B-52 MITO departure, Minot AFB, ND

* Dedicated to Maj Gen Floyd Carpenter (8th AF Commander) whose incompetent leadership in the Fall of 2008 probably did more damage to Minot AFB, the Airmen serving there and the nuclear enterprise, than any Soviet attack could.

Alert response and 15-ship B-52 Minimum Interval Take-Off (MITO), in support of Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER, Minot AFB, ND, June 09

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[Alex Curle]

Why do they roll the wings after liftoff?

[gordomg]

Wake turbulence from the preceeding aircraft cause the wing rock

[Ziggy Mehta]

OP -- Any guesstimate what the time was between Klaxon sounding until first bird's nose-wheels were up?

[gordomg]

I do, but I wont post that info. It's sensitive info and not something I would want floating free onthe internet.

[Ziggy Mehta]

We request that the OP explain what they thought this "Major General Floyd Carpenter (8th AF Commander)" did that was so bad. Maligning someone's character or competency without details or supporting evidence suggests that the accuser is neither an Officer nor a Gentleman.

[gordomg]

He fired two senior officers at the Wing to cover his own personal and command's failures. He essentially threw two people under the bus and destroyed their careers for his own failings.

[bboucharde]

Hoserfella, If the USA had a much smaller defense budget, it does not necessarily follow that significantly fewer Americans would live in poverty. This is because much of poverty is caused by the trash culture of the ghetto & bad habits, not a lack of federal programs to give away $ & services. Beyond that, if the US disarms below a certain level, then some other nation would eventually take real estate from us. The B-52's help to assure American sovereignty, & they will be tough to replace.

[bboucharde]

racist, racist, racist, racist, --ad nauseum

Simplistic, predictable, naive, & absolutely wrong!

You have no idea of the beneficial, productive, respectful, & profitable relationships that my company has built with folks of color for three decades and more. You don't even know what race I am! And your simplistic paradigm does not allow for all the conservative, traditionalist minority folks who serve in the military, whom I have worked with in engineering. You don't know sheeit from Shinola.

[Alex Curle]

What happened in Fall of 2008?

[InquisitorLampshade]

What the hell do you expect a strategic bomber to do against a terrorist attack that should have been stopped by our intelligence agencies? Do you throw out a hammer because it can't do the job of a scalpel? The B-52s were there the next day, as they are every day, to strike back.

[InquisitorLampshade]

The avionics, weapons capability, and ECM have been upgraded many times throughout the B-52's service life you dumbass. This has enabled the B-52 to perform low level strikes, launch cruise missiles, and in recent years drop precision guided munitions on your Afghan buddies.

Of course your not interested in any of that stuff, you're just godless left-wing moonbat here to whine about this being a "waste" of your tax dollars. Of course I rather doubt you contribute any of those tax dollars.

[Gorazd Psenner]

Beautiful

[InquisitorLampshade]

It's a "relic" that the USAF has upgraded many times. Better some fine porn like this than whatever you get off to. Until we produce a new bomber in number (which you will undoubtedly whine about as a "waste" of your tax dollars) these "relics" will continue doing what they've done best for decades. Defend, deter, and support the men on the ground.

You already have the 66% of the budget that is mandatory spending to use on horribly inefficient social programs. Don't ask for more.

[Larry R Wendell Jr]

PS Thank you for filming this video, that was fantastic!