We came a long way baby!
Posted on 09/03/2009 3:52:41 PM PDT by george76
Minot Air Force Base is preparing to activate a new B-52 bomber squadron that will send 10 more B-52s to the North Dakota base.
The new unit will be the fourth B-52 squadron in the Air Force. Minot base already has one squadron and Barksdale Air Force Base has the other two B-52 units. The Air Force has not said whether the planes will be transferred from Barksdale or taken from backup aircraft.
Air Force officials say adding the new squadron at Minot is part of plans to put a stronger emphasis on nuclear mission training for B-52 units.
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Not likely as the tall tail 52s which the Grand daddy flew are either in a few museums or scrapped.The short tails are the only ones flying as far as I know.
I wish they were reactivating the 100th bomb group but I would guess you would have to call it a bomb wing.
The crews are most likely FREEPERS and it wont happen.
I read somewhere that Dan Blocker (Hoss Cartwright) was considered for the role of Major Kong. It's tough to imagine anyone but Slim in that role, but it might've been just as memorable.
I'm pretty sure that the W-80 equipped Tomahawks are long gone from the bomber fleet, shelved during the first Bush administration. The military retains the option to re-deploy them if the need arises, but AFAIK only submarines carry the Tomahawk-N these days. I suspect the warheads will be coming up on their retirement dates in a few years (and we ain't building no mo'.)
Which one is being converted to a plush interior, 24 flight attendants upgraded avionic and exotic paint job just in case “Mack Daddy the Zebra” wants to go for diner with his other half from Washington, D.C. nonstop to New York?
Of course ALL at the expense of the tax payers including the tip.
I should add that most “policies” are obviously best guesses on the part of civilians, where nuclear weapons are concerned. IIRC, the USAF incident where “armed” nukes were flown down to Barksdale AFB involved the nuke Tomahawks.
The B-52 would be a standoff platform to launch nuclear cruise missiles in a real strategic environment. Launch shortly after takeoff from Guam and nuke Vladivostok.
My old unit; Loring AFB, Maine, 1971-1979.
The “Bloody 100th” was deactivated as an Air Refueling Wing when I was stationed at Beale AFB in the 1980s. It is now active at RAF Mildenhall from what I have heard. The legacy lives on even if it is only tanker trash keeping it alive and growing. As we told the Fighter jock that called us that in my youth, “we may be trash, but it’s a long swim home without us!”
As a Baby Boomer in a KC-135A (stream jet) back in 1979 I cut my teeth on refueling the B-52. You couldn’t miss the receptacle it had a huge slipway to guide the boom in for a contact. I wonder if they plan on gluing the wings and tail sections back on to the old models that got cut up when I was working the START Treaty in another life.
We came a long way baby!
Yeah, when it’s winter in North Dakota, it’s damn cold.
ROFLMAO!!!
That’s what I was thinking. We were authorized to wear our parkas off duty. And block heater plug-ins were provided to all base personnel. Even remember some civilians leaving their car run during an entire shift. Also became familiar with the use of jumper cables and starter fluid.
Ah but the hunting and fishing opportunities were great.
Why not? Minot!
Freezin's the reason!
:-)
Full quote:
Ya gonna reinlist?
Hell, no!
Why not?
Minot!
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