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Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:08 pm
We needed a photo for today. So This is the mighty Peacekeeper we visited.
Man.....This thing is HUGE!!!!!
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bugazon on Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:15 pm
What a Machine!
(I sure miss seeing the City of Ft. Worth...in Ft Worth)
Z
Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:19 pm
They are huge, but walking around the one in Dayton and looking at the A Bombs next to it

Lock & Load...
Lynn
Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:31 pm
Awesome pics

...gotta love the B-36!
John
Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:46 pm
What a beautiful plane! Thanks for the pics!
I could only imagine what one of those would sound like in the air...
Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:57 pm
I could only imagine what one of those would sound like in the air...
A friend of mine that works for Bell Helicopter said a formation of three V-22's, in airplane mode, at full song sounds just like a B-36...
Watch the begining of the movie Stratigic Air Command when they fly over the baseball field...awsome!
Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:46 pm
...or when they do the takeoff from Carswell.
Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:33 pm
Lynn Allen wrote:They are huge, but walking around the one in Dayton and looking at the A Bombs next to it

Lock & Load... Lynn
You mean these Babies?!?!
Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:38 pm
Bugazon, Great pictures. Thanks for posting'em
Do you have one closer shot of the emblem on the side? It looks like the 28th Bombarment Group/Wing out of Ellsworth...

I worked with Mr. Wilson, a civlian, a great guy. He was navigator on a B-36 when they were there.
Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:16 pm
David,
The RB-36 at Castle was assigned to the 28th SRW at Rapid City AFB during it's service life. The markings she carries are representative of that time in 51-13730's life.
Scott
Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:28 pm
Junkyard36 wrote:What a beautiful plane! Thanks for the pics!
I could only imagine what one of those would sound like in the air...

My Dad used to tell me that when he was a kid he would spend the Summer down at his Grandfather's farm down in Whitney, TX. Whitney was in the flight path of the B-36's and he said you could tell one was coming because you could feel this buzzing in your chest long before you could hear them.
Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:38 am
The Big Stick...6 turnin and 4 burnin...NUFF SAID!
(Thanx for posting the pix!!! I have my own drool bucket at the NMUSAF for those special hours that I spend there staring in wonder and amazement
Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:41 am
Second Air Force wrote:David,
The RB-36 at Castle was assigned to the 28th SRW at Rapid City AFB during it's service life. The markings she carries are representative of that time in 51-13730's life.
Scott
Thanks Scott! Who know 25yrs later, I'd still be learning more about my 1st duty station.

Rapid City AFB was renamed Ellsworth AFB after General Ellsworth was killed in a B-36 crash.
Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:15 am
There appears to be an access door open on this RB-36. Is it open to tour inside?
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