In January 1969, my best friend in the USAF, Capt. Richard L. Jones was killed on takeoff from Minot in his B-52H. Dick had just come back from his first combat tour in Vietnam, and on his crew's first training mission back stateside, the copilot made a gross error in the stabilizer trim setting. At liftoff, the aircraft went uncontrollably nose up, rolled over and the entire crew was killed on impact off the end of the runway. Dick had a wife and four little girls, the youngest just 10 days old when he perished. Rest in peace, old pal. You were a great classmate in navigator school at Harlingen AFB, and a great roommate in advanced ECM school at Keesler AFB, MS.

@artist92543

4 жыл бұрын

I was in that ECM school, but in 1983.

@briancooper2112

Жыл бұрын

R.I.P hero!

I don't think you'll see MITO's that tight anymore. I worked on the KC-135 water wagons and always liked the sound of the J-57 over the later fans.

I shared it with my dad (Capt. Walke, Retired). He is plane #2....he got in a jet wash which caused the dip to the right on take off.

@traw7021

5 жыл бұрын

Heather Walke well, after reading this and watching the video, it seems every plane “dipped” to the right.

Fantastic and beautiful. WOW! I never get tired of seeing MITO's...never..thanks so much for posting.

Brings back many memories. SAC (Strategic Air Command) was the baddest command in the Air Force. What your looking is SAC responding to a nuclear threat. (Simulated) There were two other prongs of nuclear weapons that included submarines (Navy), ballistic missiles (Air Force). If the threat was real this scenario would have played out at over at least 12 SAC Air Force Bases that I know of, and many more Submarines and Ballistic Missile facilities. I was a Boom Operator at Plattsburgh Air Force base and had many MITO takeoffs and they were exciting, only remember one with B-52's and that was in Guam.

Here we are 11 years after this video was first posted and I found myself thinking I sure hope those boys in Minot and Barksdale are still practicing because they're going to have less time than ever to get those birds off the ground I think. For some reason I was incredibly proud seeing the precision that these airmen exhibited getting these beasts into the air so close behind one another, scrambling for distance from their home base which surely was targeted. I pray that their sons and grandsons who are flying some of the -H models today have the same clarity of purpose and dedication to their mission.

Those were the days! The Griff and Strato Control!

wow 14 big ones in 5 minutes. now that is a testament to bruit American power! good vid. thanks

@robertdoyle7963

3 жыл бұрын

sac

Nice! I do miss seeing the G Models, though.

Lived at minot back in the 1980s my father was stationed there. We used to watch them when they were under SAC. Beautiful! Sorry to any fighter jocks out there but tour little fighters dont compete with these babies

@jrftworth

5 жыл бұрын

This wasn't filmed at Minot, it was filmed at Griffiss

Waouh ! I love the B-52 and B707 ! :-) Great video !

@Commissar0617

4 жыл бұрын

not b707, KC-135 extender and probably an EC135 looking glass or e6 mercury. KC135 is tanker, and E135 and e6 are airborne command posts

Was born @ the 379th Bomb Wing Hospital in 1963, was n AF Brat and Always will be . U go W.A.F.B.

@jrftworth

5 жыл бұрын

This wasn't the 379th, it's the 416th at Griffiss !

@gypsyandy6438

4 жыл бұрын

Stationed at Wurtsmith from 73 to 74. We had a great reunion there in 2018. Also belong to the Wurtsmith Air Museum, check it out. I go back every year and volunteer at the Museum. I was in 379th Security Police.

Looks like someones about to have a very bad day! Great Vid!

Went through Global Shield at Blytheville.

Awesome stuff👍

Wow, I've never seen anything like that before. Thanks for sharing. I remember years ago, when I was driving professionally. I had a Saudi client in the back seat and we were near a US Air Force base. I saw a C-5 Galaxy for the first time in my life fly right over. And I was like "Holy shit, did you see the size of that thing." My client wasn't the least bit impressed. He said "we saw those things flying over all the time during the Kuwait war."

@charlesberndt8230

5 жыл бұрын

nobody cares anymore . it was difficult

@charlesberndt8230

5 жыл бұрын

I guess why they say flush the bombers in that movie no one else can do it

@charlesberndt8230

5 жыл бұрын

that's SAC and the cold war my friend and we were good

@artist92543

4 жыл бұрын

@@charlesberndt8230 I was part of it...that person must be very young.

I did global shield in 1984 ..first time I saw ice bergs

Sight and sound of AIRPOWER

Awesome

Is that Griffis AFB? I think I was with whoever videotaped this as my dad was a pilot

@jrftworth

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, This is Griffiss

Looks like Barksdale.

What year was this?

The good old days of American exerting its airpower.

These must be G's. Can sum 1 correct me?

@nordan00

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

Keep your eyes on china

NOT B5 !!! B52!!

@MarkHobbsPhotographer

Жыл бұрын

All these years and I never noticed!...I shall change it😄

Wow. That was real muscle flexing. No wonder the Russkies folded a few years later. (Did I see a young Obama pouting and waving a peace sign waaaaay in the background?)