One other comment. While the B-52 is vulnerable to sophisticated air defense systems, it does have an awesome electronic warfare system that has never been revealed to the public. My dad once told me that the B-52 has the ability to generate enough electrical power to light a decent size city. Translated, that is enough power to block just about all electronic defense systems on the ground or in the air. I don't know what he meant by that, but decades later when I was an independent consultant supporting a DARPA program for the Joint Special Operations Command on an exercise in a very remote location in the US, an EC-139 flew near our command center and shut down ever electronic device we had. It took us 2 hours to come back on line. I've heard that we have a Microwave cruise missile that can not only shut down electronics but permanently disable them. This is not a secret because the Defense Department released a video of a simulation of what this cruise missile could do to both enemy and civilian electronics. This was when North Korea was threating the US and DoD had this simulation video of this technology that was in development but could be made operational in days. Who knows what technologies our defense department have that have not yet been revealed.

@BKHIYW

2 ай бұрын

Your first paragraph is absolutely correct.

@TheRusschannel

2 ай бұрын

I dont think you have all the facts dude... That airplane does NOT have generator capabilities like that lol.. not even close..

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

2 ай бұрын

@@TheRusschannelso, you have worked with or for DARPA……

@kypdurron62

Ай бұрын

Your dad was exaggerating massively.

@BKHIYW

Ай бұрын

And the second paragraph as well.

I am Ghanaian but everything America interests me... I love this country.... God bless America

@lada3264

Ай бұрын

Thank you,

@stevenbenitez1851

26 күн бұрын

why u glazing smh

@gitgud8131

26 күн бұрын

they dont like ur kind buddy.

@Gamer_Grandpa

23 күн бұрын

Amazing how so many people bitching about how terrible American life is are often in the US, UK or similar. Could we do better as a nation? Absolutely. However I am grateful for many things that we consider "business as usual", that would be extreme luxuries in many other parts of the world. Perspective is important :)

Awesome aircraft and crews! God bless our men and women in the armed forces!! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

I read about a retired AF pilot on a commercial flight, when the aircraft was struck by two heavy bolts of lightning. it knocked out everything, including radios and NAV equipment. One pilot called the flight attendant to get the AF that he knew personally pilot in their cabin. they flew the plane, he put a water glass that gave them that they were in level flight. The AF pilot called on his cell phone, reached his old base, they triangulated the position, transferred the call to a civilian crew, got the fighter support aircraft on the way, guided them to the first place where the airliner could get out of the sky in a safe manner. then went back to his seat and watched them land intact.

@Dr_Larken

2 ай бұрын

I feel like the water glass thing was exaggerated! but why wouldn’t you use a water bottle? I’m not saying it’s not, i’m curious ask you how long ago it was?! Mainly because aircraft is struck by lightning all the time it comes with the territory! Personally, I would’ve used water bottle!

@patriot9455

2 ай бұрын

@@Dr_Larken The pilot did not have a water bottle available, a glass was what was available, so that is what they used.

In Viet Nam a B52 strike with conventional bombs was called an "Arc Light". It had pinpoint accuracy and we could feel it in the ground under our feet miles away. Many older weapons systems are very useful when applied properly.

Nice PR job! One question! What took them so long to get the engines turning and burning? After 50 year my stress level still goes up thinking about what I had to do when the horn went off. The aircraft were preflighted up to engine start, so only had to hit the starter switches to rock and roll! If everyone was in the Mole hole, all jets could be running and ready to taxi in about 5 minutes. If a crew was outside the alert facility they had better be up and running in less than 15 minutes. There were 2 types of practice alerts, start and sit in place, or start and taxi. Nobody would know it was a practice till notified by the Command post, so everything was done at 110%. After that the jets had to be re-cocked, all engines couldn’t be shut down until one new starter cartridge had been installed. If it was a taxi the jets all had to be towed back on to a spot, then refuelled. That had to be done as quickly as possible too! 110% remember! That’s a lot of adrenaline! Well that’s enough for now, remember B-52s ROCK!

@nicholasklangos9704

2 ай бұрын

Salute, from a fellow SAC Warrior!! God Bless America!!

😅Dale Brown did more for the buff as a navigator and author than anyone I know starting with Flight of the Old Dog.

Fast forwarding the clip doesn’t mean they are in a run. You just increased the speed

@itsmcpimpin8454

2 ай бұрын

That clip is only sped up once they're in the cars driving away. Not while they're running to the cars. He definitely needs to speed up a van accelerating to make it interesting lol.

@VoidFyre

2 ай бұрын

I mean dude you can clearly tell they’re running or at least jogging, nobody walks like that but that is the average jogging/running motion. If you’re referring to the beginning clip, then sure it was fast forward probably because it was a longer clip and he wanted to make it shorter without cutting it short. Which is a common and normal thing to do for editing.

@Dr_Larken

2 ай бұрын

I mean, it makes sense. The Air Force has lower PD standards. Especially in 2024! They probably fast-forward it because there wasn’t wearing the one crucial piece of safety the infamous PT Belt! That thing will protect you from a nuclear explosion!

@ValurEinar

29 күн бұрын

Judging how their stance was and arms slightly in the air once they arrived at the cars, you can tell they were actually sprinting towards them. Moving your arms up as you slow down near an object, is a natural thing humans do to protect themselves incase of an impact. You can tell that the clip in the beginning isn't fast forwarded by looking at the man in the background, on the right side of the last car. It's not until the cars start driving, that the clip is fast forwarded. I'm no car expert, but those do not look like they go from 0-60 in under a second. Speeding up the clip slightly at the end, keeps the audience in this "state of rush". It wouldn't have been the same, watching the cars drive away their regular speed.

There're more than just pilots on the B-52.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere

Is it me, or did the aircrews run a lot faster when SAC was in charge of the bombers…

All of this talk about scrambling is making me hungry. Think I'll scramble up an omelet.

Where were the F-15 escort planes when the Russian planes were intimidating our B-52s

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Firemen poles should be installed to facilitate a scramble and reduce the possibility of a sprain ankle while running down the stairs with equipment

The B1b Lancer has more of a payload than the B-52 Stratofortress has! It's like 10 tons more...

B-52s do not have an auxiliary power unit. Normal ground launch uses a ground air source to start the first engine. The air from that started engine is used to start each of the other 7 engines serially. Normal ground launch sequence takes about 12 minutes to get all 8 engines running at idle. B-52s do not sit on the ground for one hour 'warming up the engines.'

DURING DESERT STORM I WAS ABLE TO WATCH OUR SORTIES ON MISSIONS THAT TAKEN ONLY 15 MINUTES TO LAND REFUAL RELOAD AND RETURN TO ACTION

@jgannon1637

2 ай бұрын

You look like a fool for typing in all caps. Like what you have to say is more important than everyone else.

@jonezen1

2 ай бұрын

Just hope it didn't cause a permanent shift or what def. appears like post traumatic all-cap disorder 😅

@redeyedmongoose2963

2 ай бұрын

@@jonezen1 does it matter

@KATONKA...

2 ай бұрын

Horse shit! You are only impressing yourself self. Everyone else knows this is an ignorant statement

@joshmonus

Ай бұрын

​@@jonezen1lol

I watched 494th pilots run to their F-15E’s from the head shed on 11 September 01 from cable shack 5 south. About 15 minutes after the second tower fell. It’s not a good feeling.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

I was in SAC, if the BUFFs fired up on the hot pad and took off, we were going to war. During ORIs, the ready pads would fire up but never take off.

B-52 can remain operational for many more decades, simply because of its of its timeless design for what it is meant. They are not used as frontline airplanes, they are designed to go after the line has been cleared of air defences with ground fighters like A10s, F22s, F35s etc etc. Their tehnicallity is they are cheap to produce( at least when compared to other types of bombers like B2), maintain and can carry insane bulk of heavy explosives. Even though they were made in 50s, they are not the same plane; they have been brought to perfection over trials and errors, I dont think there are alot of planes of such type that have as much experience as B52s have. When they end their service they are gonna be 100 years operational, which in aviation is unheard of.

7:18 no way there flying with them beat up co pit💀

Fabulous video once again .. as a Canadian, I am grateful for ground and air forces in both our allied countries. Thank you! ♥

@johnlozauskas778

Ай бұрын

I'm glad our counties are friendly, too as I have enjoyed Canadian hospitality on more than one occasion.

I remember when these bad boys were based at Wurtsmith and Seymour Johnson. No sound like a water-injected take off.

I was assigned to the 92d Security Police Squadron, we had B-52G's on 15 minute nuclear ground alert, this meant when the klaxon sounded the crews had 15 minutes to be on board the bomber with the first one at the runway threshold awaiting clearance to take off. They also practiced MITO minimum interval take off to evacuate the base as we were a target that would get hit by at least one nuclear weapon from our enemy. Everything was designed for this purpose including the streets on base. All non essential traffic had to exit the roadway when the red lights started flashing and us Security Police would be on the roads making sure the order was followed. I arrested a commander's wife for not getting off the roadway, her husband had to stand before the man explaining his wife's actions, she was released that day, but I am sure her husband a B-52 crew member gave her what for!! We can thanks General Curtis LeMay for his planning and design of this system as he headed Strategic Air Command for 9 years from 1948, to 1957.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

Hopefully the crew in the dodge journey don't have to get out and push it

@drive-channel1834

2 ай бұрын

😁

@mikethemagnificent6631

2 ай бұрын

Naw, I'm sure they have AAA.

My father flew a B-52G out of Loring AFB during the mid to late 60’s it’s now on the pylon outside of Offut AFB. Anyways we would ride down to runway when Alert was sounded my father and his crew because he was 1st seat would stay in a bunker nearby runway. Never thought that it took very long to watch the black streaks.

Bring back the Jeep! No vehicle screams military like the Jeep. 😂

@robertwall1419

Ай бұрын

USAF pilots are REALLY pampered(I would bet that the other Services pilots would agree),jeeps were WAY too uncomfortable for them! Passenger vans are comfortable! They have really good heaters for the winter and really good AC for the summer.😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

You know damn well them rushing pilots pulled up alongside of that bomber and said the same thing my wife said the first time she met me look at the size of that thing😂😂😂😂😂😂

@mgt2010fla

2 ай бұрын

It's called a BUFF for a reason! Big Ugly Flying Friend or F--K!

Douglas figured the best way to succeed was to do the opposite of what he'd been doing all his life.

Back when Boeing actually cared about making durable planes.

@6:19 The reason there’s analog still on these aircraft is so that an EMP (electromagnetic pulse from nuclear detonation) cannot disable the electronics on these aircraft

Klaxson, klaxson, klaxson. I've been through a few in my days.

People keep telling me "orange" but I still prefer "pink".

Funny to see more and more European Ford's make it to the US; like to Connect and the Transit.

@scottposey1793

2 ай бұрын

Those are also built in the US, it's global marketing, less parts, die stamps and materials.

I worked at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City and we could tell when the buff would take off and the Bone too. Both rumbled the ground for a 1/4 mile.

I live in the Shreveport- Bossier area where we have Barksdale Air Force Base which is one of the two bases that are home to the B-52 so all my life I have watched them fly over and I have known multiple pilots and I know they love flying the massive plane.

Great Video.... The movie : " DAWNS EARLY LIGHT" gives a pretty good rendition of what it may look like when pilots scramble to fight...it's only a movie but it does try to give the impression of how much time they have to be air borne...kinda scary....

@nicholasklangos9704

2 ай бұрын

Even better is Strategic Air Command with General Jimmy Stewart!!

@larrysouthern5098

2 ай бұрын

@@nicholasklangos9704 OF COURSE THAT IS A CLASIC...THANKS

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

2 ай бұрын

Dawns Early Light is a PBS wet dream

No, there is only 1 crew who know how to Scramble and that is the RAF. Plus we wouldn't be parking the buses half a mile away from the ready room. We always take great pleasure in safely flooring our Landys across the pan and taxiway!

The last time I sat in a B-52, it was 1990 at Edwards Air Force Base.

Takes fifteen minutes for nukes to arrive and 20 30 minutes to get off the ground

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.

In the UK im sure QRA stands for Quick Reaction Aircraft.

@sholvak902

20 күн бұрын

It's Quick Reaction Alert in the UK. ( A quick google search and navigation to the RAF website confirms it)

Listen to them taking off every day while stationed at Barksdale.

..just like our alerts in Germany in the early 70s...

Do the B52 bombers sometimes use explosives to start their engines? I'm sure I've come across that somewhere.

@willkerslake8820

2 ай бұрын

Answer my own question, I's actually a small rocket motor.

@hking4619

2 ай бұрын

Yes, there is ‘no’ explosion just a whooosh as the propellant spun the starter up to speed. If the propellant had been contained, then it would make a very loud bang! And yes I did load quite a few starter cartridges on real Nuke Alert in the 6 years working on BUFFs.

What other modern weapon's platform has a lifespan of 100 years?

In the mid 80's I worked at Barksdale afb on the ALCM conversionto cruise missile capabilities.

5:06 I feel like it’s more of a shotgun shell than a rocket motor! Correct me if I’m wrong! Used to get the first pair engines going, which allows the start of the other three pairs of engines! Kinda like how they did it and World War II, for example on the wildcat, although that literally look identical to a shotgun shell! But the cart start is an explosive, not a rocket attention

How many B 52 s is there in the Air Force

@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc

2 ай бұрын

76 last time I checked. Out of 744 built.

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

2 ай бұрын

20 B-2 in service. 72 B-52s in service. 60 B-1s

Now I'm not scrambled eggs

Sweet! Can I get one with small monthly payments? And is it HOA friendly? (sarc) .

You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you.

Check back tomorrow; I will see if the book has arrived.

60s to 80s it's a powerful, but now it's only a Flying Coffin

Such a easy job. Never having to work for real. Just practice your whole life.

@robertwall1419

Ай бұрын

I hate to break this to you,BUT, when the crews get that scramble order- they usually don’t know that it’s an exercise‼️They have to react quickly because it could be real‼️The amount of stress is overwhelming to say the least‼️Plus, the crews have to clear SECURITY to even get to the aircraft‼️If they screw that up, they will be shot(exercise or not)‼️USAF/SP/SS

@MrLeovdmeer

Ай бұрын

@@robertwall1419 Sure. Maby in the old days. But with the internet and constant news they know when if ever they get to do the real thing. Ik reality they get payed to practice their whole carreer.

i reamer as a kid in Florida practice air forces base spy plain would land. back in 60's

غارات الحرب والبقاء للقوه

So scary!

8% of 25 is the same as 25% of 8 and one of them is much easier to do in your head.

4:11 it’s “turret(s)” …. NOT Turrent(s). 4:11 (Turrent is NOT a word).

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They had to speed up the cars, because they run to them and they are so slow it was anticlimactic driving away in a minivan

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What was the scary reason?

There is not a APU on the B52

@drive-channel1834

2 ай бұрын

That's dangerous

Are they loaded and waiting? Not likely with nukes.

💙✌️♥️

Who knew the AFB was named after our current president?

YOUR FREEDOM IN YOUR EYES WAS A WAST OF YOUR TIME ONLY, GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND REALIZE WHAT YOU HAVE HERE! WASTE OF TIME IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO REALIZE YOUR FREEDOM!

So they are not incenirated.

The data contained herein is grossly out of date!!!!!

Written warnings in instruction manuals are worthless since rabbits can't read.

Management

his girlfriend regret now

Fun fact bomber crews do not rush to bombers no matter how quick there told to because no bomber is in a constant state of instantly ready to go even the newer bombers are still walked to since theres not any point in rushing when its gonna take a good 30 minutes alone to actually have it ready fueled and and armed same for fighters but fighters at most id say atleast 10 minutes also no not even in high states of alert at most alert states will have more "patrols" closer to the weapon lockers and carts en etc ready to go faster and unless its a b-52 atleast 5-10 minutes reduced yes i know video might say this but incase anyone needs just that extra confrim

30 secs in u get a thumbs down

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

They need to retire this bird.

@chrisf5418

2 ай бұрын

"In the year 3000, it'll be me, Ozzy Osbourne, Keith Richards, the 1911, and the Browning .50." -- BUFF, channeled through the @habitual_linecrosser

Poor edit crappy just all around

Outdated.

@markg4459

2 ай бұрын

Well that's why we also have B-1s and B-2s...working together they're very formidable.

@scottposey1793

2 ай бұрын

They'll retire the B-1 & B-2 before they retire the BUFF. They're scheduled to fly until 2050+

what a waste

@glorygulbi

2 ай бұрын

think so tiny drones no pilots have to change America weapons system waste waste

@gforce0311

2 ай бұрын

🤡🤡🤡

Who writes this garbage. I feel sorry for modern young ones who rely on this medium for information.

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