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by **Ian Warren** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:36 am

ROCKING!

by **omitchell** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:18 pm

Really, what harm could it possibly do???

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:24 am

In Vietnam it was the Stratofortress that demoralized and hated by the Viet Cong and NVA simply in the jungles and through the Ho Chi Minh trail they could not see or hear them coming, the re-modeled 'D' with the big belly and wing racks, able to carry 108 bombs, 750lb and 500lbs, a salvo would knock out storage base or released as string the blast effect was almost a third of a mile long.

by **Kiwia1spad** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:08 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 19 2015,9:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
In Vietnam it was the Stratofortress that demoralized and hated by the Viet Cong and NVA simply in the jungles and through the Ho Chi Minh trail they could not see or hear them coming, the re-modeled 'D' with the big belly and wing racks, able to carry 108 bombs, 750lb and 500lbs, a salvo would knock out storage base or released as string the blast effect was almost a third of a mile long.

Those Big belly D models were incredible for the payload and just how the earth shook when the 3 ship cells dropped their loads together... i do believe the D even got a couple of Mig Kills thanks to T.E.C and his 4 .50 cals.

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:38 am

Kiwia1spad wrote:
QUOTE (Kiwia1spad @ Jan 19 2015,9:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... i do believe the D even got a couple of Mig Kills thanks to T.E.C and his 4 .50 cals.

Two confirmed kills and three possibles, the one thing they D had making it better in some respect was the 'eyeballs' in the back when the SAM s were launched.

by **Kiwia1spad** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:54 am

Pretty awesome bird no matter what, 2015 is the BUFFs 60th anniversary of entering service, and they plan on keeping them in service until 2040 at least as nothing has the range, payload, and loiter capabilities, they are cheaper to run than the B-1B and B-2s for such missions. I do love the buff

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:16 pm

They are a superb machine, had a uncle who worked on them, got surprised when I seemed to know more about em than he did

, nothing beats a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

by **Splitpin** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:31 pm

Oh yes ..... great angle Sean , great shot.

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:35 pm

Marty I'd better get my ass off the couch and hook into a SAC metal miester , think both you me and Sean could really deal with some heavy metal !

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