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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress —
An Alert Force MITO launch.
Four B-52s (the last two seen here) and eight KC-135s (the first of the eight seen here) were involved in this launch.
Always a sky black with smoke thanks to the water being injected into all those J57s.
I've shared this photo on a private site but this is the first public access aviation site I've posted it on.
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The interval between each aircraft during this launch was 14 seconds. All twelve aircraft were in the air in less than 180 seconds. No matter how many times I saw it happen, I was always amazed that four BUFFs with nukes and eight fully loaded tankers could go from lined up at the runway to airborne and flying out of sight in 3 minutes. And I will never EVER forget all that black smoke.
Great memories G-man...reminds me of BFI- Boeing Field Seattle 1960s from the back porch overlooking the airport....this is one cool photo calendar material! Thanks for posting 5 stars not enough!
Love those smokey birds! Great capture Gary!
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