B-52 Preflight

Video by Tech. Sgt. Scott Wilcox 1st Combat Camera Squadron
An aircrew from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron Barksdale Air Force Base, La., pre-flight a B-52 Stratofortress while on deployment to Andersen AFB, Guam, in support on exercise Cope North 10-1. The United States Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force conduct Cope North annually at Anderson AFB to increase combat readiness and interoperability, concentrating on coordination and evaluation of air tactics, techniques and procedures. The ability for both nations to work together increases their preparedness to support real-world contingencies.

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[jerrry13157]

that red button on the column at 2:14 looked tempting

[pr4wn5tar]

looks so old and worn. I meant 3:30 green CRT's !?

Still awesome

[youreale]

wonderfull stuff

[JetMechMA]

I can't get over how young these guys are. OMG!

[JetMechMA]

@virustwin Why 8 engines? Because historically, engine development has always lagged airframe development. When they designed this aircraft...sure they would have rather had one engine produce 34,000 punds of thrust, rather than having two that each produce 17,000 pounds of thrust. At the time, this engine was state of the art. In fact I think it's the first fan-jet engine where most of the thrust is produced by the fan rather than the turbine exhaust. PW2037 wasn't till 1984.

[JetMechMA]

@rdavit I wouldn't go that far. This plane was bult in '61 or '62 I think.

[JetMechMA]

@hazeleyes1911a1 Yes they do wear helmets at takeoff. If I remember correctly the Air Force regs required us to wear helmets during takeoff, inflight refueling, low level flight, and during landing. Helmet, mask, and either the clear blast shield or the sunvisor which are both Z87 safety rated.

[PangeaSpreads]

Installing fly-by wire fail 4:47 :)

[stuntmanmike37]

4:50 LMFAO! Untangling the damn comm cord. Been there, done that. :)

[Steinbacker4001]

I was on a roam team for the H model at Ellsworth AFB in 82. Amazing time in my life. It got me that the some of the air crew members even then weren't born yet when their aircraft was built! One cold-a** nights we'd go to the Hobart air-cart and let the hot exhaust blast down the front of our jackets. See those yellow chocks? They are wooden. A bomber rolled up onto one and the chock literally exploded - good thing it was the rear wheels as the debris missed the engine intakes.

[Indianmalujl]

Only plane that can land sideways :) and take off without a rotation.

[hazeleyes1911a1]

Noticed the copilot and one other aircrew just had headsets...do they change to helmets prior to takeoff? (Pilot had a helmet)