 1963, was n AF Brat and Always will be . U go W.A.F.B.

[@jrftworth]

This wasn't the 379th, it's the 416th at Griffiss !

[@gypsyandy6438]

Stationed at Wurtsmith from 73 to 74. We had a great reunion there in 2018. Also belong to the Wurtsmith Air Museum, check it out. I go back every year and volunteer at the Museum. I was in 379th Security Police.

[@franktn001]

Went through Global Shield at Blytheville.

[@andreasilve]

Waouh ! I love the B-52 and B707 ! :-) Great video !

[@Commissar0617]

not b707, KC-135 extender and probably an EC135 looking glass or e6 mercury. KC135 is tanker, and E135 and e6 are airborne command posts

[@StaceyV51]

Looks like someones about to have a very bad day! Great Vid!

[@allgood6760]

Awesome stuff👍

[@richardrobertson1042]

I did global shield in 1984 ..first time I saw ice bergs

[@maintner8576]

Sight and sound of AIRPOWER

[@jamesc.7990]

Wow, I've never seen anything like that before. Thanks for sharing. I remember years ago, when I was driving professionally. I had a Saudi client in the back seat and we were near a US Air Force base. I saw a C-5 Galaxy for the first time in my life fly right over. And I was like "Holy shit, did you see the size of that thing." My client wasn't the least bit impressed. He said "we saw those things flying over all the time during the Kuwait war."

[@charlesberndt8230]

nobody cares anymore . it was difficult

[@charlesberndt8230]

I guess why they say flush the bombers in that movie no one else can do it

[@charlesberndt8230]

that's SAC and the cold war my friend and we were good

[@artist92543]

@@charlesberndt8230 I was part of it...that person must be very young.

[@joelwright4317]

Awesome

[@c.g.3931]

What year was this?

[@heatherwalke8688]

Is that Griffis AFB? I think I was with whoever videotaped this as my dad was a pilot

[@jrftworth]

Yes, This is Griffiss

[@michaelthomas7178]

Looks like Barksdale.

[@apolloniaaskew9487]

The good old days of American exerting its airpower.

[@RedArrow73]

These must be G's. Can sum 1 correct me?

[@nordan00]

Yes

[@daveyhofer7926]

Keep your eyes on china

[@castercamber]

Wow. That was real muscle flexing. No wonder the Russkies folded a few years later. (Did I see a young Obama pouting and waving a peace sign waaaaay in the background?)

[@sotm2]

NOT B5 !!! B52!!

[@MarkHobbsPhotographer]

All these years and I never noticed!...I shall change it😄