I think Rolling Thunder was the only thing that ever fazed the VC in the
least. They were surviving in those damned tunnels but when the 52's
laid down a carpet many of them had a lot of dirt down the back of their
neck. The word was it made them terribly nervous in their underground
graves ? Guess it would make me nervous too !
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Russ Blakeman wrote:
The B-52C's you saw were likely upgraded to D or E models my 71/72. Guess you mean Rolling Thunder for the 'Nam missions. Besides having history under my belt I have some insight into the AF in SVN, my uncle was an aircraft fabrication tech (filled bullet and schrapnel holes with metal plates after they came back in) at Bien Hoa when it had that big airfield disaster. My father in law would never talk about his MP duty there for either tour and now that he's gone there's no chance of working it out of him.
-----Original Message----- *From:* computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]*On Behalf Of *Cuffy *Sent:* Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:57 PM *To:* computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [CTS] Re: Back to School ?
I left Loring in 1959 and some of those B-52s were popping rivets then........ then they used them in the carpet bombing missions in 'Nam. It's a miracle they were still flying in 1972.
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Russ Blakeman wrote:
Only difference was that in 72 they replaced the B-52's with
FB-111A's like we had at Plattsburgh NY and Pease NH - KC-135's
were still there of course.
-----Original Message----- *From:* computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]*On Behalf Of *Cuffy *Sent:* Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:38 PM *To:* computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [CTS] Re: Back to School ?
In the late 50's I was at Loring AFB, Me. in the 42nd Bomb Wing, the first all jet bomb wing in the Air Force. A squadron of B-52's and a squadron of KC-135's.......... yep, they are big and they are noisey.
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