Wilton wrote: > I knew all of the intimate details of the nuclear weapons and/or > conventional weapons (as appropriate) in our huge bomb bay and how to use > them...
25 years ago I remember taking the kids to Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs at one of their open house days. We were allowed to walk right up under a B-52, if I recall correctly. I recall being amazed at how small the bomb carrying compartment in the middle of the airplane seemed. I had in mind seeing war footage that showed bombs dropping from B-52 and that compartment did not seem capable of carrying that many bombs. I guess you also carried bombs under the wings? I just recall being amazed that we would fly that huge airplane for hours, refuel, spend a few minutes dropping bombs at Nam, and then fly hours back to be re-armed. I was no peacenik, but... it seemed like a lot of effort to spend hours traveling to spend minutes dropping bombs. That was my impression. These days? - I tire of war efforts, again, not being much a peacenik, just tired of the seeming futility of the jazz that goes in to seeming peace keeping efforts. So... call me peacenik... whatever. mao _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
