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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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
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
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
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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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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