Postcard From Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota

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   October 9, 2019 at 10:34 am

   Monte Stevens

   I was assigned to a SAC base in 1969 where we had several of these B52 and their tankers loaded 24/7 and could be airborne in a matter of minutes. During exercises they would have one aircraft lifting off and a second one halfway down the runway. There’s no way you could sleep through that exercise. Dang, all that was 50 years ago.

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      October 9, 2019 at 3:33 pm

      Tom Dills

      I’d seen flyovers of B-52s before but don’t think I’d ever seen one up close. At first they don’t look that large, but once you get close you really realize the size. I can only imagine the sound!

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