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Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress Crashes at Guam Base
A B-52H Stratofortress bomber aborted takeoff and crashed at Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, the Air Force said Wednesday night. None of the seven people aboard was injured. The giant plane, part of the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, was on a routine training mission when it reported down at the base's flight line, or maintenance area, about 8:30 a.m. (6:30 p.m. ET), the Air Force said. (www.nbcnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The fact that all seven aircrew members were uninjured is quite amazing to me. Good training must have played a part.
Time to dust another one off at Davis-Monthan.
Yup one of those things, sometimes things break. Good AC in the long run.
long run is very appropriate! The newest B-52 left Wichita in Nov 1962. Epic shelf life, indeed!
Last time I was close to one I looked for the "Use By" date. Couldn't find it!
Remember the oldsmobile commercial "This isn't your father's Oldsmobile"?
I believe there are current B-52 aircrew than can say "This was my grandfather's BUFF"
I believe there are current B-52 aircrew than can say "This was my grandfather's BUFF"
My father was a B52 pilot in the mid 1950s...20 something years later, I'm a brand new Lieutenant and a B52 navigator at Barkdsdale AFB. There was a Lt Col in the Wing Bomb/Nav office who had been my father's navigator and when he saw me he said he's never felt so ancient in is life! :-)
They were built before 'use by date' phrase was coined.
The Hostess Twinkie of the Sky...