Brought back some memories. In 59 I was at Altus AFB , OK producing LOX and observed a MITO of 1 wing, KC-135s and 2 wings of 52s. That's probably why my hearing is shot as they flew right over the lox plant. Or when on runway an F101 flew low level, 100 ft over (could feel insides shake). Or when a balst valve in a lauch control facility slammed shut. Of course VA knows nothing of this for hearing aids. During the Cuban missile crisis I was a commo officer at Reno Air Defense Sector facility and heard when SAC went to Defcon one, launched then ADC went to Defcon 1. Hub Zemke, WWII fighter ace was cmdr. Navy intercepted Russian ships and Army was being deployed to FL. Why Khrushchev got his butt handed to him! During the late 60s i was Minuteman Crew Cmdr and could decode and launch 10 missiles (simulated) in under 4 minutes. At vandenberg I was on crew that launched the first ripple fire Minutemen missiles. I'm sure russian trawlers were out observing. Now we can launch USAF 1 to go to a fund raiser or golf game!!! Tony
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:11:54 -0800
From: secpr...@yahoo.com
Subject: Burned some jet fuel that day!
To:
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Finish the job in 2012!
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Burned some jet fuel that day!
Current inventory of B-52’s is 85 I think...
The turbulence had to be horrendous - the affects of which were only shown once.
This is the first time I have heard about "Exercise Global Thunder".
Even if they turned around and landed they burned enough fuel to power every car in North Dakota for 20 years.
This video is for bomber guys; it will bring tears to your eyes...
It is a 15 ship MITO at Minot AFB, ND... For those that receive this email and were not in the AF, MITO means Minimum Interval Take Off. During the cold war if the President had to launch the alert bomber force they had 15 minutes to get them all off. They went down the runway at 15 seconds apart.
Enjoy...
http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=4632948
More sobering, the weaponry they could carry on one such mission could destroy the civilized world.
Considering these birds are more than twice as old as the airmen flying them, this is pretty impressive.
Even more sobering is that these are about half of the entire combat ready B-52s in the world.
