The Boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.
The B-52 is like Cockroaches ,they’ll be around Forever ,LOL
The Boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.
The B-52H’s are still around because they’ve been rebuilt so much the crews that flew the original B-52H’s built in 1960-1962 would not recognize the inside of the planes now on the flight line. And even less so if the proposal to re-engine the B-52H planes with four General Electric F103 (the military version of the CF6-80) jet engines become reality.
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The B-52 is a large, heavy plane. I’m always amazed to see them lumbering up there in the sky. It is still an impressive sight.
After setting for so many years, I bet the ground crew has a major time fixing cracks in the skin.
We found that after a B-52 would set on Alert for several months, then be flown, and new cracks would be everywhere.
I’d like to see a few hundred B-52’s fly over Raqqa, and flatten it into rubble like Dresden.
I still remember when the wind patterns would shift in the winter at Castle AFB and there would be an alert and whole strings of B52’s would take off right over our house in Merced. It still can give me chills. Impressive plane.
Can you get into the Boneyard with a military ID? Can the public get in?
Just saw that they offer tours to the public. Can’t get off the tour bus but it would still be pretty cool.
Back when you heard lots of sonic booms and the TV announcer said 'That's the sound of freedom!' Back then, we liked it, nowadays, imagine the whining...
I used to watch these take off at Amarillo AFB back in 1962. I thought they were beautiful then and still believe that. Nothing like it. Occasionally I have seen them in high in the sky in Texas where they fly out of Barksdale in La. Still something to behold.
My recollection is that they cost only $9 million to build one of them when they were new. I’ve wondered why they couldn’t bring out the old plans and just replace the outdated components with updated electronics and engines and build new bombers.
Just imagine what they could do in the ME with a squadron of them carpet bombing the terrorists. Nothing would remain and they would get a real experience of true terror themselves.
"Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana"
I was in La. years ago when you could see these 'Buff's ' flying. Then one day the paper noted there were nuclear bombs at the base and people went wild with horror...."How could this be possible? "
....I wondered what they thought these bombers would be carrying ?
Small correction to that article: The C/D models had 8 engines. The G/H models had 4 engines.
Also, when I was in SAC (from ‘69 to ‘71) the C/D models were painted camo and the G/H models weren’t. Interesting to see G/H models painted drab.
I remember discussion back then about mounting new engines on the D & E, so that discussion has been going on for over 40 years!
When I win the Power Ball I will buy one of these and get a ground crew. Getting pilots and a Nav shouldn’t be a problem. The only problem I see as Weps officer is finding the ordinance.
What are the coordinates of the DNC in DC?
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When I lived in Arizona I used to drive past that site quite frequently.
It was something to behold!
