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B-52 pilot explains how landed his BUFF after two engines nearly tore off

‘Fearing what two engines departing the plane might do to my aerodynamics, to say nothing of what would happen if they hit the tail...

The B-52 Stratofortress was referred to as “BUFF” during Operation Arc Light

Since they flew too high to be seen or heard, B-52 bombers became one of the Viet Cong's most feared weapons The Stratofortress flew her...

Heavy maintenance is helping the legendary BUFF to remain in service forever

‘We do heavy maintenance to the B-52. I mean heavy,’ Darren Dennis, Aerospace Propulsion Apprentice at US Air Force. The B-52 Stratofortress has served...

Former B-52 pilot shares near-death experiences

“The B-52 suddenly snapped nose down ten degrees, a horrendous and panic-inducing loss of control that promised to kill us all in about ten...

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Royal Norwegian Air Force shut down Bodø Air Base and retired F-16 jet fighters

Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters...

The F-105 Vice Wing Commander that was court-martialed for having protected one of its pilots

As 388th TFW Vice Commander Col. Jack Broughton put...

When a RAF Vulcan strategic bombers fooled American and Canadian interceptors

Exercise Skyshield had its limitations in that the only...

B-29 dropping the VB-13 Tarzon bomb, the American guided variant of the British 12,000-pound Tall Boy

The VB-13 Tarzon was essentially a British 12,000-pound Tall...

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