A B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrives May 4, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Erwin) The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that it deployed two more B-52H Stratofortress at Al …
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The Video in the post brings you inside the cockpit of a B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber flying a nuclear alert training sortie. The Video provides a quite rare and interesting view of an aircrew from the 96th Bomb Squadron (based on the shoulder patch worn by one of the pilots) …
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In this article, we will share with you the story of the rogue B-52 pilot who crashed his bomber after maneuvering it beyond its operational limits at a low altitude Jay Lacklen is a former B-52 pilot with 12,500 flying hours and the author of two books, Flying the Line: An Air …
Read More »A Sixty-year-old B-52H Bomber Nicknamed “Wise Guy” resurrected from the Bone Yard
On May 13, 2019, for the second time in U.S. Air Force history, the service has brought a B-52H Stratofortress bomber out of storage Boneyard and delivered it to an operational unit The 307th Bomb Wing (BW) brought a previously decommissioned B-52 Stratofortress to Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana. …
Read More »B-52 Stratofortress 360° VR cockpit view landing at Al Udeid Air Base
B-52 Stratofortress 360° cockpit view landing at Al Udeid Air Base Here is an amazing video of B-52 Stratofortress 360° cockpit view landing at Al Udeid Air Base Here is an amazing 360 VR video of B-52 bomber landing at Al Udeid Air Base in Qarar B-52 Stratofortress in this video …
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