Inside a US B-52 Bombers Fly in 'Russia's Backyard' - Cockpit & Battle Station View

[@tg7469]

The sound of those 8 engines running up on takeoff is unforgettable. The BUFF lives on!!

[@jerryumfress9030]

I was 3 months old when the XB-52 first flew. I turned 72 this past January 2024. The old girl is still flying and may be flying after I'm gone!

[@ChiPpification]

Congrats with your EPIC 72 years ! Wish you more healthy years to enjoy From Morocco I send you healthy wishes 🤲🤲🤲🙏🙏🙏 🤍USA❤MA💚IL💙 💯

[@jwslks]

Same here! The US taxpayer definitely got their money’s worth with the B-52.

[@Goldarr1900]

I heard, it will go on for decades to come.

[@willie417]

if it's a good thing why make it obsolete/remove from service? turned 72 years😁 And I thought Microsoft was the ungraded/update king

[@madcyril4135]

From u.k I’m 67 now, and let’s hope it’s still flying when we are both gone! An let’s both hope it’s not the reason we are gone! My uncle captured a couple of Germans in ww2. And one said, we are not your problem it’s Ivan! Take care if you can.

[@flatwaterflyfishers5491]

I was a Buff pilot for many years. I never remember flying with just headset, always had to have at least one pilot on helmet and Oxygen. One scene shows the CP seat with the ejection pin still installed. Nice new electronics, but its still a pilot flying that keeps thing in the air. I would go back tomorrow given the chance, a great airplane. Hard to fly well, but really rewarding. Imagine flying 300 feet above the ground at 500 knots through the mountains of Wyoming at night and you will understand what we practiced to do if called upon. This airplane, when I flew it, was a deterrent to the Soviet Union and kept this country free.

[@Jamesfoofighter]

Why did they both take helmets etc off I wonder

[@dethray1000]

russians spent all their money on tech to build missiles,rockets to take out these flying targets--useless in a real fight with a real adversary--they will all be blasted out of sky in minutes-flying joke and everybody but you knows it--russians would have liquidated the usa anytime they wanted to--don't be delusional

[@markaustin643]

I was Nav & RN, 1978-1987, Grand Forks & Carswell. Didn't recognize most of the panels in the "Battle Station."

[@OGColorado]

I was a USAF maintainer known as a crew chief. We manage the plane, oil and service everything. etc. I put MAC bases on my dream sheet and got my first choice, Travis AFB California. I wanted to work on the C-5A and landed at the 60th OMS. While at the training center 60th FTD I put my hand up when they wanted volunteers to work in the AR Shop. I got to the interview. And got into AR where we worked on landing gear, flight controls, and door systems on the C5 and C141. I am glad I didn't have to oil 8 engines. God Bless the Strategic Air Command and those ACC folks. The Air Force got me into a great career. Now retired after 36 years at American Airlines.

[@ProductofNZ]

These things are intended to be used into the 2050s. They stopped making them in 1962. Crazy longevity.

[@KrisBurns22]

This is what happens when something is made in America. I Own a 64 impala, and I added a digital dash, and A/c, and a few other upgrades, but it’s still almost 70yr old. We need to start bringing jobs back to America and making quality products. Let the Chinese buy the cheap crap the Been selling us since the 80’s.

[@SeanODea25]

​​@@KrisBurns22Bingo. This bomber and your Impala were built before the times of "planned obsolescense"

[@SeanODea25]

Bring factories back to the US

[@pungarehu]

Simply incredible that an almost 100 year old aircraft will be still in the skies on active service.

[@rick5346]

That is pretty incredible when you think about it. Used to love watching them take off and land out March Airforce Base near Riverside, CA….they’re jut so large and boggles the mind how they stay aloft.

[@fredgarvin716]

I grew up near a SAC airbase. Seeing B-52s flying around was a normal, everyday cold war occurrance. I'm glad to see they're still in service.

[@johnw8927]

I flew the Buff as an AC from 87-91, boy did this video bring back some great memories! Best cockpit video I've seen.

[@Александрович-ф7щ]

А я летал 2 м пилотом на ту-95 МС, под полную загрузку😊

[@briancooper2112]

Thank you for your service!🇺🇸

[@briancooper2112]

@@Александрович-ф7щ ENGLISH!

[@johnw8927]

@@briancooper2112 Thanks Brian!

[@junecowles4059]

Crew chief from 1986-1991. B-52G and H.

[@Bmg009]

They got their hands full the whole time with that beast brother! We have the most talented people in the world in our military! God bless you guys and god bless America 🇺🇸

[@Warthunderrager-uj3pk]

Fun fact: The B-52 was introduced into service in 1955. And the USAF plans on retiring the B-52 by 2060. Meaning that by the time of the B-52s retirement, it will be a century old. A whole century of use would be like keeping a P-51 in service until 2044, crazy.

[@babyblue5466]

すごっ

[@radbilcz]

only the skeleton itself will remain unless some structural parts are replaced. Surely there will be new engines so new controls, maybe new computers, radars ?

[@ChiPpification]

@@radbilcz 💯%

[@Warthunderrager-uj3pk]

@@radbilcz Yes, the B-52 will be upgraded to the B-52J variant, which will have new Rolls-Royce F-130 engines and a new AN/APG-82 Radar. With new hypersonic missiles being developed, the B-52 will likely just be a missile truck for the remainder of its time in service.

[@WorldAviationTravel]

Так их же обслуживают регулярно) там нет запчастей возрастом в 100 лет)

[@jalcors11]

These young pilots could be the grandsons of the original B52 pilots

[@jernejfunkl8300]

B-52 is really a real piece of flying art :)

[@procatprocat9647]

They make good cooking pots apparently (according to our Vietnamese friend)

[@cartesian_doubt6230]

US: Flies B-52 bomber in Russia's backyard. Also US: Why does Russia hate us?

[@peternewman958]

I’ve walked around and underneath one of these here in Australia and they are absolutely MASSIVE.

[@longshot197036]

Just walked under a couple of variants here in AZ at the Pima Air museum. Always just in awe of their size! Amazing how we can create something like this that can sustain flight...!

[@achitophel5852]

And when you climb the ladder to look in at the flight deck, it's as cramped as a sardine can.

[@m1k3yc78]

Prove it

[@peternewman958]

@@m1k3yc78 go look at the air museum in Darwin Australia.

[@larryboody6737]

Major Kong, I just got a message over the CRM-114

[@rickkearn7100]

Yup, same movie popped into my head, too! Good call.

[@PlymouthVT]

Great Movie got it on DVD. YEEEE HAAAAAA!

[@alexpetrov8871]

Official invitation to Armageddon. Personal presence is required.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

@@rickkearn7100 "we're going toe to toe with the Ruskies!" Slim Pickens was great in that role.

[@yakhooves]

*When Johnny Comes Marching Home intensifies *

[@briancooper2112]

My dad worked on B-52 48 years ago!🇺🇸

[@eltsovka]

Ну и где теперь папа?

[@maxiceman]

​@@eltsovkaDad is on a well-deserved pension

[@stevehammond9156]

Truly one of the most iconic aircraft of all time

[@JimEdds]

Bottom left, radar Nav that's where dad was. Thankfully during Linebacker II he was a mission planner under Gen Johnson at Andersen. What a sight watching the Ds and Gs take off on Dec 26, 1972. Thank you Air Force for looking after us on the 50 anniversary at Andersen.

[@butchtemnick2888]

Was stationed at Anderson from 82-83, short tour. We had the D model.

[@Americal-v6r]

I seen a arc lite B-52 bombing run over Northern I corp south Vietnam in 1971, I was 20 yrs old. I'm 73 now in 2024. There a legend!

[@w.k.5974]

Wietnamskie zwycięstwo? :)))

[@skyedog24]

Do you really think the United States couldn't have won if they would have continued. Losing a war politically is different than losing a war in an all-out war.​@@w.k.5974

[@monstermegahoschi]

Keep it to yourself, warmongering pops

[@asmodeus1274]

@@w.k.5974Number of kills, yes

[@w.k.5974]

@@asmodeus1274 usa - a pathetic country

[@chipps1066]

Amazing that these pilots' great grandpas flew these planes first.

[@darrens.4322]

I think the Biblical Noah actually flew these too.

[@crashburn3292]

Ironically, if you put their great grandfathers down into the battle station, they might never even know they were sitting in a B-52.

[@sudomc]

@@crashburn3292 They would see the plane before entering it, probably

[@FishKepr]

I read an article about Air Force families that have three generations of B-52 flight crews.

[@svenolofandersson2572]

Cool to see the Swedish Gripen jets escorting a B-52!

[@johndewey6358]

Swedish Air Force and Gripens rock❤ Thank you❤

[@wezzjones1936]

ah i did wonder i thought they were typhoons but when they flipped over to turn i woz like what are they .

[@badlt5897]

A fighter jet did a loop over a B-52 in flight and on the guard channel says, "Can yo do that bomber?" The B-52 stays silent and then says, "Can you do that fighter?" The fighter pilot says, "You did nothing but fly level." The bomber replies, " I just shut down two engines..."

[@mikelastname]

The peel-off was nice, too. I love the respect that the various air services give each other.

[@mattiasdahlstrom2024]

Cool but the strategic implication is that Russias strategic forces (nuclear) are well aware that these B-52 bombers carry nuclear tipped cruise missiles that can evaporate their families in an instant. At a moment in the world where US/NATO officers are planning the Ukrainian strikes into Russia, including against strategic assets - flying B-52 this close to Russia is an escalatory move that a smarter President like Kennedy would have avoided. But then he was killed by the CIA and here we are. Sweden escorting B-52s is just an example that our politicians have no clue what they are doing.

[@КорбенДаллас-ж6э]

"Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword!" Alexander Nevsky

[@rumilgaifullin7432]

Nevsky knew nothing about B-52.

[@kolbpilot]

Imagine if Russia were flying their bombers in our backyard ? We'd probably wave, invite them for dinner after their mission. You know, friendly stuff.

[@rickkearn7100]

This is way freakin' beyond awesome.

[@southtexasprepper1837]

This is an amazing video!!!!! This is the first time to actually see the Crew Cabin of both the Upper and Lower Decks of a B-52 Stratofortress. Very Proud of The Servicemen and Women in the United States Air Force. My Late Father served in the U.S. Air Force from 1950 to 1970 and was a Vietnam War Veteran.

[@jiyushugi1085]

I have a strange love for the B-52.

[@marekryszard]

nice one

[@dotmurphy7279]

I have a love for it but don't consider that strange. Some people have a love for Mustang Shelby, some for Corvettes. I really really like a full cab long bed pickup. I love the B52 and A10.

[@LandR1066]

That video makes it look roomier than it really is. I was stunned how cramped it seemed. Awesome job guys!!!!

[@achitophel5852]

Me too. I don't think I'd fit in one of those seats.

[@tacticalpickle7]

What an amazing plane... it was built to last for a long time, but we never imagined it was going to be this long. It is expected to last till 2050...there is no other country that can match this fire power, even the Russians are still using turbo props. this is truly a generational bomber. 👍💪

[@dethray1000]

russians spent all their money on tech to build missiles,rockets to take out these flying targets--useless in a real fight with a real adversary--they will all be blasted out of sky in minutes-flying joke and everybody but you knows it

[@CBeard849]

I can't watch any videos of B-52's flying without asking......."Where's Major Kong?!"

[@Sm1ret]

Rofl. I was just thinking that. Guess what we're watching tonight 😊.

[@davidbaker-mj4hg]

Riding the nuke

[@DSAK55]

or Lieutenant Lothar Zogg

[@SpartacusColo]

I want to see the safe with the cowboy hat in it. It must be highly classified.

[@dmacarthur5356]

Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones.

[@mike.47]

Dr. Strangelove is one of my favourite movies.

[@leons.kennedy6710]

Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones!

[@prflyr]

My dad flew B52s, Dr. Strangelove was a household movie for us as kids haha. Great movie

[@BarryL2697]

Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens, et al ..... GREAT, but tense movie!

[@BarryL2697]

"Duck and Cover" boys and girls!

[@WootTootZoot]

It was one of the favorites in the SAC Alert billets

[@kamuelalee]

Wow, this aircraft is older than I am -- 55 -- and it continues to ably defend the USA. Amazing technology.

[@ElephantRage]

The B-52 was launched in 1955. It means that its birth is closer to the Wright bothers' first ever flight than it is to our time.

[@dougtaylor7724]

It’s just not the same without the bomb run scene with James Earl Jones and Slim Pickens.

[@Gillie022]

Thank you guys and gals. You keep us safe.

[@achitophel5852]

Saw these lined up at RAF Fairford during the First Gulf War and had a friendly chat through the (quite flimsy) fence with the USAAF guards, lonely and a long way from home. A steady trickle of enthusiasts turned up during the evening.

[@johndewey6358]

Thank you to all members of our armed forces who work so hard around the clock to keep us safe. Thank you for your service and sacrafices.

[@ildandellacampana901]

bene allora stiano dalla vostra parte del globo....non vengano a dispensare democrazia a suon di bombe qui in europa, Grazie

[@ildandellacampana901]

in the name of who???

[@johndewey6358]

@@ildandellacampana901 you sound like one of the Putin robots. If you are not, during the elections cast your desired vote.

[@ildandellacampana901]

@@johndewey6358 Non sono dalla parte di Putin, sono dalla parte del popolo che non vuole la guerra al contrario delle lobby.....

[@borisburkhart]

@@ildandellacampana901 100 percent correct!

[@cherylsmith5793]

Served with my husband in AF for 23 years? Love and prayers forever!! ❤️🙏

[@paipai1681]

親、子、孫の三代みんなB-52乗りッス！が実現した長生き爆撃機

[@usernameunknownunko]

今曾孫が搭乗員で乗ってるってスターアンドストライプスで見たよ

[@thomaswilson8634]

Warner Robbins AFB 1980 . 19th bomb wing. SAC. 4 of the most wonderful years of my life. Of which shaped me into the man I became and very successful in life. Enough Said!!!

[@tomlineberger]

Great video! Thanks!

[@stewpadasso297]

I thought B-52 pilots wore cowboy hats and boots. Amazing aircraft.

[@ejhouston3554]

is it me or do you start hearing "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" while watching this.

[@vk2sky]

Nope, not just you! I was thinking the same thing. That, and "Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff..." 😛

[@davidwilkins7750]

Awesome video, thanks for uploading! I used to work at Eaker AFB, in Arkansas in the 80s-90s. Saw them every day. Nice to see a good video of the flight ops! Salute to the aircrew for a job well done!

[@staceylpittman532]

looks very uncomfortable. Thanks for all the hard work you all do.

[@tw4982]

Haha..comfort is a relative term here. The ejection seats don't have a lot of "play" in them; besides, you're sitting on your survival kit under a too thin cushion. But, the H-model is the BUFF that had a bunk...

[@generator6946]

Thanks for the video! A video is worth a thousand words!

[@yck-b9h]

機体が大きいのは知っているのでコクピットのコンパクトさが伝わってきます。スロットルレバーがエンジン分タイトに並んでるいるのも印象的です。貴重な動画でした♪

[@LAUS-DEO-HAWAII]

WOW!!!!! THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD, NOW THIS VIDEO IS NEET.

[@MBearru]

The former Yugoslavia is extremely grateful for the regional stability it enjoyed in March-June 1999.

[@billkaldem5099]

I live north of Barksdale just inside Arkansas. Seeing B-52’s is common and beautiful

[@Jack-bs6zb]

B52s will soon be re-equipped with Rolls Royce engines giving them longer range and an extended service life.

[@ernestolionelcalles2168]

Thank you for your service.

[@st939]

A machine to deliver death. Humbling....

[@LBRS2nd]

See how many of these and F105's were lost over Vietnam. After all the mass-murder, America still lost the non-declaired (war).

[@Sternodox]

I was a bomb/nav tech on B-52s in the early 70s. Ds, Gs, and Hs. Had to sit on the toilet for in-flight maintenance runs. My ears are still ringing!

[@rael5469]

The stations on a B-52 are: 1) Flight Crew. 2) Offense. 3) Defense. The positions are 1) AC (Aircraft Commander), 2) Copilot or Coe, 3) Radar Nav or Radar, 4) Nav, 5) Electronic Warfare or EW or EE-dub, 6) IP for instructor pilot and 7) IN for instructor navigator. Also an instructor EE-dub.

[@trinhsimone3824]

In Vietnam, we use this big boy to make cooking pot :) Its aluminum is pretty good.

[@Syurezzz]

so, what happend on the finish in Vietnam, do you remember? Russia is not Vietnam:) do not pushing sleeping bear

[@itjustlookslikethis]

@@Syurezzz Russia ain't got anything to match the stealth bomber honey. Remember that Cessna 172 that flew from Germany to Moscow? Landed in red square, LOL

[@Anti_Everything]

@@itjustlookslikethisgood for you

[@kenoplayr]

Russia is not the Soviet union lol they are no match to anything in the west!

[@jondrew55]

Fun fact: The B52 is so old, the crew takes off by putting their feet thru the floor and running like Fred Flintsone.

[@dhmik1]

The right pictures at the right time. Thank you for the alliance's readiness for action in case of cases.

[@lelikdflelik1264]

Возникновение КАКИХ случаев?

[@squarefour1]

I am 61. When I was young we lived in Orlando Florida. Some B-52s were stationed there. Sadly I witnessed one crash short of the runway. This video showed the many Hero’s this country employs. Thank You to all involved keeping all of us Safe

[@komiljonikromov1933]

Яхши-зур-олибди-рахмат😮😮😮😮

[@anais-teodoru]

Эй, аккя, ты за американцев? Аминге скей! Ишина амэ! (

[@barrygoldwater2441]

"Hey, what's that?" "Arc Light" "What?" "Arc Light" "Charlie don't never see them or hear them man" "Concussion will suck the air outa ya' damn lungs"

[@rafterman3712]

KIAI O KA LEWA - Guardians of the upper realm

[@kilcar]

Ok, so, where is Slim Pickins?

[@bulldogwoof6954]

Until the Russians let a missile slip.

[@cavius8784]

This crew wasnt even born when this plane first started flying.

[@adayama]

エンジンが8基もあるとスロットルや計器がすごいことになってますね。まさに圧巻！

[@andreygrachev4347]

American B-52 pilots: flying to the Russians in the "Backyard". Russian pilots of the MIG-31 high-altitude interceptor with R-37M long-range interceptor missiles: "'Hello there."

[@karloskastaneda2308]

перехватят они его с высокой колокольни)))))) грипены посбрасывают твои миги как я грушу околачиваю))))

[@andreygrachev4347]

@@karloskastaneda2308 ага,😁 перехватят. Ракету. Бортом.

[@karloskastaneda2308]

@@andreygrachev4347 смотри каб этот миг сам по себе не упал🤣🤣🤣 перехваталка ещё не выросла🤣🤣 эти бомберы будут пускать ракеты в сопровождении истребителей или том расстоянии где миг его не видит, родарка ещё не выросла🤣🤣🤣 2 загоризонтных радара то разрушены🤣🤣 чем он видеть то собрался старьём своим советским или новым радаром на натовских запчастях?🤣🤣

[@karloskastaneda2308]

@@andreygrachev4347 вам уже по губам хаймарсами водят в белгородской области и скоро и глубже заглатывать начнёте 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andreygrachev4347]

@@karloskastaneda2308 ага, но пока чет только F-35 падают пачками. Сами. 🤣😂 Вундерваффе, хули. Нам, оркам не понять этот хитрый план.

[@Ferrarifanlellewtc]

5:33 Thats some beautiful looking fighter jets !!!

[@takayukifujimoto7113]

個人的には｢ロシアの裏庭｣を飛行するではなく、｢ロシアの裏庭｣を散歩するの方がタイトルが良いと思う

[@anais-teodoru]

Он не заходил в наше воздушное пространство, но был на прицеле зенитного комплекса С300 все время полета!)

[@hepphepps8356]

I don’t like them saying it is Russia’s back yard. It is not Russia’s anything. Russia can keep to their own, grim territory and do what ever they want there.

[@hepphepps8356]

@@anais-teodoruWho cares.

[@sezard252]

@@hepphepps8356 Why do you think that Russia has a gloomy territory? Is that what they showed you in American stupid movies? Have you been to Russia personally?

[@andrewmunczenski3632]

A total analog flight machine. Hat’s off for those who fly this great plane.

[@VVattoo]

Its somewhere around the baltic sea bcu I could se some danish F16 and some swedish Grippen fighter jets excorting the plane at around 5:30 ish

[@michaelandersen4745]

You are spot on. I have screenshot from Flightradar24 friday May 24th of two B52 in Baltic.

[@zzzaccounting5924]

@@michaelandersen4745 Were there any Russian intercepts on this run?

[@darrens.4322]

I just got that same warm and fuzzy feeling I got from Dr. Strangelove.

[@jozeftoth9946]

Doves of peace that carry death, war is a bad thing.

[@Tiagomottadmello]

You've said It all 👍🏻👍🏻

[@prestonsmith3984]

Fuck communism!

[@CourierSix2077]

​@@DaysOfDarknessUKcry harder.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

War stopped Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany; The Civil War saved the United States. Tell me more about how war is a bad thing. "We live in a world governed by the aggressive use of force" Rush Limbaugh

[@asmodeus1274]

@@DaysOfDarknessUKSays a Brit that still owes a financial debt to the US for WWII.

[@jimsteinway695]

My nephew is a 52 crew chief. They just did the Miami air show with a b 1 and b2 fly over

[@s.4893]

コックピットに液晶モニターが付いていても 中央のレバーとその数、そして隙間なく配置された計器類などから その機体が何時からあるのか？ 何もかもが時代を感じます

[@Bytesplice]

First flew in 1955

[@cancel1913]

I mean just wow! Glad Dad retired from the Army and moved near McCoy AFB. What a beautiful and thirsty bird indeed.

[@show5748]

🇷🇺 Решили полетать вблизи нас и не побоялись. Да, вы безумцы

[@mrbrown9456]

Увидели, как вы защеку берете, и посмеялись. 😂😂

[@eduarddavidoff]

@@mrbrown9456 брысь какл.в какляндию на червей .

[@TheKIR82]

​@@mrbrown9456от тебя свининой несёт

[@ogendmaldyr]

@@mrbrown9456 что такое защека? Я слабоват в англицкой мове.

[@mrbrown9456]

@@ogendmaldyr это как подмышка. Защекой - перманентное состояние россиян.

[@LivingWaterEternal]

It is watching history in action. Amazing aircraft and speaking as a pilot, they are hard-working pilots.

[@martiniv8924]

If Boeing only built aircraft this good now 🤔

[@gld5129]

Boeing is no longer the same Boeing, I worked 38 years for General Dynamics/Lockheed-Martin Fort Worth and I'm appalled at how Boeing could let basic aircraft safety processes and production quality go to hell! Right now I'd not set foot on a 737, until their quality procedures are overhauled and verified by a third party.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

@@gld5129 Boeing needs to bring Alan Mulally back

[@gld5129]

@@itjustlookslikethis whoever is in charge Must have a reorganization plan and a Firm commitment to an independent Quality Control System with teeth to ensure compliance to safety and Planning requirements

[@geckoproductions4128]

REALLY cool! Thanks

[@Jorn41]

Danish F16 figther plane escorting the BUFF!

[@Boggbo]

It's was sweden air force with Jas Gripen

[@jensabery]

Just before that - F-16 was danish - and later Rumanian F16s - B52s protecting from north to south our NATO territory

[@floofycatz]

Thank you for this awesome video! I've loved the B-52 forever, especially when it was matched up with X-15 during its test flight days in the '60s. I had to get that Revell model :)

[@DarkDarkVoid]

The water bottle they are drinking in the battle station is "Fuente Primavera", spanish water, so... maybe they took off from Spain? Rota or Morón?

[@diqital_aviator]

For what they are, they look pretty modern. They fly over all the time now in the UK. Happy to have the US as our ally.

[@rikuhautamaki9460]

What's the main reason for USA bomber to fly in "Russia's backyard"?

[@jeffhedrich3551]

tiny pee pee syndrome. It's a coping mechanism.

[@roceye]

Deterrence.

[@jeffhedrich3551]

@@roceye and what’s the main reason for Russia flying bombers in the USA’s back yard?

[@anais-teodoru]

​@@roceyeне смеши, два пуска С300 и минус два В52 сразу!

[@BarryL2697]

DETENTE

[@thomaslong1576]

The B-52 is one of the coolest things ever made by humans. Just saying.

[@maghrebcat890]

А Кольт 1911 до сих пор на вооружении экипажа)?

[@kahoyr]

横田に飛来した時は管制官がパイロットに無線で「爆弾積んでないよね！？」と確認してたのを聞いてました。存在が相手国への脅威です。

[@MarioBuc]

Thank you Barney for serving our country.

[@AA-or4dt]

Also Americans: "Why do these Russian planes keep flying so close to us?!?!"

[@zedwpd]

As a Mission Crew Commander Air Battle Manager on AWACS, we dont ask this question and we both fly international airspace, not in territorial airspace.

[@AA-or4dt]

@@zedwpd Boohoo

[@AA-or4dt]

@@zedwpd you guys fly right up to the boarder and complain when they come out to meet you.

[@EsoxAC]

One of the greatest symbols of our great nation. The B 52 was revolutionary when created and has stood the test of time. What a magnificent piece of engineering. The B52 is simply a beautiful and effective aircraft.

[@Li-rx5dn]

1955 :))

[@achitophel5852]

Beautiful? That's not how its operators describe it!

[@dethray1000]

russians spent all their money on tech to build missiles,rockets to take out these flying targets--useless in a real fight with a real adversary--they will all be blasted out of sky in minutes-flying joke and everybody but you knows it

[@maghrebcat890]

Музейный экспонат), ну да, красив.

[@redginge4840]

Do huge bombers that could be carrying nuclear weapons go "in USA's backyard"?

[@be_love_da]

Скоро зайдут. США ведет ужасную политику и ответит за это

[@whateverhappend]

Do us and Nato forces attack and overrun neighbouring countrys? Methinks not.

[@sharkhunter2018]

Russia does it quite frequently

[@asmodeus1274]

You might want to look up international airspace

[@Ghoosier]

Russia flies patrols close to Alaska all the time. They also park their subs uncomfortably close to our shores these days

[@julianshalders6047]

One of the bombardiers was using his phone navigation 😂, quickly hiding it😂. Dr Strange love , legendary movie, Stanley Kubrick 😂.

[@aburanick]

NOT A HANDHOLD!

[@markaustin643]

Crew chief got tired of finding a broken glare shield on post-flight inspection...

[@DJ-ui2cn]

Subbed!

[@bertmacdonald337]

Wing Attack Plan R, , set CRM 114

[@warrenash5370]

Spent years in the SAC Command Post on Minot AFB, ND. We had the B52H, KC135 and Minuteman III missiles out in the fields. North Dakota, the third largest nuclear power in the world.

[@Daviddavid606-j9t]

They won’t dare to fly ONE INCH inside Russian territory because they know that the S 400 and S 500 will be waiting 😟

[@eduarddavidoff]

они даже не долетят до границы России,их всех ждет горячий привет .

[@gregwilliams386]

If there was a war S 400's would be gone like in Syria and Ukraine.

[@lanceblickenstaff6875]

Russia is a dead country walking. Putin will soon look look like Mussolini.

[@АрманАкопян-я9ю]

Наш лебедь в разы красивее. For English audience: our white swan (Blackjack) is more elegant.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

@@АрманАкопян-я9ю Was it managed by the same people that ran Chernobyl??

[@larryrobertson4099]

I flew the 'G’ model BUFF in the mid-70s on SAC alert against the USSR after I got back from Guam’s bombing missions. Do you see those two center levers, the tallest ones? I used those two during air-to-air refueling after the copilot set all eight levers and got all their sets of gauges to the same readings, when we stabilized with the boom right in front of us. Then after the KC135 boom operator washed our windows, checked our oil, and checked the air in all of our ten tires; he'd clear us in. That's when I'd take charge of the two tall levers to move forward until he moved the boom’s probe from in right in front of us to insert the probe for us to lock it in. But as pilot, I never watched or looked at the boom. I transitioned early on to see the 3D array of points on the bottom of their airplane that I used to hold our position behind and below the tanker. While we practiced 'break aways', an emergency separation that could be called by the boom operator, KC135 pilot, or B52 pilot, I never had an unplanned one. There were stories of the Buff coming home with the boom still plugged in and that sure never happened to me. I did land once with a low tire that heated way up but didn't blow. I blamed the boom operator for not checking every tire.

[@AnowarHossainartist]

💪🇺🇸💪🇺🇸💪🇺🇸💪🇺🇸💪🇺🇸

[@mr6johnclark]

You can only equal perfection. You cant replace it.

[@dethray1000]

russians spent all their money on tech to build missiles,rockets to take out these flying targets--useless in a real fight with a real adversary--they will all be blasted out of sky in minutes-flying joke and everybody but you knows it

[@HerrDieGans]

Ракетка-то для каждого найдется.🤗

[@jleveille2]

I walked around and under this plane it was at an air show at Bangor International airport in Maine. I loved every minute of it