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When a B-52 pilot and his crew had to eject after their BUFF was shot down by a USAF F-100 Super Sabre
‘I heard F-100 pilot 1st Lt. James W. van Scyoc call “Look out! My Missile’s fired”. We were on autopilot and I grabbed the...
When a North Vietnamese MiG-21 Fishbed pilot shot down a USAF B-52 Stratofortress during Operation Linebacker II
According to Vietnamese records, on the night of Dec. 27, 1972, North Vietnamese Air Force pilot Pham Tuan used MiG-21MF No. 5121 to shoot...
B-52 Stratofortress: Celebrating seven decades of service
The BUFF's Milestone 70th Anniversary
In 2025, Air Force Global Strike Command celebrated a remarkable milestone for one of America's most legendary strategic bombers—the B-52...
B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber folding tail
As the rare photos in this post show, an important but rarely noted feature of all B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers was the folding vertical...
How a North Vietnamese MiG-21 pilot was able to shoot down a USAF B-52 during Operation Linebacker II
“I launched two heat-seeking missiles from a distance of 2 kilometers. Big flames were visible around the second B-52 when I broke sharply to...