Inside Most Feared US Air Force Bomber Flying at Extreme Altitudes

[@johnevans1969]

Many thanks to ALL who are serving Freedom at this time in History. We appreciate your sacrifices and pray for you and yours. the Evans Family Idaho

[@GeraldMcveigh]

Pretty awesome to see !!!! Thanks to all of Service members who protect our families and friends ❤

[@byronhunt5756]

I'm a former SAC SP from Carswell AFB, TX. Spent 4 years with the B 52D. Beautiful old aircraft!

[@1Audiver]

spent several years at Grand Forks AFB Great place buy really cold in the winter

[@Jennx7080]

SAC brat, I was born at Carswell AFB in ‘78 before were stationed at Anderson AFB. Dad was a B-52 RN. The SAC community is a tight one. Thank you for your service sir

[@byronhunt5756]

Thank you ,@jennifer8724 👍🇺🇸

[@kqr573v2]

I was also on the Dirty Dogs in the '70s. Real BUFFs have tall tails, big bellies, water injection, and quad 50's.

[@RobertFales]

yes me too aircraft eletrics opschecks CSD's and work as an airman on GRANDFORKS Airbase StrategicAirCdommand 319FMS electricshoppe!!!

[@tonyjones7731]

Some years back we were on vacation from the UK and driving up Interstate 49. Two B52s flew low over the Interstate on their way into Barksdale. To be honest I didn’t even know if they were still in service. What an awesome sight!

[@robloxplayer1300]

😅8k

[@robloxplayer1300]

..i.mook Benji

[@twoZJs]

It seems it is a miricle with this beast on every home landing. Bless the luck for every 52 driver in having steel nerves in gitting-it-done.

[@JWells-mz1jr]

I had the pleasure and honor of flying the B-52 for nine years during the Vietnam Era. There was always a rush, but it was MY office.

[@user-rk9np3yi3h]

지키시는길가야하시는길

[@GiantmanUK]

Fantastic video! And no annoying music or verbal commentary!

[@frankmccann29]

You Airmen are sharp. The aircraft look great! Y'all make me proud to have been part of it all. God bless you all and keep you. Take care.

[@joerg-om1ur]

I am very proud to life in this Country and the Military it is amazing the Best of the World

[@ptarrow6817]

B-52s used to fly right over my apartment in Fort Worth, TX when Carswell was a USAFB. This brings back memories.

[@syao4642]

Ở Việt Nam mới là kỷ niệm của nó

[@BillyColeII-dr6dk]

You're dating yourself....LOL

[@e.conboy4286]

Miss that, don’t ya?

[@byronhunt5756]

Used to fly over mine when I lived off base on Las Vegas Trail

[@intex-lv6od]

THE VIDEO IS PERFECT AND SO IS THE MUSIC.

[@ghita1564]

Wow! Such a majestic aircraft! Thanks to all military officers for your service. You're the best! ❤

[@alwynsaddler2224]

What about enlisted? you wanna thank the real workers sheeeesh

[@jimissabah3890]

0:34 ooookk

[@bianh2910]

Nó đã bị hạ trên bầu trời Hà Nội 😆

[@analystanalyst7652]

@@bianh2910Cố lên Charlie!

[@disabldfirefiter]

That sound you hear is the sound of freedom!

[@davidca96]

It had to have been the most amazing yet terrifying thing to be near a B-52 strike in Vietnam. The amount of ordinance they could drop one after the other, so high up you dont know its coming, was just insane. Guys would get lifted off the ground, said the ground felt like jello.

[@Northtide]

The carpet bombing they did around Khesanh, Tet '68, saved my ass. Love them B.U.F.F.'s !

[@dennywickersham5679]

@@Northtide I was there on hill 558 with Fox 2/26 USMC. I've walked around one of the craters those bombs made.

[@SonyT250]

Quite soon they can be in use again to bombard Kreml to the stone age.

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

They did a number on Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Guard during the Iraqi War.

[@tutrong31]

Quite a few B52s were shot down in the Vietnam War

[@keyser_soze_tus2205]

This is still one of the Baddest Beasts in the American Air Force Fleet, and each time they do an upgrade it just gets better! The most feared Bomber in the World!

[@JS-hu7pv]

We lived close to Barksdale when I was little, before the fall of the Soviet Union. I would watch these B52s fly over without any notion of their mission. I would imagine in that day, they were loaded with nuclear armament. On another note, I used to always call it Barksdale Airport Space - made sense to five year old me.

[@wattsmichaele]

I’m still here and it’s the same. You get used to the roar. Almost 24/7.

[@onlythatonetime]

Lived on this base (Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, LA) for a total of nine years across two of my dad's assignments (he flew the KC-10s and 135s) in the 80s and 90s. Great place to grow up, and always fascinating to see (and hear, and feel) the planes overhead. 52s are shake-your-windows loud on takeoff.

[@silverwiskers7371]

i grew up in north Shreveport during the 60's and 70's and it was common to see them all the time and the KC tankers, i used to sit at the fence on the north gate while they were coming and going, they would be just a few feet above your head especially during the vietnam and cold war

[@onlythatonetime]

@@silverwiskers7371 Great memories. We base kids would ride bikes close to the flight line (about 2 blocks away, which was plenty close) and watch. There's a set of static plane displays at the West Gate (think they started it around 1995 or so). Right now you can see a B17, B29, B47, and even an SR-71 (they removed the engines :P ).

[@silverwiskers7371]

@@onlythatonetime I have see them many times when I went to the air shows over the years

[@militantnormal428]

My dad was stationed there in the 70’s stuff would fall off the shelf in my bedroom because of KC-135 and B-52’s filling the sky on Alerts! It was an amazing thing to experience as a kid!

[@rodeleon2875]

i was stationed there 82-84 with 46 CG. our old metal barracks were very close to the flightline and during ORI's when dozens of buffs would take off one after the other it was very loud.

[@squarefour1]

Thanks to all of the crews that put that magic in the air and keep us safe. Amen

[@harveythompson1756]

You think that this monstrosity keeps you safe? ..hah, so naive you Americans!

[@JonSmith-zl5wc]

To my uncle Marvin who just pass air force he fought in Vietnam a black who medic pick men up from the battle field he was so proud of country I going miss you uncle

[@Zhukov-3]

I remember the B-52's as kid in Arkansas watching them flying over during the Vietnam war in late 1960's. They were stationed at Blytheville, Arkansas then and very loud and proud.

[@gpabui5256]

Wow, the v-22 survived. That is so amazing 👍👍. Thank you for this spectacular video ❤

[@dennispetty4405]

Still one heavy bad mutha indeed!.. I was assigned to the B52 right out of tech school in 1986 at Castle AFB California. When that base closed in 94 I was sent to Barksdale AFB Louisiana until I retired in 2006.. I was a Crew Chief..or Crew Dawg as we called one another..was on flight status along with the aircrew who flew them.. Tons of flying hours in this old dog..loved it!.. Constantly deployed though..every yr since we kicked off the gulf war until I retired...great memories and experience with my fellow crew dawgs... Was part of the 93rd OMS..then the 11th yellow tails SQDRN at Barksdale..then onto the 96th Red tails SQDRN and finally onto the 20th Blue tails SQDRN where I retired with them. I literally flew and worked on all of these aircraft seen in this video.. Pretty awesome career..ill never forget these old days and times..

[@belaydejene3547]

The Air Force is in my heart !!!!

[@militantnormal428]

When I was a kid my step dad was in the AF and we were stationed at Barksdale AFB. We lived in Bossier city in the runway flight path. Red Alerts filled the sky with black smoke! It was awesome!

[@Jimmerca]

I was assigned to SAC at Minot, North Dakota and U-Tapoa Thailand. 1971-1975. Great Learning experience🇺🇸👍🏻

[@calvinhobbes7504]

Awesome photography ..... TDA just gets better and better each time I stop by! :)

[@TheAmanla]

All good for the US of A ... Thank *YOU* *ALL* ... 💚

[@lilgingy75]

it makes me happy when i look at comments from U.S military related videos and people aren't talking shit on it.

[@michaelgranger7113]

The B1B bomber is the one that should be feared. The AF needs to do everything possible to maintain the remaining small fleet.

[@dethray1000]

the russians will make it even smaller--their missiles only need to get within a mile to take these these out,flying targets...dinosours

[@BeingFireRetardant]

​@@dethray1000 Your Tupolev Bears are prop driven, yes?

[@f1reguy587]

Im in two minds about the B1B, its got alot of competition with the B1 and B2 bombers, the B52 just takes forever to get to the target, the B1B is somewhere in the middle, im not sure why the B52 is kept around…

[@jscanoy]

Coz its cheap to operate.

[@michaelgranger7113]

@@deletebilderberg The Iraqis blew up themselves pretty well without our help.

[@heinzbreuer2674]

Bin sehr begeistert von den Berichten der air Force besonders für die B 52 . Ein sehr gutes Video toll gemacht weiterhin good Lucky airplane ❤. Ein Fan aus Krefeld Germany..

[@ecrusch]

Those Lancers are awesome! Thanks, great video.

[@carl9729]

I miss the Air Force, damn I loved my job protecting our country

[@johnevans388]

Very old Air Force joke, 'When the B-1 is retired the crew delivering the last aircraft to the boneyard will be flown home on a B-52.'

[@trottyong]

I don’t think it’s a joke so much as a prophecy lol

[@kennywilkerson6207]

Horsefeathers.

[@bobdubolina]

lol!

[@Fahreun]

Ok bandera

[@alwynsaddler2224]

I didn't know the 52 was equipped for personal??

[@vitaliyvyntu4566]

Thank You so much

[@HarrySodikim-p9o]

Bravo, US Air Force!

[@julienorfolk3880]

My grandfather was a pilot in the US Army Air Corps and then switch to the US Air Force, when it was established but one of the planes he was a pilot for was the B-52.

[@frogisis]

It's worth mentioning for any new people that the B-52 is not the same _design_ they've been using since the '50s and they just make more of them every now and then, they're literally the _same planes_ they've been using this whole time-They only made so many in the '50s and '60s and those are all the ones there are still today, very well taken care of.

[@GD-lu9zo]

To your point, my dad was a B-52 navigator in the early 70s. I have all his flight logs from then. A couple of the tail numbers in this video were planes he flew then.

[@robertwilkins8357]

I was stationed at Castle AFB 1962 NEVER SAW THEM AND HAD NO IDEA. I WOKED IN THE MESSAGE CENTER AT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING WHICH WAS AT THE ENTRANCE. MY BUDDY WORKED IN CRYTO OFFICE DOWN THE HALL. CRISS DIED TWO YEARS AGO AT 81. HE HAD TO DO DELIVERY OUT THERE. I DID GET A CHANCE TO MEET ONE OF THE CREW HE WAS A BIG MAN . I WAS BABY SITTING HIS 3 KIDS FOR HIS WIFE A VERY SWEET LADY THEY WERE YOUNG FAMILY THEN. I WAS A A2C AND 20 NOW I AM 83 AND REALLY LOVE THESE VIDEOS. I ONLY HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION For all these special warriors.

[@trob0914]

I spent my early USAF years in SAC and my CA. base had the tall tail "D" models, which also had the gunner's seating position in the back of the tail. It was super cool to watch the crews "Alert Scramble" with the starter carts popping off to quick start the engines( Loud & Smokey!)! I got the significance of an actual "Scramble" with the "MITO", but the exercises sure were Cool!!

[@keytothegate68]

There is a gunner in the back? What's he doing , shooting at Russian fighter jet that fired his missiles from 250KM away ? Save it for Hollywood.

[@trob0914]

@@keytothegate68 All early B52s had a tail gunner positioned in the back, now they just have guns/ cannons but man the gun remotely! it was thought to be necessary back in the late 40s, early 50s!!

[@WootTootZoot]

@@keytothegate68 Fact. Two separate B-52D tail gunners shot down two separate Mig 21's during Linebacker 2 operations over Vietnam in 1972. Pull your head out of your ass, these are recorded facts you can easily look up.

[@WootTootZoot]

@@trob0914 D,E,F model's had rear seat gunners that were located beneath the vertical stabilizer, G and H model gunners sat in the forward cockpit and fired the guns remotely. H models are the only flying Buff, and the gunners were removed, as you know, to add extensive electronic warfare countermeasures.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

From BC Canada I thank you all for our brothers service along side us. With you and ours ready to make a big difference in the world just for the asking by any of our friends out there.

[@BinhPham-t2y]

Tôi là lính Bắc Việt Nam từng chịu khó biết bao nhiêu trận B53 trải thảm tại đường mòn Hồ Chí Minh .Cảm giác thật khủng khiếp, ám ảnh chúng tôi hàng thập kỷ sau khi chiến tranh kết thúc Năm 72 ,chỉ trong 5 ngày tiểu đoàn tôi hứng 13 đợt trải trải thảm gần cổ thành Quảng Trị khiến tiểu đoàn bị xóa phiên hiệu. Tôi là 1 trong 5 người còn sống

[@NEntv58]

Special thanks to all the skilled maintainers and ground support out there.

[@paulmartos7730]

My first assignment out of tech school was a B-52 base. We didn't call them BUFFS (Big Ugly Fat Fuckers) because they were certainly big but neither fat nor ugly. They are admirable aircraft, capable of carrying huge bomb loads at high altitudes just short of Mach 1. I spent a lot of time working in and around them and watched them take off and land in extreme conditions, and loved every minute of it. The B-52, like the SR-71, was decades ahead of its time, but the former is still a significant weapon.

[@Nighthawke70]

And could easily still be a reminder to any Threat by the sound of their sonic booms. I still recall when a state rep was having lunch with their South Korean counterpart near the DMZ, when a sonic boom rattled the dinnerware. The Korean smiled, sighed and said, "Ah, So.". This signifies how much the Blackbird instilled both a sense of security to allies, and a reminder to any Threat that we are watching them. You don't get that with satellites or drones.

[@rolandemartin854]

@@Nighthawke70 B-2's do not make sonic booms. They are a SUB-SONIC aircraft. Meaning that they never fly at the speed of sound. You must have heard another type aircraft.

[@Nighthawke70]

@@rolandemartin854 Sorry, was referring to the SR-71's when they did missions over Korea.

[@doquocnam]

For Vietnamese people, we see the greatness in detail here for the first time. Previously we only considered B52 as refined aluminum alloy mines in the sky. We have exploited and produced high-end household products such as pots, plates, pans, spoons....from them.

[@chipsawdust5816]

When Fairchild was a SAC base we had those flying around all the time. While it makes you feel sort of secure, it also makes you realize you're a nuclear target should the SHTF. Also had one crash just before an air show and you could see the smoke for many miles away...

[@robertheinkel6225]

They lost a tanker there also

[@kenpatton8761]

If I remember correctly, the tanker was lost while practicing for an up coming air show. I was stationed there 2x in the 1980‘s…..

[@chipsawdust5816]

@@kenpatton8761 I don't recall the tanker dropping, but if it was the late 80s I was in Seattle at the time. I clearly recall the bomber, that would've been early 90s. I was in Coeur d'Alene and could see the smoke from my second story office window which faced west. A friend of mine was on base at the time and it barely missed the building he was in.

[@ralfie8801]

The video of that B-52 crash is on YT. The pilot had been reprimanded a time or two for hotdogging his plane. I’m thinking there was a general on board with him when he made a 180 degree turn and banked it almost vertically and lost lift. He just fed the port wing into the ground from tip to root.

[@thongnguyen2085]

Coi sướng con mắt,quá đã.Nước Mỹ số 1 thế giới.

[@robertojpaez9354]

Amazing views from the pilot cannopy

[@christopherbeckman1012]

My father was a flight engineer on the C-141 A & B he flow under AMC , SAC ,TAC and MAC in his 32 year career in the U.S. Air Force . Also he was on four other aircrafts .

[@Dev-In-Denver123]

My dad served just as long but was a pilot, just retired 2 years ago and now flying for an airline. Mostly flew f-16's but was qualified in several bigger planes like the 130 also.

[@christopherbeckman1012]

That's cool your father was fighter pilot , my dad like I said crewed 4 other aircrafts they were C-97 , C-47 ,C-124 and the S/A -16 albatross . Mainly flew MAC except the Air and sea rescue .

[@MichaelMelder]

Most amazing aircraft I've ever seen!

[@Kenmarshallintereststx]

My grandfather was a lieutenant colonel jolly Rodger pilot (skull ☠️ crosses on plane)which was essentially the same type in world war II. One of his crew members documented every mission I have all records and photos even from flac exploding right in front of them. I'll never forget one day he marked we dropped a 2000-lb bomb from 500 ft the percussion was incredible.

[@iwejun]

My father is a retired lieutenant colonel who flew a B 52 G out of Loring AFB in Maine. His sits on a pylon at the entrance to Offut AFB, he went over for medical treatment at the base, saw it and cried. It was his favorite plane to command, he did PBY air sea rescue in Sea of Japan and Spectre gunship in Vietnam. Anyone know or is familiar with 18 SOS Vengeance By Night?

[@guadalupeaguirre9750]

Que lo.prueben en Ucrania contra los aviones Rusos a ver si es tan bueno solo farandula

[@donald8354]

⁠@@guadalupeaguirre9750Que tiéntenlos rusos que es tan bueno como dices?

[@antesaric5691]

Ako sam te razumio b52 nije sudijelovao u drugom svjetskom ratu! Niti jedan pilot koi je letio u drugom svijetskom ratu nije letio na b 52! Demantiraj me! Zašto se zove b52? Provijeri pa se javi! Zadnji pilot Američkog zrakoplova u irovljen je 1951!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marlonb.8243]

What were the Jolly Rogers flying in WWII? All I know of them are the F-14 Tomcats flying out of some aircraft carrier. Thanks for sharing.

[@BowoAmur]

Yes we're ready now to back to Home...Thank you very much.. God bless you All

[@Quanuck]

I love this stuff! I was a Ground Radio tech before I became the DP NCOIC in a RI ANG Tac Control Sq. I was lucky to meet a Buff "driver" on a flight home from Dallas visiting my son and his wife. God bless you all, God bless the USA!

[@LiXiongmao]

nice plane, nice job!

[@chk5306]

Oh, what a great and amazing B-52 bomber is !

[@SilverSergeant]

B-52

[@barrygordon1173]

53???😂😂😂

[@syao4642]

Ở đâu đó thôi chứ ở Việt Nam nó cũng chỉ là hạt cát

[@Katherine-kr3eh]

Yes they call it the black dog

[@rael5469]

At 5:21, if you look up through the upper deck ladder opening, you can see the Electronic Warfare station. The B-52 has some of the most powerful jamming capability in the military. I can tell you officially that they are capable of jamming whatever ATC zone they are near. That is Top Secret stuff......usually blurred out. The EE-dub never talks to anyone about his work because they don't have a "Need to Know." That SH is very compartmentalized....for obvious reasons. Although these days they seem to blab their mouths about everything.

[@charlesmullins3238]

Yea how there showin this I don’t know

[@JohnTLyon]

As a military dependent at Zaragosa Air Base, Spain, I watched and listened to hundreds of F-16's takeoff/landing drills. I'm here to tell ya, they are LOUD!😮

[@kenwilliams3208]

I was in Spain at Torrejon from '68 - '72. Made several trips to Zaragoza TDY during that time. Zaragoza was essentially on "caretaker" status back then, only a few personnel manning the base.

[@sarahjones-jf4pr]

DEAR OLD SMOKY JOE( B.52) WHAT A REVELATION YOU HAVE BEEN GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL THAT FLY IN YOU AND TAKE IMMACULATE CARE OF YOU.☺LOVE FROM U.Kxxx

[@tc1uscg65]

Not being a AF peep, it never registered to me (after I retired) why the ANGB near me escaped all the BRAC attacks. Selfridge ANGB has like 6 (last count) of these KC135's and at least 1 or 2 are seen taking flight through out the week. Training or a sortie, but it makes sense to have the ANG train and use these aircraft which are spread out all over. The 127th refueling wing is there, along with 10 A10's. Army has a few chinooks, Customer/Boarder patrol has some air craft there (couple of H60's) and the Coast Guard has 5 HH65's. Big and busy air field to say the least. They have been trying to get the F35's there in an effort to keep the base alive. Back in the late 70's, that base was almost as active as you can get even though it was more of a NGB. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@ДмитрийЦыплев]

Супер ребята, и непревзойдённая техника.

[@JuanGuerrero-e9l]

Lo felicito hermanos por su gran trabajo 😅😅❤❤❤

[@Nighthawke70]

2:10 those are Coffman starter cartridges going off to spin up the turbines. They use those regularly on alert pad aircraft that are not equipped with air start motors. This system will evolve into air start motors exclusively with the re-engingeing the B-52 with Rolls-Royce F130's. Oh, and the refitted and overhauled B-52's will be called B-52J.

[@thepatriot8081]

Cool😎👍 thanx !!!

[@TommieTubbs-iv9cn]

Wow,its just Amazing how they build such huge,fast,badass jets,planes🙏💪✌️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇨🇱👑😘😊♥️

[@rubenservin4039]

I was a Chief on C130H proud to have served my great Nation.

[@mikebarrager8293]

What a beautiful display of the middle finger to all the greenies and snowflakes. USAF gets it done!! 🇺🇸

[@shannonwalker6944]

What a stupid take about our brave service men and women. You must be a MAGA cultist. Don’t leave the house without your hate and resentment.

[@d.michaelpratt5987]

Excellent, up-close footage. Probably shouldn't mess with the men and women who fly these aircraft!

[@Palestine123-t]

The world is mortal and every murderer who kills only one innocent person will be held accountable for God on the Day of Resurrection and he will be in the fire of Hell

[@tbranch227]

I like that no matter how high the buff flies, it looks like you are driving a dump truck down a dirt road in the cockpit

[@tbranch227]

oh, it did smooth out... that was cool

[@derekmay8679]

So much technology and ingenuity in the F35...A lot of it was from the original Harrier jump jets . Just a much more modernised version of the original vertical take off and landings...plus agility...

[@nadejdakostin8700]

Thanks!

[@ladirvigolo542]

Tenho o maior Orgulho da Nação Americana, uma das nações que busca o equilíbrio para a manutenção da paz mundial. Parabéns USA AirForce

[@marlonb.8243]

Did you know that their ailerons have been deactivated? Yes, they've been bolted shut. So how do they roll? They use spoilerons. The ailerons' effect is too severe for the old airframes, and could break the wings off, so they bolted the ailerons shut and use spoilerons to gradually roll the aircraft as needed. And if not already, they will be getting new engines that provide more thrust.

[@douglaswickstrom6736]

The B-52H does not have ailerons, and never did. All roll control has always been through spoilers.

[@dougball328]

Rolls Royce has the contract for the new engines.

[@CSltz]

@@dougball328 I’m guessing that the tankers now haul petrol. Measured in liters. And box lunches contain Gray Pupoun.

[@dougconstantine1449]

The new engines have the same thrust, but are lighter and much more efficent.

[@Paul-kw1og]

The best sound in aviation. Idling B52 engines.

[@jurgenblick5491]

Impressive! I love that BUFF

[@johncrichton4341]

WoW, those engines start up the same as my Saab on a cold morning!

[@cressida00]

They pack the biggest punch combined. With new engines, glass cockpits and other upgrades, they will be flying for decades more.

[@fjp3305]

Great video

[@stephane8100]

what a beautiful fleet you have. fortunately for the USA😉🥇

[@Steve_-ob2ne]

Good video. Faulty headline. No mention of extreme altitude in the video.

[@intheshell35ify]

It is terrifying to imagine a situation where all this is required to protect our home soil instead of fighting someone else's war.

[@rael5469]

It may be old but it is practically new in regards to airframe hours. It is interesting to note that the B-52s are VERY low hour aircraft. They hardly ever fly them, compared to airliners. From what I've read, with the extremely limited amount of flying they do the airframe could go DOUBLE what it has done already. It has only reached half it's life cycles. When I was a Crew Chief on B-52D models in 1983 they retired them with around 14,000 to 15 thousand hours. The airline I work for has Boeing 757s flying around well past 100,000 hours.....and still going. I read somewhere that the new B-52 engines will remain "on-wing" for the remaining life of the aircraft. (Not including accidents such as bird strikes and such) B-52H came out around 1960 to 1961. The 757 came out around 1982. The oldest 757 flying passenger service is with Delta at 30 years old. "The "oldest" B-52H is at about 21,000 hours and only experiences about 380 flight hours per year. " The 757 puts on over three-THOUSAND hours every year. Since I separated from the Air Force 38 years ago the H models have only put on an additional 14,400 flying hours. The 757s put on over 100,000 hours in fewer years.

[@robertheinkel6225]

During the Cold War era,I crewed the 135 tankers. They basically sat on alert most of the time and accrued about 100 hours a year. After the Cold War ended, they flew them all the time.

[@kenpatton8761]

At my 1st duty station after tech school, (Ellsworth AFB), I had the pleasure of swapping out the survival kit and parachute from the tail gunner position (actually in the tail of the plane) on a D model. It was Mid July, outside temp was in the upper 90‘s, tarmac temp probably 130 or so….temp in that tail…THROUGH the ROOF! Back then I was the skinniest on my team so I didn’t have difficulty making my way through the bomb bay and the little hatch door leading back to the gunners seat. That „D“ model was the last one on the base and was retired soon afterwards. The only planes that sat on the ground were the ones on ALERT. All the others B52‘s and KC/EC 135‘s flew daily missions. (If they weren’t being worked on that is). In the mid-70‘s through early 80‘s Ellsworth AFB, SD had a double `Bomb Wing“, a KC-135 refueling wing, EC-135 flying command post wing, an ICBM wing along with with T38 trainers and rescue helicopters. I worked on all the aircraft, maintaining the survival equipment (survival seats, life rafts and parachutes).I also maintained/built the aircrews helmets and oxygen masks.

[@e.conboy4286]

@@kenpatton8761proud of you and all the other service members who have contributed to our country’s liberty! Bless you!

[@twoZJs]

It's better today than its 1st day after the AF co-signed-it off on certification.

[@rael5469]

@@twoZJs Not really. I served on B-52s and now I've seen the modern stuff. The B-52 should have been retired FIFTY years ago.

[@zenwheel8299]

I was stationed at Dyess AFB and was a flight crew chief. It was a long haul going from the D model to the H.

[@pahtar7189]

The line of taxiing tankers looks like a funeral procession. Interestingly, only a few other countries have as many air tankers as that one wing of the US Air Force.

[@m1t2a1]

The US has more refuelling planes than Canada has fighters. More than twice as many.

[@robertheinkel6225]

When I was stationed at Grissom AFB, IN, we had the largest tanker wing in the world. We had over 60, and the guard unit had 20 more.

[@jimjefftube]

The BUFF is certainly a formidable bomber, but I wouldn't call it the most feared Bomber as it has the radar cross section of a small city (thank the USA for standoff weapons). I would think the most feared actual bomber would be the B-2 as of now as it is most likely to make it to a target for an accurate strike without the enemy every knowing it was there?

[@jimjefftube]

@@FunnyVideoCollector Actually it is still vulnerable depending on the extended range fighters with long range air to air missiles or Naval surface to air missiles. But stand off weapons with ranges up to 1500 miles will helps in its survivability and its payload is still very impressive.

[@РадомирАрсенович]

Я очень рад в том, что ты убеждён в B-2, как незаметном на радарах противника. И надеюсь, что ты такой не один. 🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍

[@Palestine123-t]

There are no enemies only America and the Zio*nists They are the enemies. They are the cause of warsin the world

[@e.conboy4286]

I thought I just heard a little tweeting bird! Did anybody else?

[@09rgs]

I can hear the crew humming, “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”

[@kqr573v2]

"Well boys, we got three engines out, we got more holes in us than a horse trader's mule, the radio is gone and we're leaking fuel and if we was flying any lower why we'd need sleigh bells on this thing... but we got one little budge on those Roosskies. At this height they might harpoon us but they dang sure ain't gonna spot us on no radar"

[@LUVUTV]

million views video. very good. i like it

[@organicfarmerscolombia]

Súper cool, saludos desde Colombia

[@DanielCValot]

AWESOME GUYS!!!!!!

[@lawrencemaweu]

When you watch things to do air force and the navy, that is when you learn to respect and fear America and Americans. In any other scenarios, these dudes appear regular and casual, but they will unleash some hell with these crafts like you never seen before.

[@eroildo.3374]

Dios los Bendiga Siempre Nuestra gran Familia 👪 🙏 AMÉN 💯💯💯🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🍁🍁🍁🇱🇷🇱🇷💯💯❤❤❤

[@jimdebarr5616]

In 1973 I was stationed at the army base next to U tapao RTAFB in Thailand. Every morning we would watch the K135's take off and then the B 52's would be launched.

[@ranjitsian5481]

Good work 👍

[@johnblair765]

The B-52's flew near our house near Sheppard AFB, TX (Wichta Falls, TX)...the early/mid 60s.

[@mikegreenguitar]

At the risk of sounding like a rabid patriot, this video makes me proud of the absolute supremacy of US Air power. Between two Cold War enlistments, I worked for a defense contractor building B-1B avionics. Honored to have served in both positions.

[@elserduran5887]

ESTARÍA BUENO QUE LO RELATEN EN IDIOMA ESPAÑOL .....MUY BUEN VÍDEO

[@manuelcolloto]

Aprende Inglés,te lo recomiendo como cerrajero que soy.Abre muchas puertas !!

[@elserduran5887]

@@manuelcolloto JUSTO LO QUE ESTOY BUSCANDO , UN BUEN CERRAJERO Y NO ENCUENTRO.

[@ioanbota9397]

I like this powerful bombardiers

[@kenpatton8761]

When I worked on B52‘s back in the late 70‘s and 80‘s, I had to have a SECRET security clearance to get into the cockpit of that aircraft. How these guys are filming this and not placing their career‘s on the line amazes me. Retired USAF MSgt

[@makiavelli6101]

It's a woke country and people think that they can do whatever they want

[@chevyjennings3404]

I totally agree!! At Fairchild AFB I had a clearance to work on the loaded buff's on the alert pad and no where on the tarmac could you ever have a camera of any type. Food at the alert facility was very good though!!

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

B1, is a beautiful, beautiful bird 🐦...great white shark 🦈

[@georgecastiblanco2978]

Una de las curiosidades del B52. Es que se encienden al mejor estilo del modelo T. Las últimas versiones tienen APU.

[@blaz1235]

USA🇺🇲 motto " In God we Trust " amazing

[@us-armyy]

It destroyed Saddam Hussein's convoys and traveled the Arabian Gulf in less than two hours. It is the plane that never stops flying, and the weapon that has frightened Washington with all its efforts. It wants not to destroy, but to erase its goals from the face of the earth, and time flies within itself to vast distances. It's a sky monster B 52 Stratofortress 🇺🇸⚔️✈️ Your friend Abdullah from Syria 🇸🇾♥🇺🇸

[@ibuprofenPill]

I saw the B-52’s once. It was also pretty loud with lots of smoke in the air.

[@salnichols94805]

Most of the F-35 footage is of the Green Knights, a USMC fighter wing

[@mircea-stefantrandafir2266]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MrTracker614]

My utmost thanks, to the American Air Force, for their Service. We love you. 🇬🇧🇺🇸