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Greetings
I was wondering if any body could tell me more info the three B-52 Bomber that were litterly Blown Apart in the late eightys at Carswell ?
I remember that I sadden by the fact the these great War Birds were shown on the local TV news being De Wing with one great blast ! I grew up in the DFW area and always took comfort in knowing that BUFF was close by guarding our great nation It was also a Sadd day the last B-52 flew out to Barkstos AFB in LA . I belive that they were B or C models that were blown up. Dose any body have more info or pictures of this event ?

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Always Keep Em Flying !

Glen

Lookie Capt Jim! Wham! Wham! ...............................Termights

One was also blown up at Dyess in the same time period. I've seen a TV clip of that destruction. I belive it hapened in the 1985-88 timeframe.
From what i was able to gather, the planes must have been unflyable so were destroyed on site rather than flown to AMARC. They had to be destroyed as part of a SALT treaty with the late and unlamented USSR.

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.

I was stationed at CARSWELL AFB back in April of 1984 when these 3 hulks were blown up.

Baugher notes them here: http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1956.html

56-662
56-680
56-688

I've looked for footage of this event but haven't found any yet.

t~

....and, how many Tu-95's have been cut up?

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

These 'ums?

680



688





The parking for Carswell's 1985 open house was right in the area where the hulks were and I walked by them on the way in and on the way back to the car. For some reason I only photographed 680 and 688, but not 662. If memory serves me right JB is correct about the reasons.

"Where is your sergent son?"
"Blowed up! Sir!"

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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.

CB

http://www.angelfire.com/dc/jinxx1/Desrt_Wings.html

And then they repeatedly set them on fire for firefighter training....I last remember seeing the remains sometime @ 1990?

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Zane Adams
There I was at 20,000 ft, upside down and out of ammunition.
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Yep....those are the ones. Thx Clifford! Ahhhh.....the good ole days.

A friend of mine knew a guy in avionics that would frequent the hulks and scavenge them for parts to use on our D's until they were replace with H's. He brought him a compass from the radar navs panel...should've got him to get me a souvenir too

Ztex is correct. The base fire department practiced on them frequently.

Thx again.

t~