B-52H Over 50 years old and can still drop a full load!!!

[ted3020]

I was a pilot and loved the aircraft. Just don't ask me after a 12 hour flight. We had a 2 1/2 show time a 12 hour flight, some longer many shorter, then a 2 hour maintenance debrief, crew debrief and of course the paperwork. It made for a long day or night.

[ilikeblood33]

is it just me that gets chills lookin at this monster =P

[JetMechMA]

Could you please include tail numbers? There are a LOT of Crew-dogs out here who would like to see their old aircaft.

[JetMechMA]

No, he said they LOOKED like A-10s.....when actually they were F-16's. Bomber survived long enough for escorts to do their job. I got to ride along on my bomber once when we "invaded" Canada. Canadians shot us down...we never knew it until we heard about it later.

[ted3020]

Yes the Canadians shot us down. We were limited to 3,000 feet straight and level. In the clear air you could visually see one over 30 miles away. Let us get low at night and see what happens. 4,500 hours B-52 F,G,H.

[JetMechMA]

@ted3020 Roger that Ted ! Were you a pilot then? Or on the offense team? Three teams right?....Pilots, offense, defense. Which are you?

[CaptainMetalwing]

I'm flying a DA20 in civilian training. I really wish I would have done rotc to fly military.

[signature1990]

Boeing....Legend.....

[k3v015Mk]

is the b-52 still flying missions today? or did it get most of it's action during the first couple years in the middle east?

[cervelo01]

@k3v015Mk Yes; still flying and very capable. This plane has been upgraded to the latest technology and it is continiously modified in order to keep up with the technology ahead.

[raphy1123]

@k3v015Mk with the upgrades it is planned to serve till 2040 in the USAF !

[PacificEdibleSeaweed]

@k3v015Mk This plane dropped most of it's payload in Viet Nam war, yet never dropped it's deadliest load while circling the fail safe zone during the cold war of the 1950s, for which it was designed.

[3268746]

Ahh, yeah!! Miss our BUFFs here at Fairchild.  Still the baddest muthaf+++er in the valley.

[yamaharhinoman62]

nice sandwich

[Chiaoscuro]

Beautiful airplane. One comment on the video...no, you don't salute on the flightline. Ever. Even in the US. It's too hard to drop the habit when the flightline isn't in the US, and your salute points out who to kill to some waiting sniper. Or at least, that's how it was put when I was active duty.

[discovery110]

why the fighter plane try to destroy the B52? is a training mission?

[cervelo01]

@discovery110 ; yes it was a training mission.

[TheMetroPhotographer]

I hope i can drop a full load when I'm 50!!!!

[bigbrotherwasted]

that plane has very huge wings.................

how comes the most dangerous planes have to be so ugly?? Apache,, A 10 Warthog, MI 32,, stealth bomber!! all so ugly

[gfimadcat]

@bigbrotherwasted form follows function - war is an ugly thing, so are the machines used in it. Then again, there's beauty in these big beasts, same with the A-10, from a design point it's butt-ugly, but it has it's own beauty.

[wcresponder]

too bad you thought crappy music was better than hearing this beautiful beast.

[the308capital]

Big Ugly Fat Fuck, still serving and will for a least 3 more decades. I think 2045 is what they project the service life to go until. It will be almost 100 years old when finally retired, amazing aircraft.

[GooglFascists]

Maybe the 1 dislike was a bombardier who got a look at all

the mangled little kids after some "Carpet Bombing".

Americans who are SICK OF KILLING FOR BANKERS

are not "terrorists", they are PATRIOTS.

"War is a Racket"- General Smedley Butler.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS- BRING THEM HOME!

[FlyingBoxHead]

@GooglFascists Perhaps this is why god has an army.War is apart of life,it always will be.And about civilians getting killed.People in the middle east have been dying in the millions over the years in previous vicious regimes of dictators and war lords,it just always seems convenient to blame the west.War is a hell of a loud thing indeed Mr. Butler,guess you should nut up or bring some ear muffs.To the Afghans we are indeed terrorists,to the US they're the terrorists.Stereotyping reversal?

[jarhead565]

The one guy that thumbed down this vid is a terrorist

[futurejarhead0311]

is the b52 big- yes

is it bulky- yes

will you see it coming- yes

will you see it on radar as if its right in front of you- yes

will you shoot at it- yes

will you shoot it down?- not likely

will it kill and destroy everything around you- yes

is that why we love it- yes

all i gotta say folks

[craigergarten]

this is the plane we send when you fuck with the USA

[craigergarten]

this is the plane we send when you fuck with theUSA

[ilikeblood33]

@craigergarten damn straight

[AceofWWII]

This airplane is the only way you can guarantee a hit with free-fall bombs

[CMDRSweeper]

The clip which I am guessing is from Red flag where they try to shoot down the B52, do you have the original to share as well some more details regarding the date and events?

[southpaw0793]

@CMDRSweeper I too have seen this clip before and would like to know more about it. This is actually a longer clip than the one I saw before. I have searched but have been unable to find any info on it at all. Anyone else shed any light on it?

[videomaster19892009]

ID PAY $150 MILLION FOR A B-52H!, If i had that much money.

[JoyFulDoom]

@videomaster19892009 The Aft Body Cowling on a B-52H is roughly $240,000~260,000 each, and there is 2 per engine. That's roughly 1 million per pod and there's 4 pods on a B-52.. Sorry sir, but I think you don't have enough money, all things considered of course. :P

[soulfly7112000]

Automatic 5 stars for choice of song and the baddest bomber of all time. (yeah a b-1 is a little sexier, but this drops more shit)

[opticmc53]

shoot that mutherfucker!!!!!!LOL

[cervelo01]

Best video ever!!!