My brother was a radar navigator on one of these. He was killed along with six other crew members on April 11, 1983 in a crash in Utah. My family was absolutely devastated by his death. He was a brilliant young man. I think about him every day. Fly high brother...I love you and miss you everyday.
I'm sure I'll get many disagreements, but this plane is like an albatross bird. It does not take off gracefully, and doesn't land gracefully, but it does fly beautifully!
I used to watch these take off from Kadena AFB in 1969 headed to Laos loaded to the hilt with 500 pound bombs in the bomb bay and under their wings. What took off first were the KC 135 tankers to refuel them when they got in the air. There would be a KC 135, some B 52s another KC135 more B 52s! Also had the very secret SR 71 there too!
I used to live near Ohio's Wright Patterson AFB in the 70s and these flew over every day. They were so large they seemed to just drift by with hardly a sound. Amazing aircraft!
My wife and I often went to Wright Hill to watch them take off between 1972 - 76. As a young 2nd Lt. we did not have much money. This was cheap entertainment. They were a thing of beauty and still are.
I worked on them parked them put fuel on them and took them apart and repaired them then put them to bed amazing,at times frustrating but a machine that seemed to love you back
Old Gringo Yeah, I was lucky enough to be stationed on a SAC base in 75(Loring,Maine; has since been closed). We used to sit at the end of the runway at nite, watching them take off. Its like a building. But, to your point, many got shot down over Nam with primative missles.
And the story of the B-52 is far from over. First flown in 1953, with modernization programs the US Air Force plans to keep them in the fleet until about 2050 or later. That's a 100 year airplane my friend.
I spent 2 years at Andersen AFB Island of Guam when it was changed from a Strat wing to a bomb wing. I worked in the bomb dump 43rd MMS. I miss those B52s.
@@thomaswalsh5097 I worked on the Titan II re entry vehicle as a Nuclear Weapons Specialist at Davis Monthan AFB, I can’t remember the squadron number. I came from being on a Missile Crew for the Mace Missile in Okinawa at Kadena AFB. what a difference! You always read the SAC sucks, and I found out why!
I was in the US MARINES at Futema air facility in Okinawa. When I drove past Kadena air force base these great planes were there and I always stopped to watch then take off or land. Totally awesome. A real sight to see and hear.
My big brother was a Marine in Vietnam in '68 - '69 who came back a huge fan of B-52s. His description of witnessing B-52 Arc Light raids from the perspective of Marines on the ground made an impression on me. Actually, the BUFFs flew so high the Marines never actually "witnessed" the BUFFs themselves, only the "rolling thunder" from the ordinance they delivered. It was apparently pretty awesome. I don't know if his stories had anything to do with it, but later in the '70s I ended up in the USAF on B-52Ds (the AF part was intentional, B-52s were just the luck of the draw). Knowing they were his favorite aircraft, I sent him a B-52 t-shirt in the mail. Years later after my AF days were long over he and I were swapping military stories (some of them actually true), and he told me he had worn that t-shirt until was ragged.
Saw B-52s take off at Hill AFB in Ogden UT in the early 90s while Desert Storm was going on. The sound, the SMOKE TRAIL - this video brought it all back. It’s hard to describe it - like a beast being unleashed. Terrifying to think of the firepower this aircraft can carry and deliver. I’m still in awe.
Nothing like a "Buff" takeoff!! I was stationed in 1969 at U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand during the Vietnam Conflict. We had about 50 Buffs there and they were magnificent to watch!!
They have been around a very long, long time. It is insane that such an old aircraft is still so very relevant to this day. Then again we still fly the U-2.
It is absolutely amazing that this aircraft is still flying after 69 years! . . .there has always been talk about retiring it. We get to see them flying over our house quite frequently; ALWAYS go out to see it IF there isn't cloud cover obstructing the view.
keep in mind that plenty of those accidentally dropped whatever they were carrying for some reason i wouldn't be so happy about them flying over my house
@@johnevans388 Your quote:"It amaze me how something big can take flight". Well the Antonov 225 Mriya is way bigger. It's as well bigger as the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. Mriya even flies more elegant than the Galaxy, I've seen in a air show, many years ago.
I'm an aircraft mechanic of over 35yrs.......commercial. Although I've worked on a few military aircraft, commercial is my game. There are a number of that I've made various parts for like the A-10 Thunderbolt, F-111, B-1B, and the C-5 Galaxy, and even though my favorite Boeing aircraft.....military speaking, is the B-17, the B-52 is a workhorse of another dimension!
I used to breath the sight and sound of them intimately for 4 yrs. Many longer than I did. It was sometimes boring, sometimes intense , often painful . I don't regret it.
This magnificent air machine has enough thrust that it is possible to still rotate with a 4 degree nose-down attitude. I was an avionics tech on these gems back 1973 to 1976, stationed at Loring AFB, Maine. Memories of riding the launch truck. AMS 5 was our radio call sign. What a time that was.
They fly them around where I live. I hear them every day, every night. If one flys over while you're having a conversation you just stop, wait for it to pass, & pick up where you left off.
@@Arr1able yes and no. Idk how high they are at the time, but they fly them somewhat close to the ground with the landing gear down a lot (help keep them at operational status I guess). One will literally over power every other sound while it flys over. If you're not hearing one like that, you're hearing one off in the distance, flying over someone else lol.
These B52s would scare the sh*t out of us kids, when years ago they came low over the house to land at Upper Heyford Air base Oxfordshire, I miss the base, the Americans, the F1-11s, lovely times, lovely people.
We didn't have the '52's at our base, which was RAF Brize Norton. Of course, that was in 1963-'65. Brize was turned back over to Great Briton in '65, and we came home. We had the old B-47's then. I spent two years at Brize.
Cant comment on the B52s as the RAAF (here in Aus), never purchased them... but the F1-11s were one of the best fighter/bombers we had. Growing up near Amberley afb, I'll always remember the roar of the Pigs going over and seeing their dump and burns; i've many fond memories of them - long live the Pig.
I got to go inside a B-52 at Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa, FL at an air show. This is a massive, amazing aircraft. One of the best planes ever built.
Barksdale used runway on occasion that brought them over my house really low. It was almost deafening..... I loved it!!! The sound of freedom..... And eight smoking engines.
WPAFB was the home of SAC. Having lived close to the base I still remember watching those huge wings lift up before pulling the fuselage with them. It is amazing how much they move.
@@SmokieOkie918 I was Stationed at Minot for my 20 yr. career with the exception of a 1 yr. tour in Panama. I got there in 74 and left Minot in 2011 not long after the flood.
I was raised just north of Dayton Ohio. Very near Wright Patterson AFB. In the 60s Mom used to pack up a Picnic and Dad would drive us over to watch the B-52s take off and land. Amazing they’re still a capable aircraft. That was a fun activity for a couple Farm kids. The Air Force Museum there is amazing too. It’s a Crime they didn’t get a Space Shuttle. It’s a one day drive for 60% of Americans and has never charged admission.
Watched them land at Amarillo Air Force base when I was in high school (I'm 76 now). When I was younger than that I watched B-36s making low passes over the city on their way back to San Antonio ; I'll never forget that sound.
In mid 1972 I finished a 1 year assignment in Vietnam flying a C-47. I was assigned to SAC as a B-52 pilot. I went to their 6 month school at Castle, AFB in California. I finished up my training flights just before Christmas 1972 and was scheduled for my final flight test on January 1, 1973. As I waited over the Christmas layoff, I sat and watched B-52's getting shot down over Hanoi. I thought: "Oh HELL. Here's another fine mess I've gotten myself into! I just survive a 1 year stint in Vietnam. NOW, I'm gonna go back over there and get shot down....in a B-52! WTF...OVER!"
I used to live near Barksdale main gate. When I was a kid, in Albany, Georgia, we were in the runway approach and would have those monsters fly about 100 feet above our house on take-off or landing. And, an ORI (Operation Readiness Inspection)? B-52's and KC-135's overhead once a minute for about a half hour! Our windows would rattle and we would have to cover our ears. But, to see those giants fly was so impressive. Seen in this video, to assist with crosswind takeoffs and landings, the main landing gear can be pivoted 20 degrees to either side from neutral. Preflight/taxi checklists require this pivoting to be tested. This yaw adjustable crosswind landing gear would be preset by the crew according to wind observations made on the ground.
We experienced the same situation at Ft. Bliss, El Paso TX back in 1959-1961. The military family housing complex was adjacent to the air strip there and when those huge B-52s would rev their engines and take off, everything would shake, rattle and roll!! We kids thought that it was so exciting, but our mother didn’t find it so fun...she was always trying to hold everything in place while the shaking was going on!
I noticed that pivoting and assumed a) that that was what it was for, and b) why they did it while taxiing pre-flight. Thanks for confirming that for me.
I go to the Royal International Air Tattoo in England nearly every year, only ever seen the B-52 flying once, and it’s still the most terrifying aircraft I’ve had the fortune to see. Those engines screaming overhead, I can understand how the people of Vietnam felt when they were around
When I was about 10 years old my father took us to Homestead Air Force Base and we got to get up close and personal with a B-52. Each engine pod was as large as our 1950 Buick Roadmaster.
When I was in ROTC we went to Louisiana Air Force Base they gave us a tour of the the B-52 Top Speed: 650mph, Wingspan:185'0" Range: 8,800 mi, introduce: February 1955, Number built: 744, Engine types: Pratt & Whitney JT3D, Pratt & Whitney J57
@@banjopete Oh how i would love one in my yardCan i can i please please awwww go on just one I promise to feed it and clean up after it I think my grandchildren would be thrilled I know i would be They are poetry of the air Jenny 😘
@@telsport A business park thats an awful thing to do to an AFB In Guerney Channel Islands where i live An American Air Force Base would be probably bigger than the island Our Airport is small i think the largest we have had in of any military aircraft has been the Hercules when they come over to pick up duty frees and practise take offs and landings I would love to be able to look out the window and see some of the us monsters of the sky not the commercial Aircraft but the real hard working ladies of the sky Still i can dream As for the baby in the video I still want one in my back yard Thanks for your reply Jenny 💕😘
At one time, the B-52 bombers were the world's largest and most feared bomber fleet. The US built a total of 744 B-52s. It's hard to imagine, isn't it.
My dad was a crew chief on these as his SAC, Castle AFB was the first to get them on June 29, 1955 while he was stationed there. Pretty awesome and very loud.
Dad flew these outta Westover and McCoy from 1958 and the 60's during Chrome Dome and in VN outta Guam and later Utapou. Music to my ears always. RIP Dad and High Flight!
Love watching the LA Buff's on a role, (I sing on the wings of a snow white bird in my mind) when they take off! Looks like my old SAC BUFF's in the take off mode 50 years ago. Awesome pilots and crew taking care these this beast! Thank you all for your service!
How cool is it that grandkids are working on and flying a plane their grandparents worked on and flew. Seen a bumper sticker at Wright Pat that said "Peace thru Superior Firepower." All I can say to that is PRAISE GOD. and Thank You.
Don't like war(machines), a bomb dropped by these things kills everyone, child ,women, men, soldiers, citizens, that's why I hate these bloody things. Nothing beautiful, just total MAYHEM....
My uncle was in the USAF when I was a kid. He showed my brothers and me of these weapons at his base. I was very impressed but still wanted to be a Sailor like Dad.
Our house was in the flight path of KAFB in Michigans UP. When an alert went off 13 or 14 of these big B52s would roar over the house at 3:00 am. They rattled the house so much my Mom couldn’t keep a Knick-knack on a shelf. It’s a sound you never forget even though it was 60 years ago
I grew up near Castle Air Force Base. The 93rd Bombardment Wing trained pilots for a long time. As teenagers we used to go sit outside the fence, near the runway and watch these huge beasts come in to land. They were so huge and seemed to be flying so slowly that it was amazing that they could stay in the air. We were so close that the pilots would often give us a little salute as they went overhead. We lived in the flight path and everyone in my neighborhood knew that if you were on the phone with someone when one of these guys were flying overhead you had to tell them, "Hang on a minute; Plane." Good times.
Looks like it would be a real handful in a crosswind. The word "iconic" is over-used these days but if one aircraft could be said to be iconic for representing air power during the decades-long Cold War, it's the B-52.. What an aeroplane! One of Boeing's finest products.
Saw a cold war version of a B52 while at Hickam AFB in Hawaii & believe me you haven't seen anything like it when it taxied & attained a speed over 100 miles an hour before take off simply awesome.
It's crazy to think you can replace 4 of these engines with a single modern one. I am glad to see the mighty B-52 getting some modernization so that it continues its badassery into the next century.
I loved watching the wings raise from their ground position as the plane was on the runway, so that the wings leveled off in their flight position - just before the plane left the runway. So graceful - for such a huge plane.
Fantastic film! What a great sight to see these fabulous aircraft take off, BUT why so many dislikes I wonder, to many this would be a once in a lifetime experience but with this video we can watch again and again, thanks for sharing this!
Man, how many B - 52's has the US Air Force got ? Any nation who messes with these guys, have got their hands full. You can't even run for the hills ! There's no place to hide !!
I grew up in Fort Worth near Carswell AFB. Gosh I miss the rumble of these beautiful planes. Now I get to listen to the F35s flying over my house. The sound of freedom 🇺🇸
and they're the most lethal bombers in the world still, they're just that effective...if you're the enemy and that big ole girls' over-head, you're so done hehe
@@marksmith2714 they've been modified with the latest technology, 'resto-modded' in effect...if they're such fossils, they sure get the job done like the 'modern' bombers
Man, this thing is more like a giant bird than a man-made construction. Even the way it wobbles from one side to the next is like it’s saying “I’m not meant to be on the ground, dammit! You gave me wings now let me flyyyyyyy!”
It was not "wobbling" around, the crew was just checking the crosswind crab limits of the landing gear, which turns up to 20 degrees off-center in either direction. This enables a fully loaded B-52 to take off into as much as a 50 knot direct crosswind while still staying in the middle of the runway. Probably the best bargain the USAF ever purchased. I flew over 4000 hours in the D-model, which was built in 1955-56 and cost around a paltry 8.5 million to build. Also one of the sturdiest, most forgiving airframes of all time.
Was on Mass Pike, 1972 one took off from Westfield Mass and it seemed like it was 3 feet above my car, so loud, so unexpected, so memorable, so proud to see my tax dollars preserved!
went to umass in the early 70's. used to see lots of them flying over en route to westover. my uncle was a navigator on b-52's and when i was about 10 or 11, 1960 or so, he got us into one. sat in the pilots seat.
B-52: flies over Vietnam in the 60s and early 70s Vietnamese ppl with our anti-aircraft weapons: look, here comes more metal to make tools and furniture
My brother was a radar navigator on one of these. He was killed along with six other crew members on April 11, 1983 in a crash in Utah. My family was absolutely devastated by his death. He was a brilliant young man. I think about him every day. Fly high brother...I love you and miss you everyday.
Sorry for your loss man
وماذا عن أطفال العراق، اللذين قتلو من قبل القوات لامريكيه
So sorry for your loss.
Lol!
RIP fallen hero
I flew them A HALF CENTURY AGO....and they STILL look awesome.
Half a century ago
@@beaconblaster33 *YAWNS* They do the job, so what's the issue?
@@kyokogodai-ir6hy grammarly
The Buff seems timeless a bit like the 747 the older it is the better it looks . Truly a magnificent piece of american aviation .
@@beaconblaster33 half of a century ago
I'm sure I'll get many disagreements, but this plane is like an albatross bird. It does not take off gracefully, and doesn't land gracefully, but it does fly beautifully!
Just don't be under it when it drops it's payload lol
Yep, sipping a cool 3300 gph in the process...
And delivers a heck of a payload!
Lo mejor de la USAF que avión,que potencia felicidades USAF protegan esa hermosura 😍🇺🇸
Those big old metal condors now can fire cruise missiles at the Kremlin while flying just over the South Coast of Sweden.
The silhouette of them rolling down the runway with the flaps out is intimidating as hell, love it.
WE LOVE IT ALL!
This plane look beautiful and terrifying at the same time.
PERFECT lovely comment 😉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@hugoabreu5
I used to watch these take off from Kadena AFB in 1969 headed to Laos loaded to the hilt with 500 pound bombs in the bomb bay and under their wings. What took off first were the KC 135 tankers to refuel them when they got in the air. There would be a KC 135, some B 52s another KC135 more B 52s! Also had the very secret SR 71 there too!
I saw one in a fly over at a football game. The sound and sight were awesome. As the saying goes, "I'm glad they're on our side."
I remember when they flew over Dyess AFB. 😯
Those B-52s gotta be, hands down, the most intimidating looking aircraft ever!!!! BAD ASS!!!!👍👍👍👍👍
+The Train Man+
You got that right! They look like giant, metal, lethal, condors.
It looks like Batman.
Scary sounding too with the screaming TF-33 turbofans
Lol dont Forget the Vulcan, thats number 1 for me but this is close
*Vulcan has entered the chat*
I used to live near Ohio's Wright Patterson AFB in the 70s and these flew over every day. They were so large they seemed to just drift by with hardly a sound. Amazing aircraft!
I was just at the museum last week
My wife and I often went to Wright Hill to watch them take off between 1972 - 76. As a young 2nd Lt. we did not have much money. This was cheap entertainment. They were a thing of beauty and still are.
I worked on them parked them put fuel on them and took them apart and repaired them then put them to bed amazing,at times frustrating but a machine that seemed to love you back
It's amazing how some of these guys are flying the same plane there grandaddy and in some cases their great grandaddy flew. Simply phenomenal
It’s like a 70 year old man that can still fight in the mma and still kick ass. Absolutely an amazing aircraft
Let's see if it can kick Ayatollah,s ass hhhhhh
Am Bo oh it can
Old Gringo Yeah, I was lucky enough to be stationed on a SAC base in 75(Loring,Maine; has since been closed). We used to sit at the end of the runway at nite, watching them take off. Its like a building. But, to your point, many got shot down over Nam with primative missles.
@@turtleman5111 well it seems like it's hard to dodge if your wings are the size of the statue of liberty
And the story of the B-52 is far from over. First flown in 1953, with modernization programs the US Air Force plans to keep them in the fleet until about 2050 or later. That's a 100 year airplane my friend.
GRANPA never SLEEPS
It’s really not bad when the power plants are at 10%, the ship is sailing, and the clock on board is standing
You know it's a long wing span when the wings have wheels on them , beautiful aircraft !!! 😀👍✈✈✈
Spent 4 years in SAC. Watching these take off never gets old.
When the world feared three little letters SAC.
I spent 2 years at Andersen AFB Island of Guam when it was changed from
a Strat wing to a bomb wing. I worked in the bomb dump 43rd MMS. I miss
those B52s.
@@thomaswalsh5097 unless you were in a SAC squadron, then you got to live the term, “SAC sucks! “
@@bugman9787 509Th SPS. So, yeah, SAC Silly Ass Circus.
@@thomaswalsh5097 I worked on the Titan II re entry vehicle as a Nuclear Weapons Specialist at Davis Monthan AFB, I can’t remember the squadron number. I came from being on a Missile Crew for the Mace Missile in Okinawa at Kadena AFB. what a difference! You always read the SAC sucks, and I found out why!
I was in the US MARINES at Futema air facility in Okinawa. When I drove past Kadena air force base these great planes were there and I always stopped to watch then take off or land. Totally awesome. A real sight to see and hear.
I was there also, 79 and 80 at Macs 4
My big brother was a Marine in Vietnam in '68 - '69 who came back a huge fan of B-52s. His description of witnessing B-52 Arc Light raids from the perspective of Marines on the ground made an impression on me. Actually, the BUFFs flew so high the Marines never actually "witnessed" the BUFFs themselves, only the "rolling thunder" from the ordinance they delivered. It was apparently pretty awesome. I don't know if his stories had anything to do with it, but later in the '70s I ended up in the USAF on B-52Ds (the AF part was intentional, B-52s were just the luck of the draw). Knowing they were his favorite aircraft, I sent him a B-52 t-shirt in the mail. Years later after my AF days were long over he and I were swapping military stories (some of them actually true), and he told me he had worn that t-shirt until was ragged.
I was at Camp Hansen in 72. Went to Kadena to pick up ammo once. Nice big chandelier in the mess hall. My uncle was a B-52 pilot in Nam.
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Saw B-52s take off at Hill AFB in Ogden UT in the early 90s while Desert Storm was going on. The sound, the SMOKE TRAIL - this video brought it all back. It’s hard to describe it - like a beast being unleashed. Terrifying to think of the firepower this aircraft can carry and deliver. I’m still in awe.
Nothing like a "Buff" takeoff!! I was stationed in 1969 at U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand during the Vietnam Conflict. We had about 50 Buffs there and they were magnificent to watch!!
U T 70 -71 Bomb Nav Hard Hat. Still hear and smell them in my dreams.
Same here John I was 4258 FMS U-Tapaoin the engine shop 1969 the B52 D Model
They have been around a very long, long time. It is insane that such an old aircraft is still so very relevant to this day. Then again we still fly the U-2.
Even after watching a bunch of these take of, it’s always amazing to watch those wings find their lift. The camber becomes a graceful dihedral.
It looks like a groundloop nightmare
Thems wuz my thoughts too, dude: The camber indeed becomes a graceful dihedral! Woooeeeee!
Never get old looking at these. Been 27 years since I left the air force.
My house is just on the other side of those woods
Nice mate looks fuckin huge
yup, 44 years since i left.
That scream is why we sleep good at night. God Bless the USAF.
It is absolutely amazing that this aircraft is still flying after 69 years! . . .there has always been talk about retiring it. We get to see them flying over our house quite frequently; ALWAYS go out to see it IF there isn't cloud cover obstructing the view.
The ones flying today are not 69 or 70 years old. The early ones are all retired. What's flying now are version Hs- all vintage 1961-1962.
keep in mind that plenty of those accidentally dropped whatever they were carrying for some reason
i wouldn't be so happy about them flying over my house
Me: Think I'm going to go to sleep now.
CZcams: Here's a video of some big ass planes taking off.
Me: K. I'm in.
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These are Bombers going to be used by America against Iran very soon Jesus showed me in a dream. 7/30/19 and now it is happening!!!!!!
Think that's big? Look up a c5 galaxy
The youtube vortex.
Saw these once a year when my Dad was in the RAF and still to this day, it amazes me how something so big can take flight.
The Antonov 225 Mriya seems to be twice as big than this one. czcams.com/video/5jALTAeHLbQ/video.html
Check out the vulcan what a beast for its time.
@@47rintin1 Yeah, but how many bombs can it drop?
@@johnevans388 Your quote:"It amaze me how something big can take flight". Well the Antonov 225 Mriya is way bigger. It's as well bigger as the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. Mriya even flies more elegant than the Galaxy, I've seen in a air show, many years ago.
@@47rintin1 so you're telling me the "Antonov 225" is the biggest airplane in the world?
Taking off from my first base RAF Fairford !! Was there from ‘82 to’87. Loved it !!
Wow, that plane is so heavy, that even with all that thrust, it accelerated slowly.
Love them B-52,S SEE them ever day, and pray they come back safe. Iam from Barksdale and still here after serving 22 yrs
Much respect
“We pay for whole runway, we use whole runway”
That is what we call - the runway cleaner!
How long does the runway have to be for a safe takeoff and landing ?
@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 3-3.5 miles I presume. Some of them do have water injection to boost the engine thrust a take off
@@empe811That was a joke, right? A 3.5 mile long runway? Uh, no. No aircraft in existence that requires that much distance to achieve rotation speed.
@@empe811 The only B-52s still in service since the 1990s are H models, and they never had water injection.
I'm an aircraft mechanic of over 35yrs.......commercial. Although I've worked on a few military aircraft, commercial is my game. There are a number of that I've made various parts for like the A-10 Thunderbolt, F-111, B-1B, and the C-5 Galaxy, and even though my favorite Boeing aircraft.....military speaking, is the B-17, the B-52 is a workhorse of another dimension!
One of the things I liked most about being stationed at Ellsworth AFB was the sight and sound of these magnificent aircraft...
My Dad was at Ellsworth in the 50s worked on the b 36s I was born on the base.
I used to breath the sight and sound of them intimately for 4 yrs. Many longer than I did. It was sometimes boring, sometimes intense , often painful . I don't regret it.
I was a mechanic on the B52 H in Grand Forks, ND in the mid 70s. What an awesome aircraft!
This magnificent air machine has enough thrust that it is possible to still rotate with a 4 degree nose-down attitude. I was an avionics tech on these gems back 1973 to 1976, stationed at Loring AFB, Maine. Memories of riding the launch truck. AMS 5 was our radio call sign. What a time that was.
We might have crossed at Loring. I arrived there 8/76 and departed 2/80. 42nd AMS as a KC-135 flight simulator tech (E5).
It looks like the pilot actually has to start flying the plane before it even gets off the ground.
Mark
Halley
The metal Vulture.
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Hands down the most beautiful aircraft ever.
I love the way B52 pilots start ‘flying’ the plane before they even leave the ground 👌
Very impressive footage !!!
My dad worked on the simulators for these in the late 80s-early 90’s. It’s amazing how BIG everything is on this plane!
I Love America! I love our country and it's technology!! All of those B 52's are around 40 years old!! Still awesome. :-)
They fly them around where I live. I hear them every day, every night. If one flys over while you're having a conversation you just stop, wait for it to pass, & pick up where you left off.
Must be a quiet town
@@Arr1able yes and no. Idk how high they are at the time, but they fly them somewhat close to the ground with the landing gear down a lot (help keep them at operational status I guess). One will literally over power every other sound while it flys over. If you're not hearing one like that, you're hearing one off in the distance, flying over someone else lol.
What a great privilege! Thank you.
Reminds me of when I lived in Merced, CA, in the mid-1960s.
Your hearing is OK so far??
These B52s would scare the sh*t out of us kids, when years ago they came low over the house to land at Upper Heyford Air base Oxfordshire, I miss the base, the Americans, the F1-11s, lovely times, lovely people.
Stans lad My dad was stationed there from 1951 to 1953. He has fond memories of the area.
We didn't have the '52's at our base, which was RAF Brize Norton. Of course, that was in 1963-'65. Brize was turned back over to Great Briton in '65, and we came home. We had the old B-47's then. I spent two years at Brize.
Cant comment on the B52s as the RAAF (here in Aus), never purchased them... but the F1-11s were one of the best fighter/bombers we had. Growing up near Amberley afb, I'll always remember the roar of the Pigs going over and seeing their dump and burns; i've many fond memories of them - long live the Pig.
Fascinating seeing those droopy wings straighten out when they start getting lift.
See my (mostly) humorous comment.
I got to go inside a B-52 at Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa, FL at an air show. This is a massive, amazing aircraft. One of the best planes ever built.
That was a great 'show¡☆! 🙂
IKR! I saw one at a show in Missouri. I was able to stand up while looking up into the bomb bay.
Barksdale used runway on occasion that brought them over my house really low. It was almost deafening..... I loved it!!! The sound of freedom..... And eight smoking engines.
Freedom to ship arms, conquer oil and opium fields, and kill anyone Israel demands.
When I was a young boy in the "50's" my Dad would take me to Griffis AFB to watch these monsters take off and land. What an awesome site.
I was on griffis in rome NY a few years bk the place looks like crap roofs falling in etc a real shame.
60 plus years and still delivering the mail. Updated, of course, but awesome.
From Utica...watched em all the time. Still in Utica.
@@telsport lived in canjoeharie for a number of years really enjoyed the area my kids learned to ski on royal mtn
WPAFB was the home of SAC. Having lived close to the base I still remember watching those huge wings lift up before pulling the fuselage with them. It is amazing how much they move.
My Dad was a radar navigator, celestial navigator! I used to love watching the take offs and landings 💞 Miss him so!
My dad worked on the B52 when I was a kid. We were stationed in Grand Forks, ND.
We were stationed at Minot in 70-72. My dad worked on their radar systems.
@@SmokieOkie918 I was Stationed at Minot for my 20 yr. career with the exception of a 1 yr. tour in Panama. I got there in 74 and left Minot in 2011 not long after the flood.
The B-52 makes moving 500,000 lbs look so effortless.🇺🇸
With eight huge jet engines screaming at around 20,000 lbs thrust each. Indeed it does.
I was raised just north of Dayton Ohio. Very near Wright Patterson AFB. In the 60s Mom used to pack up a Picnic and Dad would drive us over to watch the B-52s take off and land. Amazing they’re still a capable aircraft. That was a fun activity for a couple Farm kids. The Air Force Museum there is amazing too. It’s a Crime they didn’t get a Space Shuttle. It’s a one day drive for 60% of Americans and has never charged admission.
Watched them land at Amarillo Air Force base when I was in high school (I'm 76 now). When I was younger than that I watched B-36s making low passes over the city on their way back to San Antonio ; I'll never forget that sound.
Arousing sound?
Magnificent aircraft ! 👍🏻
I've seen you everywhere in railroad videos.
And now in plane videos.
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For destruction not construction :(
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In mid 1972 I finished a 1 year assignment in Vietnam flying a C-47. I was assigned to SAC as a B-52 pilot. I went to their 6 month school at Castle, AFB in California. I finished up my training flights just before Christmas 1972 and was scheduled for my final flight test on January 1, 1973. As I waited over the Christmas layoff, I sat and watched B-52's getting shot down over Hanoi. I thought: "Oh HELL. Here's another fine mess I've gotten myself into! I just survive a 1 year stint in Vietnam. NOW, I'm gonna go back over there and get shot down....in a B-52! WTF...OVER!"
I can’t believe I just got assigned to fix these beasts at Barksdale! So stoked!
Good luck buddy...if you work on one that I did I'm sure there is my blood and sweat still there!!
The hiss of the B52 is unmistakable. Very good video, thanks for posting.
I used to live near Barksdale main gate. When I was a kid, in Albany, Georgia, we were in the runway approach and would have those monsters fly about 100 feet above our house on take-off or landing. And, an ORI (Operation Readiness Inspection)? B-52's and KC-135's overhead once a minute for about a half hour! Our windows would rattle and we would have to cover our ears. But, to see those giants fly was so impressive. Seen in this video, to assist with crosswind takeoffs and landings, the main landing gear can be pivoted 20 degrees to either side from neutral. Preflight/taxi checklists require this pivoting to be tested. This yaw adjustable crosswind landing gear would be preset by the crew according to wind observations made on the ground.
That many, in a row, so likev30 bombers?
We experienced the same situation at Ft. Bliss, El Paso TX back in 1959-1961. The military family housing complex was adjacent to the air strip there and when those huge B-52s would rev their engines and take off, everything would shake, rattle and roll!! We kids thought that it was so exciting, but our mother didn’t find it so fun...she was always trying to hold everything in place while the shaking was going on!
I noticed that pivoting and assumed a) that that was what it was for, and b) why they did it while taxiing pre-flight. Thanks for confirming that for me.
Absolutely love the sound of those old school turbofan engines. Not something you get to experience much nowadays.
I go to the Royal International Air Tattoo in England nearly every year, only ever seen the B-52 flying once, and it’s still the most terrifying aircraft I’ve had the fortune to see. Those engines screaming overhead, I can understand how the people of Vietnam felt when they were around
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The B-52 formations flew so high the enemy never heard them or saw them.
When I was about 10 years old my father took us to Homestead Air Force Base and we got to get up close and personal with a B-52. Each engine pod was as large as our 1950 Buick Roadmaster.
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First time in 10 years the Thumbnail turned out to be real
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No big red arrows or circles?
No cap
Esp in the world of clickbait.
@@VaySupaCharged when did that become a saying?
2:33 gave me chills and goosebumps
legend has it if it loses all of its engines it can glide halfway around the world with those wings
Wait is that true ?
@@AzelVonAzrael i made that up but i wouldn’t be surprised if it could assuming it would start from the edge of space
@@AzelVonAzrael its not. its a joke.
Hahahahahah this really is a good fun joke lol
When I was in ROTC we went to Louisiana Air Force Base they gave us a tour of the the B-52 Top Speed: 650mph, Wingspan:185'0" Range: 8,800 mi, introduce: February 1955, Number built: 744, Engine types: Pratt & Whitney JT3D, Pratt & Whitney J57
Dow afb in the 60s saw them daily in my back yard particularly never forget that sight
Michael Corning , must be a good sized yard!.?
@@banjopete I was trying to picture the same thing 😀😂
@@banjopete Oh how i would love one in my yardCan i can i please please awwww go on just one I promise to feed it and clean up after it I think my grandchildren would be thrilled I know i would be They are poetry of the air Jenny 😘
@@jennyperrio4887 Griffis AFB now a business park (very successful) has one sitting. I like to pet it.
@@telsport A business park thats an awful thing to do to an AFB In Guerney Channel Islands where i live An American Air Force Base would be probably bigger than the island Our Airport is small i think the largest we have had in of any military aircraft has been the Hercules when they come over to pick up duty frees and practise take offs and landings I would love to be able to look out the window and see some of the us monsters of the sky not the commercial Aircraft but the real hard working ladies of the sky Still i can dream As for the baby in the video I still want one in my back yard Thanks for your reply Jenny 💕😘
Chills. Saw one at an airship several years back; awe inspiring, couldn’t take my eyes off of it.
Very nice. I grew up next to Tinker AFB and used to go to sleep to the sound of their engines static testing. Nice to hear them again.
At one time, the B-52 bombers were the world's largest and most feared bomber fleet. The US built a total of 744 B-52s. It's hard to imagine, isn't it.
Yeah it’s crazy what can be done by raiding, bombing and destroying other countries. Hope you enjoy!
All from Barksdale. I live in line with runway 15 and see these all day long. Never gets old!
My dad was a crew chief on these as his SAC, Castle AFB was the first to get them on June 29, 1955 while he was stationed there. Pretty awesome and very loud.
Dad flew these outta Westover and McCoy from 1958 and the 60's during Chrome Dome and in VN outta Guam and later Utapou. Music to my ears always. RIP Dad and High Flight!
Love watching the LA Buff's on a role, (I sing on the wings of a snow white bird in my mind) when they take off!
Looks like my old SAC BUFF's in the take off mode 50 years ago. Awesome pilots and crew taking care these this beast! Thank you all for your service!
How cool is it that grandkids are working on and flying a plane their grandparents worked on and flew.
Seen a bumper sticker at Wright Pat that said "Peace thru Superior Firepower." All I can say to that is PRAISE GOD. and Thank You.
Impressive! Its wingspan makes it looking so iconic.
I grew up near Andrews air force base i remember seeing these but definitely remember F4 phantoms, F104s and C5s flying over our house it was awesome.
WOW!!! Those B-52s are absolutely massive behemoths.
What a beautiful sight. God bless all those on board.
Don't like war(machines), a bomb dropped by these things kills everyone, child ,women, men, soldiers, citizens, that's why I hate these bloody things. Nothing beautiful, just total MAYHEM....
@@erwinstada1811 nah, they're beautiful for sure
My dad was stationed hear for 15 years and the sound never got old
My uncle was in the USAF when I was a kid. He showed my brothers and me of these weapons at his base. I was very impressed but still wanted to be a Sailor like Dad.
Amazing to see them working the stick as the aircraft gains speed even before taking off
it is hard to believe, how this aircraft takes off into the air, such a monster !!!!
Even watching this in my phone makes my ear shivering. Can't imagine if i meet this face to face
Our house was in the flight path of KAFB in Michigans UP. When an alert went off 13 or 14 of these big B52s would roar over the house at 3:00 am. They rattled the house so much my Mom couldn’t keep a Knick-knack on a shelf. It’s a sound you never forget even though it was 60 years ago
I grew up near Castle Air Force Base. The 93rd Bombardment Wing trained pilots for a long time. As teenagers we used to go sit outside the fence, near the runway and watch these huge beasts come in to land. They were so huge and seemed to be flying so slowly that it was amazing that they could stay in the air. We were so close that the pilots would often give us a little salute as they went overhead. We lived in the flight path and everyone in my neighborhood knew that if you were on the phone with someone when one of these guys were flying overhead you had to tell them, "Hang on a minute; Plane." Good times.
My dad was stationed at Castle AFB we could watch them take off from our backyard.
@@andrewbarkemeyer8610 I appreciate his, and your family's service!
Looks like it would be a real handful in a crosswind. The word "iconic" is over-used these days but if one aircraft could be said to be iconic for representing air power during the decades-long Cold War, it's the B-52.. What an aeroplane! One of Boeing's finest products.
@@FishbedFive yeah both of those planes are retired, and Stratofortress is just that good
Actually. the B52 has the ability to crab in a crosswind landing while keeping it's landing gear straight. A nice feature.
@@bearcat0551 The gears swivel because it almost always crabs.
Saw a cold war version of a B52 while at Hickam AFB in Hawaii & believe me you haven't seen anything like it when it taxied & attained a speed over 100 miles an hour before take off simply awesome.
It's crazy to think you can replace 4 of these engines with a single modern one. I am glad to see the mighty B-52 getting some modernization so that it continues its badassery into the next century.
I loved watching the wings raise from their ground position as the plane was on the runway, so that the wings leveled off in their flight position - just before the plane left the runway. So graceful - for such a huge plane.
Fantastic film!
What a great sight to see these fabulous aircraft take off, BUT why so many dislikes I wonder, to many this would be a once in a lifetime experience but with this video we can watch again and again, thanks for sharing this!
Man, how many B - 52's has the US Air Force got ? Any nation who messes with these guys, have got their hands full. You can't even run for the hills ! There's no place to hide !!
There wouldn't be any hills left to run to.
The ones in operation are the B-52H's, we have 102 in operation today.
Can’t believe the wings don’t break off with all the weight on them. Amazing.
Still the last word when it comes to who's the most badass. Awesome aircraft
Magnificent aircraft! Listen to it spooling up at 2:33.
I grew up in Fort Worth near Carswell AFB. Gosh I miss the rumble of these beautiful planes. Now I get to listen to the F35s flying over my house. The sound of freedom 🇺🇸
I live near Nellis AFB Las Vegas. B52s are awesome looking A/C. Love watching the B 1s land as well . Amazing !!
IT doesn't take off, the ground just drops way beneath it.
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Haha lol
Weighs so much the ground runs away from it
I find it amazing how most of these were built in the 50s and are still in service.
and they're the most lethal bombers in the world still, they're just that effective...if you're the enemy and that big ole girls' over-head, you're so done hehe
The H models were built in the early 60’s and are the only ones still in service.
They are fossil's
@@marksmith2714 they've been modified with the latest technology, 'resto-modded' in effect...if they're such fossils, they sure get the job done like the 'modern' bombers
waifu breaks trust me they rebuilt the entire system over again.
Watching this vid more than 10 times and still, its so majestic
I was in both of these SQDRN's... the 96th and the 20th, out of Louisiana, Barksdale AFB... Love my 52's! Retired from there back in Feb of 2006.
Project lead: how large should the wingspan be ?
Engineers: YES
Man, this thing is more like a giant bird than a man-made construction. Even the way it wobbles from one side to the next is like it’s saying “I’m not meant to be on the ground, dammit! You gave me wings now let me flyyyyyyy!”
It was not "wobbling" around, the crew was just checking the crosswind crab limits of the landing gear, which turns up to 20 degrees off-center in either direction. This enables a fully loaded B-52 to take off into as much as a 50 knot direct crosswind while still staying in the middle of the runway. Probably the best bargain the USAF ever purchased. I flew over 4000 hours in the D-model, which was built in 1955-56 and cost around a paltry 8.5 million to build. Also one of the sturdiest, most forgiving airframes of all time.
@@DerekDtj epic response!
Was on Mass Pike, 1972 one took off from Westfield Mass and it seemed like it was 3 feet above my car, so loud, so unexpected, so memorable, so proud to see my tax dollars preserved!
went to umass in the early 70's. used to see lots of them flying over en route to westover. my uncle was a navigator on b-52's and when i was about 10 or 11, 1960 or so, he got us into one. sat in the pilots seat.
love how those gigantic wings sag when not in flight and then flatten out as it gains speed. what a flexible flyer
B-52: flies over Vietnam in the 60s and early 70s
Vietnamese ppl with our anti-aircraft weapons: look, here comes more metal to make tools and furniture