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Only worked one H but they were the "hush puppy " of the Buff fleet. With the TF33's the H would sneak up on you and would take off in well under 6000 feet and quietly fly off. The D and G were smokie and LOUD.
I only worked on B-52's for four years out of twenty. I worked D models until they were withdrawn from Andersen AFB preparing for retirement of the type. We were reequipped with G models (which we hated) but there were usually four H models TDY (Temporary Duty) to Andersen in what was called Busy Island for 30 day rotation. Since than all models except the H have, like me, been retired.
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Nov. 23, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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While I agree, not like the 57's (tankers and bombers) hitting water on take off.We had H-models at Carswell. While you're spot-on that they're much quieter than Gs (I worked around those in Desert Storm), the H is still plenty smoky. A MITO looked like a black flower blooming from the runway.
Willie the Whale. I was able to watch A-3 operations while on temp duty to Rossie Roads back in 90. VAQ squadron I thinkEQ-3'sCatapult crewmen line up a VA-3B Skywarrior aircraft from Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1) for launch from the
U.S. Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), 2 December 1984.
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While I agree, not like the 57's (tankers and bombers) hitting water on take off.
The bottom picture looks like its flying over Signal Hill, which is nearby the assembly plant in Long Beach Airport.The first C-74 (42-65402). The first flight took place on September 5, 1945. Scrapped at Davis-Monthan AFB in 1965.
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I gotta ask, what is that ?
Cheyenne (AH-56), never got past development morphed into the Apache (AH-64).I gotta ask, what is that ?