1978-1982, GFAFB (if you have to ask, don’t) 321st Strategic Missile Wing.
The number of drills, inspections and run out the door at 0330 in the morning to stage out in the backwoods of North Dakota were epic. I have never been so cold in my life.
But they could get all of the B-52s in the air within 45 minutes (if memory doesn’t fail me).
backwoods?
Your North Dakota was different than the North Dakota I knew.