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I thought these might be of interest here - a fairly arbitrary
selection of USAF pictures of B-52s for no particular reason other
than that I'd drawn them togther.

You may have seen all, some or none of them before.

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On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:19:20 +0000, Netko
wrote:

I thought these might be of interest here - a fairly arbitrary
selection of USAF pictures of B-52s for no particular reason other
than that I'd drawn them togther.

You may have seen all, some or none of them before.


T hanks for these;-)

Greg
http://gregsplace.50megs.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/fugitive1

Thanks
Al

"Netko" wrote in message
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I thought these might be of interest here - a fairly arbitrary
selection of USAF pictures of B-52s for no particular reason other
than that I'd drawn them togther.

You may have seen all, some or none of them before.

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DAN wrote:

Netko wrote:


I thought these might be of interest here


I like this one: the first BUFF to take it to the Talibans after 9/11.
Notice the firemen crew.



Sure looks like Diego Garcia to me!

Returning aircraft obviously...

JT

(Fond memories at NKW)

"Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message
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DAN wrote:

Netko wrote:


I thought these might be of interest here


I like this one: the first BUFF to take it to the Talibans after 9/11.
Notice the firemen crew.



Sure looks like Diego Garcia to me!

Returning aircraft obviously...

JT

(Fond memories at NKW)

Returning aircraft? Full PBRs and the drogue chute door is closed! I don't
think so.

Yep...wings a little heavy...

"DAN" wrote in message
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Netko wrote:

I thought these might be of interest here

I like this one: the first BUFF to take it to the Talibans after 9/11.
Notice the firemen crew.

Fidel Perez wrote:

"Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message
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DAN wrote:


Netko wrote:



I thought these might be of interest here


I like this one: the first BUFF to take it to the Talibans after 9/11.
Notice the firemen crew.



Sure looks like Diego Garcia to me!

Returning aircraft obviously...

JT

(Fond memories at NKW)


Returning aircraft? Full PBRs and the drogue chute door is closed! I don't
think so.




If it is Diego, the aircraft is traveling north at the end of a 12,000+
runway. Maybe I should have said "arriving."

JT

Here's the official caption from the AF website.

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Ground crew members wave at a B-52H
Stratofortress bomber as it taxis for take off on a strike mission against
al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban
regime in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, during Operation Enduring Freedom.
The carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of
Afghanistan as a base for terrorist operations and to attack the military
capability of the Taliban regime. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman
Rebeca M.

Al
"DAN" wrote in message
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Netko wrote:

I thought these might be of interest here

I like this one: the first BUFF to take it to the Talibans after 9/11.
Notice the firemen crew.

"Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message
...


Fidel Perez wrote:

"Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message
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DAN wrote:


Netko wrote:



I thought these might be of interest here


I like this one: the first BUFF to take it to the Talibans after 9/11.
Notice the firemen crew.



Sure looks like Diego Garcia to me!

Returning aircraft obviously...

JT

(Fond memories at NKW)


Returning aircraft? Full PBRs and the drogue chute door is closed! I
don't think so.


If it is Diego, the aircraft is traveling north at the end of a 12,000+
runway. Maybe I should have said "arriving."

JT



Wow! -- by comparing the photo with the "Google Maps" aerial view of DG the
position of the a/c can be
approximated. It looks like it's pointed NW and is just south of the halfway
point of the taxiway. I compared
features such as the mowed grassy area on the far side of the road in the
background and the white sandy corner
as well as runway stripes to make my guess. It looks like the photo was
taken approx due south. From the shadow
position it appears to be mid afternoon. From the shape of the "grassy
island" under the right wing, my guess
is that the photo was taken from the area just to the NW of that patch of
grass where the "big pond" is.

Tony P.

muff528 wrote:

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Fidel Perez wrote:


"Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message
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DAN wrote:



Netko wrote:




I thought these might be of interest here


I like this one: the first BUFF to take it to the Talibans after 9/11.
Notice the firemen crew.



Sure looks like Diego Garcia to me!

Returning aircraft obviously...

JT

(Fond memories at NKW)


Returning aircraft? Full PBRs and the drogue chute door is closed! I
don't think so.


If it is Diego, the aircraft is traveling north at the end of a 12,000+
runway. Maybe I should have said "arriving."

JT




Wow! -- by comparing the photo with the "Google Maps" aerial view of DG the
position of the a/c can be
approximated. It looks like it's pointed NW and is just south of the halfway
point of the taxiway. I compared
features such as the mowed grassy area on the far side of the road in the
background and the white sandy corner
as well as runway stripes to make my guess. It looks like the photo was
taken approx due south. From the shadow
position it appears to be mid afternoon. From the shape of the "grassy
island" under the right wing, my guess
is that the photo was taken from the area just to the NW of that patch of
grass where the "big pond" is.

Tony P.


You might well be right as it's been nearly fifteen years since my last
contract out there. I'm on dialup and Google map stuff is much too
painstaking for me.

I might try at a friend's house on Monday though.

JT