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Guy Alcala wrote:
[ Concerning B-52s and armor... ] It's not as if the crews would be bringing a damaged a/c back to anything, even assuming they weren't already killed by blast or dying of radiation sickness. Then I guess you don't subscribe to the apochryphal stories of massive armadas of empty B-52s and KC-135s winging south (Brazil? Australia? S. Africa?) afterwards... Hell - I knew a guy who'd 'swear' that if his F-4 was ever launched from Victor Alert in Germany, he'd be the 'Emporer of Pyrenees' within a few hours: Head of State for the newest nuclear nation, Andorra. (And he wasn't gonna take any lip from either the President of France OR the Bishop of Sao de Urguel!!) |
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:12:06 -0400, Dweezil Dwarftosser
wrote: Guy Alcala wrote: [ Concerning B-52s and armor... ] It's not as if the crews would be bringing a damaged a/c back to anything, even assuming they weren't already killed by blast or dying of radiation sickness. Then I guess you don't subscribe to the apochryphal stories of massive armadas of empty B-52s and KC-135s winging south (Brazil? Australia? S. Africa?) afterwards... Hell - I knew a guy who'd 'swear' that if his F-4 was ever launched from Victor Alert in Germany, he'd be the 'Emporer of Pyrenees' within a few hours: Head of State for the newest nuclear nation, Andorra. (And he wasn't gonna take any lip from either the President of France OR the Bishop of Sao de Urguel!!) Since the launch runway out of Victor Alert at Incirlik as well as the one out of Aviano was 23, I always figured that starting with full tanks, jettisoning when empty and cruise climbing carefully, I could'a been real close to Kenya or maybe even make Rhodesia (then). Then I read Nevil Shute's "On the Beach" and thought, "screw-it...I'm going to Tiblisi and go out with a bang not a whimper." Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" "Phantom Flights, Bangkok Nights" Both from Smithsonian Books ***www.thunderchief.org |
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Hell - I knew a guy who'd 'swear' that if his F-4 was ever
launched from Victor Alert in Germany, he'd be the 'Emporer of Pyrenees' within a few hours: I had an aircraft commander who said, post-strike, we were heading to the South Pacific where he would ditch the BUFF on a beach and we'd open a hot dog stand.... BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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