Interesting 50 cal ammo can

[racerguy00]

A friend sent me an interesting ammo can yesterday. I'd seen one long ago online but it's the first I've seen in person.
Too bad it's not filled!

[ffuries]

Cool, the B-52 aka the BUFF Big Ugly Fat F..ker.

BUFF joke, when they retired the B-1 there was a B-52 crew on hand to bring home the last crew, they say when they retire the B-2 there will be a B-52 on hand to bring the crew home.

There are families with 3 generations that have flown the B-52, I guess they can say this IS your granddad's plane!

[SA1911a1]

Cool, the B-52 aka the BUFF Big Ugly Fat F..ker.

BUFF joke, when they retired the B-1 there was a B-52 crew on hand to bring home the last crew, they say when they retire the B-2 there will be a B-52 on hand to bring the crew home.

There are families with 3 generations that have flown the B-52, I guess they can say this IS your granddad's plane!

Boeing seems to have forgotten how to build airplanes now days.

How many gun positions did a B-52 have?

[ffuries]

Cool, the B-52 aka the BUFF Big Ugly Fat F..ker.

BUFF joke, when they retired the B-1 there was a B-52 crew on hand to bring home the last crew, they say when they retire the B-2 there will be a B-52 on hand to bring the crew home.

There are families with 3 generations that have flown the B-52, I guess they can say this IS your granddad's plane!

Boeing seems to have forgotten how to build airplanes now days.

How many gun positions did a B-52 have?

Hmm......

One, with either 4 M3 machine guns, then later one 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon, then they castrated them.

Here's a picture of a BUFF that had a bad day, landed, was repaired by depot and eventually returned to service.

[bunkysdad]

That is a impressive B52 picture Mike. I notice the gear is down. I bet there was a few prayers going on by the crew hoping to touch ground safely ASAP! This reminds me of a book I read years ago. Flight of the Old Dog. A great read by a excellent author.
I wish I had grabbed one of these B52 ammo cans a few years ago when I saw them online.

[SA1911a1]

That is a impressive B52 picture Mike. I notice the gear is down. I bet there was a few prayers going on by the crew hoping to touch ground safely ASAP! This reminds me of a book I read years ago. Flight of the Old Dog. A great read by a excellent author.
I wish I had grabbed one of these B52 ammo cans a few years ago when I saw them online.

Dad, they never saw it till it rolled to a stop, otherwise they would have all bailed out!

[etprescottazusa91]

Anyone know if any B52's ever shot down or forced any attacking MIG's to break off an attack over South East Asia?

[racerguy00]

Yes, there were at least two B-52 vs MIG tailgunner victories. I dont recall the details however.

[steelbuttplate]

Love shack baby love shack

[ffuries]

That is a impressive B52 picture Mike. I notice the gear is down. I bet there was a few prayers going on by the crew hoping to touch ground safely ASAP! This reminds me of a book I read years ago. Flight of the Old Dog. A great read by a excellent author.
I wish I had grabbed one of these B52 ammo cans a few years ago when I saw them online.

Story of the BUFF with the missing vertical.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.popula ... -tail-fin/

[ffuries]

Anyone know if any B52's ever shot down or forced any attacking MIG's to break off an attack over South East Asia?

Here's some interesting reading on the Mig Killer B-52s.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theaviatio ... killer/amp

[etprescottazusa91]

Anyone know if any B52's ever shot down or forced any attacking MIG's to break off an attack over South East Asia?

Here's some interesting reading on the Mig Killer B-52s.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theaviatio ... killer/amp

Good read thanks for posting up the link.

This link is a quick read everyone and pretty interesting.