Posted on May 18, 2024
[Updated] That time a USAF B-52 Strategic Bomber did a fly-by below the flight deck of USS Ranger...
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There was discussion on Facebook that this didn't happen ot your buddies were involved in this flyby?
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel were you in this task force?
[Updated] That time a USAF B-52 Strategic Bomber did a fly-by below the flight deck of USS Ranger...
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Posted 4 mo ago
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Posted 4 mo ago
Now if they really wanted to scare the sailors they would have opened the bomb bay doors, poped up, and made a slight turn to the right.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
4 mo
If the pilot's good, see, I mean if he's reeeally sharp, he can barrel that baby in so low... oh you oughta see it sometime. It's a sight. A big plane like a '52... varrrooom! Its jet exhaust... frying chickens in the barnyard!
-- General "Buck" Turgidson
-- General "Buck" Turgidson
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
4 mo
Nope, but would have loved to be. I have been that low over the ocean in a B-52 though. Our wing had a sea mining tasking and that's about the altitude we trained at. Now, in the FB-111 we were there all the time but the size difference makes it much ess impressive.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
4 mo
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - My Father was with SAC before he retired, Crew Chief. I was young when he retired, but one of the things I remember was that he would park at the end of the Runway and let me watch that beast takeoff. I still remember it.
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LTC (Join to see) Nope, We were a Target for a B-1B Lancer in One Exercise.
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4 mo
At least you had a similar experience but you had a daily Intel dump fleetwide/worldwide so you would have heard about it if it was published internally.
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT Lawrence Cable
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT Lawrence Cable
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