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To: Thermalseeker

Claim all you want: the last B-52 with a gunner in the tail, and, thus, a tailgunner compartment, was retired in 1983. The only remaining BUFFs after that were G’s and H’s, where the gunner sat in the aft portion of the forward cockpit.

Depending on sun conditions, SOME of the blackout curtains were occasionally partially pulled, but operating at low level in an **entirely** closed cockpit was contrary to SAC Regulations, at least until I left the USAF in late 1989


84 posted on 09/08/2009 8:32:19 AM PDT by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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To: Salgak
Claim all you want: the last B-52 with a gunner in the tail, and, thus, a tailgunner compartment, was retired in 1983.

Aye-Aye, Chief. Must have been a mass hallucination.....

86 posted on 09/09/2009 6:26:52 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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