Declassified U.S. Nuclear Test Film #51

0800051 - Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Presents United States Air Force Atomic Bomb Delivery Aircraft (Piloted) - 1950-1957 - 17:30 - Black&White and Color - This video highlights the United States Air Forces nuclear capable aircraft available in the early 1950s. Featured aircraft included the strategic bombers B-29, B-50, B-36, B-47 and B-52, while the tactical aircraft were the B-45, B-57, F-86, and F-84.

The video depicts a Mark-6 , or "60-inch nuclear bomb" in a nuclear test. The Mark 7 tactical nuclear weapon, or "30-inch nuclear bomb," is shown being loaded and tested by the newest delivery method, the Low Altitude Bombing System (LABS). With LABS, a tactical aircraft flies toward an "initial point," then commences a "4G" climb, and releases the bomb at a designated point in the climb. By the time the bomb detonates, the aircraft is a safe distance away.

The video shows that the Air Force had a wide choice of aircraft, bombs, and delivery methods, and could use them to protect the welfare and security of the country.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Nukes
• Nuclear
• weapons
• WMD
• radiation
• radioactive
• testing
• warhead
• downwinders
• atomic
• cancer

[Motoguzzi750]

Yes a great video - I have a freind formerly in the TAC when I asked him if he flew an F84 he said "hey Scotty I'm not THAT old!"

First time I have ever seen a video of LABS - quite scary stuff with atomic weapons on board,

[biotekagr]

most def

[n17ikh]

Tactical nuclear close air support! They sure were crazy in the 50s...

[Lea71777]

yelling FOCUS FOCUS

[luridplanet]

A great look at most of the aircraft types in SAC and TAC