Inside Most Feared US Air Force Bomber Flying at Extreme Altitudes

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Komentáře • 589

  • @joerg-om1ur
    @joerg-om1ur Před 10 měsíci +20

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

  • @squarefour1
    @squarefour1 Před 3 měsíci +20

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

  • @byronhunt5756
    @byronhunt5756 Před 9 měsíci +13

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

    • @1Audiver
      @1Audiver Před 6 měsíci +1

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

    • @jennifer8724
      @jennifer8724 Před 2 měsíci +3

      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
      @byronhunt5756 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Thank you ,@jennifer8724 👍🇺🇸

    • @kqr573v2
      @kqr573v2 Před měsícem

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

    • @RobertFales
      @RobertFales Před měsícem

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

  • @GeraldMcveigh
    @GeraldMcveigh Před 10 měsíci +18

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

  • @johnevans388
    @johnevans388 Před 5 měsíci +64

    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.'

  • @frankmccann29
    @frankmccann29 Před 4 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @johnevans1969
    @johnevans1969 Před 6 měsíci +7

    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

  • @tonyjones7731
    @tonyjones7731 Před 11 měsíci +43

    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
      @robloxplayer1300 Před 9 měsíci +1

      😅8k

    • @robloxplayer1300
      @robloxplayer1300 Před 9 měsíci +2

      ..i.mook
      Benji

    • @twoZJs
      @twoZJs Před 7 měsíci +2

      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
      @JWells-mz1jr Před 6 měsíci +1

      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
      @user-rk9np3yi3h Před 5 měsíci

      지키시는길가야하시는길

  • @calvinhobbes7504
    @calvinhobbes7504 Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @ptarrow6817
    @ptarrow6817 Před 11 měsíci +12

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

    • @syao4642
      @syao4642 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Ở Việt Nam mới là kỷ niệm của nó

    • @BillyColeII-dr6dk
      @BillyColeII-dr6dk Před 11 měsíci +1

      You're dating yourself....LOL

    • @e.conboy4286
      @e.conboy4286 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Miss that, don’t ya?

    • @byronhunt5756
      @byronhunt5756 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @trob0914
    @trob0914 Před 10 měsíci +27

    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
      @keytothegate68 Před 9 měsíci +1

      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
      @trob0914 Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@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
      @WootTootZoot Před 8 měsíci

      @@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
      @WootTootZoot Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@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
      @TomokosEnterprize Před 7 měsíci +1

      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.

  • @gpabui5256
    @gpabui5256 Před 11 měsíci +9

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

  • @davidca96
    @davidca96 Před 11 měsíci +27

    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
      @Northtide Před 10 měsíci +8

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

    • @dennywickersham5679
      @dennywickersham5679 Před 9 měsíci +2

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

    • @SonyT250
      @SonyT250 Před 9 měsíci

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

    • @maxwellcrazycat9204
      @maxwellcrazycat9204 Před 5 měsíci

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

    • @tutrong31
      @tutrong31 Před 5 měsíci

      Quite a few B52s were shot down in the Vietnam War

  • @keyser_soze_tus2205
    @keyser_soze_tus2205 Před 10 měsíci +3

    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!

  • @onlythatonetime
    @onlythatonetime Před 9 měsíci +13

    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
      @silverwiskers7371 Před 9 měsíci +3

      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
      @onlythatonetime Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@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
      @silverwiskers7371 Před 9 měsíci +1

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

    • @militantnormal428
      @militantnormal428 Před 4 měsíci +1

      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
      @rodeleon2875 Před 2 měsíci

      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.

  • @ghita1564
    @ghita1564 Před 3 měsíci +9

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

  • @julienorfolk3880
    @julienorfolk3880 Před 10 měsíci +8

    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.

  • @Nighthawke70
    @Nighthawke70 Před 11 měsíci +6

    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.

  • @TheAmanla
    @TheAmanla Před 11 měsíci +12

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

  • @Quanuck
    @Quanuck Před 5 měsíci

    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!

  • @chipsawdust5816
    @chipsawdust5816 Před 11 měsíci +16

    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
      @robertheinkel6225 Před 11 měsíci +4

      They lost a tanker there also

    • @kenpatton8761
      @kenpatton8761 Před 11 měsíci +3

      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
      @chipsawdust5816 Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@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
      @ralfie8801 Před 10 měsíci +3

      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
      @thongnguyen2085 Před 9 měsíci +1

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

  • @georgecastiblanco2978
    @georgecastiblanco2978 Před 11 měsíci +5

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

  • @mikebarrager8293
    @mikebarrager8293 Před 11 měsíci +3

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

  • @lilgingy75
    @lilgingy75 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @user-ou4rs9lt3q
    @user-ou4rs9lt3q Před 10 měsíci +2

    Супер ребята, и непревзойдённая техника.

  • @Zhukov-3
    @Zhukov-3 Před 6 měsíci

    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.

  • @michaelgranger7113
    @michaelgranger7113 Před 11 měsíci +24

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

    • @dethray1000
      @dethray1000 Před 11 měsíci +4

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

    • @neighbor-j-4737
      @neighbor-j-4737 Před 11 měsíci

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

    • @f1reguy587
      @f1reguy587 Před 11 měsíci

      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
      @jscanoy Před 11 měsíci

      Coz its cheap to operate.

    • @michaelgranger7113
      @michaelgranger7113 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @JohnTLyon
    @JohnTLyon Před 9 měsíci +1

    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
      @kenwilliams3208 Před 9 měsíci

      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.

  • @JS-hu7pv
    @JS-hu7pv Před 11 měsíci +21

    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
      @wattsmichaele Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @dennispetty4405
    @dennispetty4405 Před 9 měsíci

    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..

  • @NEntv58
    @NEntv58 Před 9 měsíci +23

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

  • @user-pp6dg8qr5p
    @user-pp6dg8qr5p Před 3 měsíci +1

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

  • @GiantmanUK
    @GiantmanUK Před 2 měsíci +1

    Fantastic video! And no annoying music or verbal commentary!

  • @militantnormal428
    @militantnormal428 Před 4 měsíci

    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!

  • @TommieTubbs-iv9cn
    @TommieTubbs-iv9cn Před 4 měsíci +1

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

  • @ethansprofile6670
    @ethansprofile6670 Před 8 měsíci

    B-52's followed by KC-135 tankers flew out of Westover SAC base round the clock. grew up with windows rattling, dishes rattling in East Springfield MA.

  • @belaydejene3547
    @belaydejene3547 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The Air Force is in my heart !!!!

  • @martiniadv8138
    @martiniadv8138 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Um poderoso e icônico avião bombardeiro dos U.S.A., e muito lindo !!!

  • @user-of9zq8et7b
    @user-of9zq8et7b Před 10 měsíci +1

    Increíble aterrizaje de los aviones de combate

    • @senorquake
      @senorquake Před 6 měsíci

      It has the longest lifespan of any multi engine aircraft in history

  • @intex-lv6od
    @intex-lv6od Před 7 měsíci +1

    THE VIDEO IS PERFECT AND SO IS THE MUSIC.

  • @derekmay8679
    @derekmay8679 Před 2 měsíci +1

    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...

  • @robertojpaez9354
    @robertojpaez9354 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Amazing views from the pilot cannopy

  • @user-kw3jw9gh4p
    @user-kw3jw9gh4p Před 2 měsíci +1

    Bravo, US Air Force!

  • @frogisis
    @frogisis Před 10 měsíci +5

    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
      @GD-lu9zo Před 2 měsíci +1

      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.

  • @christopherbeckman1012
    @christopherbeckman1012 Před 6 měsíci +2

    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
      @Dev-In-Denver123 Před 5 měsíci +1

      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
      @christopherbeckman1012 Před 5 měsíci

      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 .

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Před 11 měsíci +14

    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.

  • @Jimmerca
    @Jimmerca Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @heinzbreuer2674
    @heinzbreuer2674 Před 11 měsíci +2

    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..

  • @paulmartos7730
    @paulmartos7730 Před 11 měsíci +7

    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
      @Nighthawke70 Před 11 měsíci +1

      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
      @rolandemartin854 Před 10 měsíci

      @@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
      @Nighthawke70 Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @tc1uscg65
    @tc1uscg65 Před 6 měsíci

    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.

  • @disabldfirefiter
    @disabldfirefiter Před 6 měsíci

    That sound you hear is the sound of freedom!

  • @chk5306
    @chk5306 Před 11 měsíci +6

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

  • @09rgs
    @09rgs Před 2 měsíci

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

    • @kqr573v2
      @kqr573v2 Před měsícem

      "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"

  • @ecrusch
    @ecrusch Před 3 měsíci

    Those Lancers are awesome!
    Thanks, great video.

  • @user-ls4dy4rc9s
    @user-ls4dy4rc9s Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @jayduke6148
    @jayduke6148 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I was stationed in SAC at Griffiss AFB in Rome NY. Great memories of the B-52. But I will say the bomber that impressed me the most was the B-1B. Still love the "Buff" though.

  • @Ezemusic.
    @Ezemusic. Před 10 měsíci +1

    Impresionante!!! Hasta donde ah llegado el hombre y su inteligencia. 😮😮

  • @LiXiongmao
    @LiXiongmao Před 11 měsíci +5

    nice plane, nice job!

  • @josellanoscruz3823
    @josellanoscruz3823 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Muy bonitos aviones tanto ingenio del ser humano para fabricar todas estas máquinas...

    • @eleniravelina6833
      @eleniravelina6833 Před 9 měsíci

      Tempos atrás,foi o meu sonho,ser piloto,de um desses,parabéns pra eles,(os pilotos dessas máquinas,maravilhosas)

  • @carl9729
    @carl9729 Před 2 měsíci +2

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

  • @cressida00
    @cressida00 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @elserduran5887
    @elserduran5887 Před 11 měsíci +4

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

    • @manuelcolloto
      @manuelcolloto Před 11 měsíci +1

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

    • @elserduran5887
      @elserduran5887 Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @Paul-kw1og
    @Paul-kw1og Před 11 měsíci +2

    The best sound in aviation. Idling B52 engines.

  • @Kenmarshallintereststx
    @Kenmarshallintereststx Před 11 měsíci +45

    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
      @iwejun Před 10 měsíci +6

      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
      @guadalupeaguirre9750 Před 10 měsíci +7

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

    • @donald8354
      @donald8354 Před 10 měsíci +2

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

    • @antesaric5691
      @antesaric5691 Před 10 měsíci

      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
      @marlonb.8243 Před 10 měsíci +3

      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.

  • @jurgenblick5491
    @jurgenblick5491 Před 9 měsíci

    Impressive! I love that BUFF

  • @JonSmith-zl5wc
    @JonSmith-zl5wc Před 10 měsíci

    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

  • @zenwheel8299
    @zenwheel8299 Před měsícem

    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.

  • @rubenservin4039
    @rubenservin4039 Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @d.michaelpratt5987
    @d.michaelpratt5987 Před 11 měsíci +3

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

    • @user-gp3zx1zq2u
      @user-gp3zx1zq2u Před 10 měsíci

      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

  • @MemoWardwell
    @MemoWardwell Před 11 měsíci +1

    March AFB was next door to Riverside Raceway Their helos would dry the track fr Nascar. Nobody could hear the racecars until the 52's were gone.

  • @joenop3393
    @joenop3393 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Amazing these crews today has possibly Grandfathers that flew the exact same Buffs!

  • @johncrichton4341
    @johncrichton4341 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @ioanbota9397
    @ioanbota9397 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I like this powerful bombardiers

  • @LUVUTV
    @LUVUTV Před 11 měsíci +1

    million views video. very good. i like it

  • @ibuprofenPill
    @ibuprofenPill Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Oh....at 5:04 I noticed the auto-thrust system of the B-52. It's that little lever just to the right of the throttles. Yeah, it's a friction brake. They set a friction brake to keep the throttles from vibrating back when they want to take their hands off the throttle levers. Cave man stuff. 1940's technology. And look at that flap lever. The flaps are either UP or DOWN. No intermediate detents.

    • @Nighthawke70
      @Nighthawke70 Před 11 měsíci +2

      They still have friction controls in the form of knobs or levers even to this day.

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@Nighthawke70 On the B-52 ? Yeah we just saw it in this video. If you mean on other aircraft I'd be curious to know which ones. Thanks for the info Nighthawke.

    • @douglaswickstrom6736
      @douglaswickstrom6736 Před 9 měsíci

      What autothrust? And friction brakes are common. The flaps are fowler-type, and are designed to work contiuosly through their range without detents.

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před 9 měsíci

      @@douglaswickstrom6736 You're just another Internet person who likes to argue just to argue. It was a joke Doug. I was calling the friction brake "autothrust."

  • @mikegreenguitar
    @mikegreenguitar Před 5 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @MrTracker614
    @MrTracker614 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @user-gk7zx2ks5h
    @user-gk7zx2ks5h Před 7 měsíci

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

  • @pahtar7189
    @pahtar7189 Před 11 měsíci +6

    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
      @m1t2a1 Před 11 měsíci

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

    • @robertheinkel6225
      @robertheinkel6225 Před 11 měsíci

      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.

  • @GILSON300LBM
    @GILSON300LBM Před 10 měsíci

    Os caras têm mais B-52 do que o número de caças da FAB 😱

  • @williamgarcia2772
    @williamgarcia2772 Před 10 měsíci

    That great aircraft i love B 52

  • @Hawker900XP
    @Hawker900XP Před 7 měsíci

    I remember seeing IFR (Inflight Refueling Doors) sent to the sheet medal shops for repair.

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Před 11 měsíci +11

    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
      @robertheinkel6225 Před 11 měsíci +3

      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
      @kenpatton8761 Před 11 měsíci +3

      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
      @e.conboy4286 Před 10 měsíci +2

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

    • @twoZJs
      @twoZJs Před 7 měsíci

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

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před 7 měsíci

      @@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.

  • @jacimarmoronarimassad2925
    @jacimarmoronarimassad2925 Před 4 měsíci

    Lindo avião, ele é imponente como um Condor

  • @marlonb.8243
    @marlonb.8243 Před 10 měsíci +7

    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
      @douglaswickstrom6736 Před 9 měsíci

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

    • @dougball328
      @dougball328 Před 7 měsíci

      Rolls Royce has the contract for the new engines.

    • @CSltz
      @CSltz Před 6 měsíci

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

    • @dougconstantine1449
      @dougconstantine1449 Před 4 měsíci

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

  • @jimdebarr5616
    @jimdebarr5616 Před 6 měsíci

    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.

  • @mariamanuelalavinas2418
    @mariamanuelalavinas2418 Před 11 měsíci

    To beautiful thank you.

  • @lawrencemaweu
    @lawrencemaweu Před 2 měsíci

    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.

  • @agriculturaorganicacolombia
    @agriculturaorganicacolombia Před 9 měsíci

    Súper cool, saludos desde Colombia

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet Před 4 měsíci

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

  • @SergioPerez-zh2op
    @SergioPerez-zh2op Před 7 měsíci

    Que lastima que no están disponibles los subtitulos

  • @jimjefftube
    @jimjefftube Před 11 měsíci +12

    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
      @jimjefftube Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@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.

    • @user-gi1wv5xq6c
      @user-gi1wv5xq6c Před 10 měsíci

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

    • @user-gp3zx1zq2u
      @user-gp3zx1zq2u Před 10 měsíci

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

    • @e.conboy4286
      @e.conboy4286 Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @matthewriegel315
    @matthewriegel315 Před 3 měsíci

    Lancers are my man crush , sexy aircraft ! love the B52s still . Lived in Virginia , norfolk of course for really reason.. you can hear the 52s like no other aircraft . Rumbles my quarters like , glad there our on my side . Guessing going to Louisiana Barksdale , amazing sight . My the dream girl at night is still SR 71 sexy beast .

  • @blaz1235
    @blaz1235 Před 21 dnem

    USA🇺🇲 motto " In God we Trust " amazing

  • @vitaliyvyntu4566
    @vitaliyvyntu4566 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thank You so much

  • @Steve_-ob2ne
    @Steve_-ob2ne Před 7 měsíci

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

  • @carls.m.4482
    @carls.m.4482 Před 10 měsíci

    Love the Flag through the window at 5:54

  • @anitasmith4559
    @anitasmith4559 Před 4 měsíci

    At 8:15 the KC-135's are lined up so perfectly on the runway with surgical precision spacing; alignment -- that they don't seem real. Like a special effect.

  • @cello1972
    @cello1972 Před 10 měsíci

    Que gran trabajo hacen esos tipos en manipular y cargar esa cantidad de bombas...