7 Responses to Tribute to the “Buff”

1. weather257 says:

   February 22, 2021 at 10:56 am

   Great trio…they really make the story come alive, don’t they? Great plane that you really can’t say enough about. American Pride!

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2. auscitizenmom says:

   February 22, 2021 at 12:16 pm

   I really enjoyed that. Especially the story about the two planes with engine trouble and the BUFF had 7 engines left.

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3. G-dandCountry says:

   February 22, 2021 at 3:17 pm

   I luv these planes, I luv flight. So they may be almost 150 years in service if the “updates” don’t screw up the plane! Here’s a takeoff of one of these big boys:

   Inside A B-52 Cockpit • Takeoff To Landing with in air re-fueling

   and on the opposite end of the flight spectrum we have the
   First F-35B Vertical Takeoff Test

   and the F-22 raptor vertical take-off!

   Just thinkin’ what Czar would have said about all these beauties…

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   • stella says:

     February 22, 2021 at 4:18 pm

     Ask WeeWeed! She can see them where she lives. And her dad was in the Air Force.

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     • G-dandCountry says:

       February 22, 2021 at 5:31 pm

       Wow Awesome! 😉
       I would not want to be too close though, they make a lot of noise! I used to live near an AF base, and before they stopped it, everything used to fall off the walls and shelves when they broke the sound barrier :-O

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4. glendl says:

   February 22, 2021 at 10:03 pm

   I lived for 45 years of my life with nuke-laden B-52s taking off and landing 24/7/365. Half the fleet was airborne at all times. Then there were B-52s from other bases landing for repairs from time to time. Needless to say, we were a first-strike target. Yes, we did the nuke attack drills in which whe got under our desks.
   That was our norm and I really doubt that many worried about it. We didn’t cause it and we couldn’t do anything about it.
   We were surrounded by concentric circles of anti-ballistic missiles spaced 10 miles apart. We had attack missiles surrounding us as well.
   There was another base 220 miles east of us and another 300 miles SW of us.

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   • glendl says:

     February 22, 2021 at 10:10 pm

     Subject: B-52

     We have 2 Squadrons stationed here. All this is public information.

     General Characteristics
     Primary Function: Heavy bomber
     Contractor: Boeing Military Airplane Co.
     Power plant: Eight Pratt & Whitney engines TF33-P-3/103 turbofan
     Thrust: Each engine up to 17,000 pounds
     Wingspan: 185 feet (56.4 meters)
     Length: 159 feet, 4 inches (48.5 meters)
     Height: 40 feet, 8 inches (12.4 meters)
     Weight: Approximately 185,000 pounds (83,250 kilograms)
     Maximum Takeoff Weight: 488,000 pounds (219,600 kilograms)
     Fuel Capacity: 312,197 pounds (141,610 kilograms)
     Payload: 70,000 pounds (31,500 kilograms)
     Speed: 650 miles per hour (Mach 0.84)
     Range: 8,800 miles (7,652 nautical miles)
     Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,151.5 meters)
     Armament: Approximately 70,000 pounds (31,500 kilograms) mixed ordnance — bombs, mines and missiles. (Modified to carry air-launched cruise missiles)
     Crew: Five (aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator and electronic warfare officer)
     Unit Cost: $84 million (fiscal 2012 constant dollars)
     Initial operating capability: April 1952
     Inventory: Active force, 58; ANG, 0; Reserve, 18
     General Characteristics
     Primary Function: Heavy bomber
     Contractor: Boeing Military Airplane Co.
     Power plant: Eight Pratt & Whitney engines TF33-P-3/103 turbofan
     Thrust: Each engine up to 17,000 pounds
     Wingspan: 185 feet (56.4 meters)
     Length: 159 feet, 4 inches (48.5 meters)
     Height: 40 feet, 8 inches (12.4 meters)
     Weight: Approximately 185,000 pounds (83,250 kilograms)
     Maximum Takeoff Weight: 488,000 pounds (219,600 kilograms)
     Fuel Capacity: 312,197 pounds (141,610 kilograms)
     Payload: 70,000 pounds (31,500 kilograms)
     Speed: 650 miles per hour (Mach 0.84)
     Range: 8,800 miles (7,652 nautical miles)
     Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,151.5 meters)
     Armament: Approximately 70,000 pounds (31,500 kilograms) mixed ordnance — bombs, mines and missiles. (Modified to carry air-launched cruise missiles)
     Crew: Five (aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator and electronic warfare officer)
     Unit Cost: $84 million (fiscal 2012 constant dollars)
     Initial operating capability: April 1952
     Inventory: Active force, 58; ANG, 0; Reserve, 18

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