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The nuclear option: Fleet of B-52s - that carry the country's airborne nuclear deterrent - line the runway before taking off within minutes of each other in show of force
2020-10-19
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana hosted a readiness exercise with eight of its B-52 bombers

  • The planes lined the taxiways as they prepared to take off at very short notice in an ‘Elephant Walk’ display of strength

  • The B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions and has been the backbone of U.S. strategic bomber forces for more than 60 years
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Elephant Walk: 2020-04-14 AF Photo Op at Guam
Posted by:Skidmark

#12  And then they got swamped by the Reagan.

I'm literally laughing out loud. In the literal sense of literal.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-10-19 23:35  

#11  Out sailing, an Ocean Beach pagan
And pacifist priestess of Dagon
Hissed, "Oh, how disgraceful!"
"I know! 'Mostly Peaceful?'"
And then they got swamped by the Reagan.
Posted by: Neil the Totally Not Angry at All6006   2020-10-19 23:19  

#10  You say potestas, I say [peaceful] protestas...
Ahh, let's call the whole thing off
Posted by: Boss Snenter4805   2020-10-19 22:29  

#9   Power and Precision

Nothing to do with potatoes, then? Good to know. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-10-19 21:08  

#8  No, but it does alliterate.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-10-19 20:55  

#7  Accuracy. Not same as precision.
Posted by: Injun Dingle6475   2020-10-19 20:51  

#6  Potestas Accuratioque - Power and Precision

Cool indeed, Mike!
Posted by: SteveS   2020-10-19 20:38  

#5  
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-10-19 20:11  

#4  More on the 379th at Kimbolton, UK WWII.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-10-19 20:06  

#3  ^ Extremely cool
Posted by: Matt   2020-10-19 19:56  

#2  
#1 Mike K- didn't you work on these?
Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-19 10:21

Frank,

Yes sir, I had that honor - 379th Bomb Wing(H) at Wurtsmith AFB, MI. We flew B-52Gs (all gone now sadly) and had a reputation as the best G wing in SAC.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2020-10-19 17:46  

#1  Mike K- didn't you work on these?
Posted by: Frank G   2020-10-19 10:21  

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