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Minot Air Force Base to activate new B-52 squadron
Associated Press ^
| Aug 27, 2009
Posted on 09/03/2009 3:52:41 PM PDT by george76
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To: KC-10A BOOMER
My heros are Robert Rosenthal and BIG Frank Valesh and Bucky Cleland.Check em out.
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posted on
09/03/2009 11:47:33 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: F15Eagle
"Sterling Hayden was terrific as Col. Ripper."
"You demoted him!"
"Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) in Dr. Strangelove." 
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posted on
09/04/2009 3:44:19 AM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: section9; Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; ...
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posted on
09/04/2009 3:47:12 AM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: george76
I saw my first BUFF in Guam when I was on my way to Chu Lai Viet Nam.
I think that was about December 20th 1966.
(several lifetimes ago)
LOL
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posted on
09/04/2009 4:17:12 AM PDT
by
Halgr
(Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
To: george76; All
A very long time ago in a galaxy very far away, I live in Omaha Neb. near the Offet AFB. They held a drill and every BUFF took off! What a sight to behold, it was then I knew it was the sound of freedom!
Then, when I was back in my beloved CORPS stationed in Yuma, Az. I was posted at the “hot spot” [a rapid response post in the middle of the airfield] & after the Yuma air show we had a B-52 take off and the wings passed right over out P 19 crash fire rescue truck. We were really rocking & rolling then!
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posted on
09/04/2009 4:46:40 AM PDT
by
TMSuchman
(SEMPER FI & carry on with the plan of the day.......)
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To: KeyLargo
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:13:52 AM PDT
by
Miss Behave
(Stupid, Blonde, and H8r)
To: BooBoo1000
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:15:53 AM PDT
by
Miss Behave
(Stupid, Blonde, and H8r)
To: TMSuchman
Wow. That woulda caused me to be all wee-weed up. "The sound of freedom"...on steroids!
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:23:26 AM PDT
by
Miss Behave
(Stupid, Blonde, and H8r)
To: KC-10A BOOMER
It's not you on the boom in this picture is it?
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:38:12 AM PDT
by
alfa6
To: neverdem; AFPhys; CholeraJoe; george76
Right - It would be better if they were “new” B-52’s - or even better - B’1’s! - than just a single sqdn change.
By the way, doesn’t further “consolidation” into fewer bases mean even MORE vulnerability to a drive-by (Iranian/Russian/Chinese/NK) nuclear truck bomb? ?
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posted on
09/04/2009 11:19:19 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Charles Martel
Did you know that Dan was an Army Infantry First Sergeant in the Korean War?
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posted on
09/04/2009 11:23:11 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $1 million for Sarah Palin if she runs; What will you do?)
To: F15Eagle; KeyLargo
That rotary launcher is something else. I'd like to see a few Grand Slam (or Tallboy) bombs loaded as mountain movers in Afghanistan. Lift enough dirt and rocks “up and over” and you don't need extreme accuracy in target location or millimeter accuracy by on-site laser designation by ground troops and spotter craft.
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posted on
09/04/2009 11:27:07 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
They wouldn’t even be able to find Minot.
It is even further out in the sticks than nothing.
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posted on
09/04/2009 11:38:05 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((Praying for our troops, our citizens, that the Bible and Freedom become basis of the US law again))
To: AFPhys
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posted on
09/04/2009 1:55:41 PM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: TMSuchman; SkyDancer
Served at K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan during the mid Seventies. We were a SAC Base that housed B-52s and KC-135 tankers.
Loved listening to the engine run-ups, and the smell of jet fuel early in the mornings. Watching them take off was a thrill that will never leave me.
To: KeyLargo
I heard of reports of B-52 pilot discovering by aircraft serial number that his grandfather flew the very same aircraft. It would be possible I guess, but I have not seen any actual story to verify it.
I know of some father-son and uncle-nephew (and apparently there is now an uncle-niece) pairs that flew in B-52s, but only one confirmed case where it was the same aircraft. Like somebody else pointed out - the original B-52s are either scrapped, in the boneyard, or museum pieces.
To: BooBoo1000
OK all you heavy flyer's get ready, you are now going to learn what the term winter means. -45 degrees with a 60 mile and hour wind/ tighten up your crupper.
Having been stationed in Alaska and then later on in North Dakota, I'll take Alaska. I still have no idea why people voluntarily live in North Dakota.
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Right - It would be better if they were “new” B-52’s - or even better - B’1’s! - than just a single sqdn change.
Personally I would take the B-52s - outstanding uptime and a much more versatile platform over the B-1s.
To: af_vet_rr
Why? Opportunities & low cost of living.
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posted on
09/04/2009 3:13:59 PM PDT
by
Freedom56v2
("If you think healthcare is expensive now, just wait till it is free! "~ PJ O'Rourke)
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