To: Red Badger
Yeah, the BUFF could fit the real crowd pleasers in the bay.
To: doorgunner69; All
As a kid in the 50's, we'd spend two weeks each summer on Cape Cod..My dad, who flew C-47's in WW II..would often take me to Westover AFB, to watch the B-52's takeoff and land. The ability of the BUFF to land sideways ( crabbing) always amazed me.. Here's a kewl
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24 posted on
06/24/2015 1:34:26 PM PDT by
ken5050
To: doorgunner69
Years ago a buddy was a navigator on the refueling planes in support of the B-52’s. Every so often his crew would be at the base full time to cover for rapid deployment.
I asked him if there were nukes on the B-52’s. “I can neither confirm or deny that. However, all of those guards DO have fully loaded weapons.”
26 posted on
06/24/2015 1:36:13 PM PDT by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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