I was out on the Hot Pad at Grand Forks AFB with my men as we unloaded a Minuteman III from a C-141.
Between the generators and the hydraulic winches running it was quite noisy, then the ground started to shake then there was a huge rumbling sound. My men let go of the winch buttons and ran away from the aircraft as they thought somehow the missile has come off the cradle inside the shipping container.
I remained and turned around to see two of our B-1B bombers fly over the runway about 150 feet off the ground with the wings swept back and full afterburner on. They pulled up nearly vertical and then roll over then towards the west.
They had just returned after winning the SAC Bomb Comp and were celebrating.
Understandable. My B-1 moment was Friday practice for Mildenhall air show. B-1 took off, circled a few times, then disappeared in the distance. A couple other planes took off, then B-1 came in low and loud out of nowhere over the flightline. It was awesome, because it wasn't going to happen at the show over the weekend. I learned later they shook some windows out, and made a few people unhappy.
Darn.