50 years ago…

A B-52 crashed on Elephant Mountain up in Maine… Seven crewmen died, and only two survived.  This crash was followed 6 days later by another incident which I’ve blogged about previously (HERE).  These two incidents forced a redesign of the B-52 … Continue reading

BUFFs…

This is why B-52s are still in the inventory… And when/if they finally retire ’em, they will be 80 years old! My cousins both flew Big Ugly Fat F**kers (BUFFs) in Nam, Linebacker, Arc Light and other ops and some of … Continue reading