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Posted on 03/21/2026 2:01:49 PM PDT by John S Mosby
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Fairford RAF to Iran... Bandar Abbas, and all other mine laying and other naval port assets? Who can say. They come back empty. The 52s leave with 12 cruise missiles on wing points and come back empty. Not known what was in either 52 or B-1's bays, but it is sure massive amounts of precise ordinance.
Slim Pickens as Major Kong would have to replace “Hello, Ivan” with “Hello, Muhammad”. Yeeeeehaw.
But still B-52s. Amazing.
2800 miles to Bandar Abbas, one way. Leaving partly fueled with full load, then top up on the way and the way back. Further to points further down the coast/Straits of Hormuz.
Bless and keep the aircrews on these missions.
“”I’m gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek.” -—Maj. “King” Kong as he moves into the bomb bay to get the doors to open, and then....oops rides one down with “Yeehaw”!
Likely JDAMS instead of missiles, but I must ask: are you sure it was missiles?
The B-52 carries up to 30 2,000lb JDAMS, with 12 of them on external pylons. The B-1 carries 24 2,000lb JDAMS, or 48 1,000lb on internal rotary launchers as a standard load.
They both deliver precision bang and a lot of it.
Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find:
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days’ concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.
Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
When I was in the Nav on gunboats near Danang sometimes we would hear thunder rumbling far off in a completely cloudless sky. We knew that someone somewhere was having a very bad day under an arc light strike.
> Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.” <
Trivia: The original movie line mentioned a weekend in Dallas, not Vegas. But then JFK was shot in Dallas. So the name of the city dubbed over to Vegas.
Oops. I accidentally inhaled the $100 in gold.
By birds that are older than the girls flying them.
Hot link, great video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_z7GQANdT0
I’d forgotten how big they are up close!!
Not sure at all— saw 12 from what you say, JDAMS. The cruise missiles are bigger than what is on those wings— so if they were on board (again not expert at all, iirc these are mounted on rotating mounts for release individually, if they are so arrayed in these flights). Release cruise from far away (some amazing footage of low level flights.
Yes, long hauling heavy lifting delivery of a lot of precision bang. Awe-and then some!
Amazing how the wings, drooping and bouncing off the small wingtip wheels from fuel weight and ordinance, lift up and even as the aircraft takes off and gains lift. Really a beast.
Memories from childhood— when, in those days SAC base did full alert launch, and one of these came over homes it seemed every 15 second. The sound of Freedom, in the Cold War and the days of 24 hour B52 alert posture (ended by GHWB and then SecDef Dick Cheney (spit!)). Cannot recall the year(s) these happened but know that one was in fall of 1962.
The type if not the exact age, older than the girl's grandfathers.
In the above video they are carrying JASSMs.
They have a warhead designed to penetrate concrete bunkers.
They’re going after dug in targets.
>> Bless and keep the aircrews on these missions.
In Jesus’ name. AMEN
Thanks for the ID! Google Lens was failing me.
One would assume they’re headed for missile and/or drone production or storage facilities.
B52H production and upgrade modlels date back to 1962. So yes, the current pilot’s grandfathers could have been B52 jockeys.
Allow me to speculate: These B-52s are only guest performers at this year’s air show in Iran.
Impressive
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