The only combat losses experienced for most of the
Arc Light campaigns were mid-airs between B-52s (arguably a result of
poor judgement).

A little unfair Ed. SAC crews were trained day in and day out on single ship
nuclear ops, then thrown into three ship cells over the Pacific enroute to
Vietnam doing A/R with up to 6 tankers. Much of what they experienced are now
NOTES, CAUTIONS and WARNINGS in B-52 Air Refueling T.O.s. For what its worth,
there were 12 B-52s lost prior to 1972. Out of those 12, four were lost in two
seperate mid-airs, each mid-air happening in or around the Pac Air Refueling
Tracks. Nearly as many (3) were lost to Lightning strikes.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"