Comment Re:B-52's nickname: BUF (Score 1) 403
First, if you WERE at Beale, you'd hold your FRICKIN' TONGUE about how many SR-71s were there, or EVER EXISTED!!!
Did you skip your briefings - I didn't.
I was there, I was in AMS where we needed to know where every bird was, and I know you shouldn't discuss how many SR-71s exist. You also would know OPSEC and that you cannot discuss the number, even today. Let someone else spout numbers ... it's a dead give away anyway. No one really needs to know, it's just enough knowing she had eyes on everyone, and everything, everywhere ... :)
She may have been retired, but she is NOT completely non-OP. We can still use her ... mission ...
And, yes, next to an SR-71 at take-off, from the hammer-head, I needed 2 sets of ear protection and I was still a bit deaf post take-off ... still one amazing platform. I wish she was still flying ... but, alas, a platform designed by roughly 3,000 engineers with slide rules, rice paper, and drafting boards, nothing beats the SR-71!!!
LITERALLY!!! :) She is still the world record holder for speed, even on one engine!!! And, no one needs to know how fast she really traveled during missions, or how high she really flew ... it's freakin' amazing and awesome that two crew members experienced that flight profile. :)
(love the BUF, she's still flying, and whine all you want about something better, she does her job! understand the job then you'll understand the platform)
