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See A Dozen B-52 Nuclear Bombers Takeoff Together
The United States 5th Bomb Wing B-52s and their crews recently performed a mass takeoff during Prairie Vigilance exercise at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Prairie Vigilance is an annual exercise designed to test the wing’s ability to conduct conventional and nuclear-capable bomber operations. (aviationbuzzword.com) Ещё...Yeah. Let's celebrate a murder-suicide pact.
I grew up in the direct flight path of the old Carswell AFB. As a small boy, the B-52 would absolutely scare the hell outta me!! So big, loud, so much black smoke. My father would occasionally take me out near the flight line to watch the touch & gos. There were also many KC 135 & F111 in those days. Very busy skies I remember - seemed something was always doing maneuvers overhead at low altitude.
More humorously, I had an elementary school art teacher who refused to let these planes interrupt her class in the wooden annex building. As they would approach she would get louder & louder, eventually to the point of screaming. :-)
More humorously, I had an elementary school art teacher who refused to let these planes interrupt her class in the wooden annex building. As they would approach she would get louder & louder, eventually to the point of screaming. :-)
I have always wondered if these birds sit on the tarmac already loaded with their nuclear weapons. If not, how much longer would it take to load, check, and takeoff?
While I was in seminary in the late 70's I had the fortunate opportunity to see a scramble of B-52s taking off from Carswell AFB west of Fort Worth, Texas. I was driving east on the interstate into Fort Worth, heading on to Dallas. In the time that I was approaching the area and passing it, plane after plane took off -- with little space between each. It brought pride to me as an American to see the power and impressiveness of the take-off rolls one after another. Now, almost 40 years later, it still brings goosebumps of pride in America.
I've always wondered why don't they use parallel runways for this? Seems like a cheap thing to add, you could launch the jets twice as fast and (in theory) since the volume of planes per runway is less the last few would have less wake turbulence?
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