The Photographer
Senior Airman Courtney Witt, United States Air Force
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http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-200905.htm (medium, large, huge)
Posted on 04/09/2013 11:20:49 AM PDT by EnjoyingLife
The Photographer
Senior Airman Courtney Witt, United States Air Force
Via
http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-200905.htm (medium, large, huge)
We had some problems with fighter jets breaking the sound barrier in the 60’s, and a lot of people complaining about the noise. I actually saw one guy do it, I was standing outdoors and saw a fighter jet dive at the town and pull up at a few hundred feet, shaking the whole town with a sonic boom. I can’t identify the type at this late date. No sonic booms from the B-52s, just a loud rumble and a cloud of black smoke.
My Dad worked on the B-29 assembly line at Wichita before he got drafted and sent to Okinawa.
A pair of FA-18’s (four engines) landing at El Toro, over The 5 Freeway had the same affect. Lord how I miss those guys (Base closed in 1997).
That is one mean-looking aircraft. No one is in his right mind would want to fool with it.
Wake Up!
Looks like a roomy cockpit, which is good considering the very long missions they fly now.
B-52s are still flying and good to go.
Obama’s thinking, “I’d like to have that as Air Force One.”
Re: B-52s are still flying and good to go.
The first test flight of a B-52 was in 1952
Yeah, it was probably the “new” jet fighters.
One of my thrills as a kid was watching a B-36 fly low over my house in Des Moines.
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