B-52 in flight , can't find plane sticky
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At least one BUFF flies nearly every day, about a week ago 4 were airborne at once here in CONUS. That is kinda rare, to see that many airborne at once.
I was stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB back in the 70s, they have the Boneyard there. That's where we retire and store aircraft when they are pulled from Service. Back then when B-52s were coming in to be retired they were sometimes flown by the pilots who had flown that aircraft their entire careers, and they would be a bit dramatic about bringing them in the last time.
Tucson is in a valley surrounded by mountains, those guys would come thru a pass, drop down a little lower than they were probably supposed to, kick the engines into max, bank it kinda steep and scream around the perimeter of the valley at low altitude, burning coal as we say today. They were loud and proud, gave everyone a good show before they ghosted in and parked it.
Trivia for you to use on Normies next time you fly. Planes usually experience wing lift as they transition from ground to flight. The wing tips on the B-52 travel up 22 feet when it rotates off the runway.
https://airplaneboneyards.com/davis-monthan-afb-amarg-airplane-boneyard.htm
https://files.catbox.moe/l6accn.jpg
Sounds like they knew their birds, and the right way to give them a farewell. probably waited years to see what they could really do!