Ever seen a BUFF take off up close? Its magnificent. Closest thing to a religious experience I’ve ever had.
I grew up in upstate western NY. There is a large AFB somewhere near Buffalo that has a lot of these.
One afternoon, in 71 or 72, about twenty B-52’s flew over westbound towards Buffalo.
In a word that gets used too much these days, well, it was AWESOME!!
A friend of mine related his experience in the USMC near the Cambodian border when a B-52 dumped its load five miles from his position. It was a little more than a religious experience...
When I was with the 301st TFW at Carswell AFB in Ft. Worth, TX. I was on the runway arming crew for our birds
F-4DS)> That day they had a full ORI and flushed all of their birds(52s)I was less the 75 yards from from runway. Talk about an experience...my ears still hurt to this day.The only thing better in my life was a backseat ride in an F-105 on a live bombing run at Ft.Hood and an F-4 backseat ride to Meridian, MS.Good memories for life.