BUFF On The Bomb Run!!!
Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:51 pm
Run Charlie run!
Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:44 pm
Can anybody tell me why the refueling doors are open during the bomb run ?
Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:54 pm
That picture makes me feel all tingly inside! 
John
John
Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:57 pm
hehe Things that make you go BOOM!
Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:57 pm
Isn't it more like things that go boomboomboomboomboomboomboomboomboomboomboomblamboomboomboomboomboomboom...etc..?
Cool shot..What else do you have from VN?
Cool shot..What else do you have from VN?
Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:10 am
Great shot (as always), Jack! 
FYI: BUFF is something you do to your car ... to SEA B-52 crew, that big black and green Dog-model beauty will always be "The BUF".
Wade
FYI: BUFF is something you do to your car ... to SEA B-52 crew, that big black and green Dog-model beauty will always be "The BUF".
Wade
Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:34 am
Rick...picky...picky...picky. 
Remember...only those of us that are perfect can criticize.
Mudge the semi perfect
Remember...only those of us that are perfect can criticize.
Mudge the semi perfect
Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:16 pm
Mudge not criticizing, just inquisitive . Wondered if someone forgot the checklist or if there was an operational reason. For all I know they are just multi tasking, maybe there is a KC-135 just out of the picture, one guy is dropping bombs and the other guy is getting gas !
Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:06 pm
I'd sure hate to be on the recieving end of a B-52!!! 
Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:36 pm
obviously you dont know vietnam war ... tankers WOULD not be giving fuel to bombers in a bomb run.. cmon bit silly ... and way to dangerous. Yet tankers did venture into NVN airspace to refuel damaged Thuds and Phantoms at very big risk to the crews....
KC-135 tankers had normally certain orbits in south china sea for buffs... since this photo cant tell whether it is Linebacker 1/2 era or a Arc light sortie over sotuh vietnam, i will go with it been daylight and arc light as that most common support BUFFs did.. it seems simple a refuelling door problem or missed in the process of refuelling.. but will say it is definetly very uncommon.. only photo ive ever seen in my many years of reading books ... it is common photo.
KC-135 tankers had normally certain orbits in south china sea for buffs... since this photo cant tell whether it is Linebacker 1/2 era or a Arc light sortie over sotuh vietnam, i will go with it been daylight and arc light as that most common support BUFFs did.. it seems simple a refuelling door problem or missed in the process of refuelling.. but will say it is definetly very uncommon.. only photo ive ever seen in my many years of reading books ... it is common photo.
Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:57 pm
Sabredriver, I believe that I have a better than average grasp of aircraft ops during the Viet Nam war and a pretty good grasp of today's ops with a couple of aircraft of the period.
You obviously have no sense of humor and don't understand what the laughing emoticon means !
While the question regarding the refueling doors was real, the comment regarding bombs and refueling was not !!
You obviously have no sense of humor and don't understand what the laughing emoticon means !
While the question regarding the refueling doors was real, the comment regarding bombs and refueling was not !!
Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:23 pm
Chicoartist wrote:Great shot (as always), Jack!
FYI: BUFF is something you do to your car ... to SEA B-52 crew, that big black and green Dog-model beauty will always be "The BUF".
Wade
I have spoken with current and former crews and it seems to be a 50/50 across the board for BUF or BUFF.
Great picture.
Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:38 pm
Its the BUFF at my squadron, Big Ugly Fat Fu...ellow.
Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:43 pm
That was the difference.
Some just called it the Big Ugly Fu-ellow
Other used Big Ugly Fat Fu-ellow
Some just called it the Big Ugly Fu-ellow
Other used Big Ugly Fat Fu-ellow