That’ll ‘buff’ right out...
Besides, it ain’t even hurt, much. This one flew for 6 hours essentially without any tail:
My old airbase, 1970-74
It’s what happens when merit is no longer a part of the equation.
Just like how I don’t want a doctor who came last in their class operating on me if I can help it.
I cannot imagine moving a B-52 without a wingwalker.
Should have never happened. There are spotters at each wing, plus a spotter in the back, plus a spotter at the front, in front of the tow vehicle. All have radios.
Someone(s)’s ‘gonna got hammered.
Such incompatible contact - whether it be with container ships or fences - is actually fitting for an armed forces which sanctions and even facilitates the union of those of the same sex.
♪ Gimme 40 acres and I’ll turn this BUFF around ♫
Well, at least Biden didn't leave the plane behind in Afghanistan.
Just to frame this in context:
The Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer was 59 years old when the last B-52 was built.
The last B-52 built is now the same age: 59 years old.
Someone’s going to be pulling parts from the Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Center (AMARC), aka “the bone yard”, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
So now we can add bombers to the group of surface and submarine vehicles that the US military has trouble moving.
So much standard discipline has been lost in our military.
Excellent use of your ground guides.
Wow! In the old days of Strategic Air Command a lot of people would be getting fired all the way up to the Deputy Commander for Maintenance.
When stationed at Barksdale in the mid-80s, we had 3 Supervisor of Flying (SOF) vehicles damaged when hit by a taxing B-52, because the Captain (usually another pilot) working as the SOF parked the vehicle in the wrong spot before circling the aircraft for a pre-take off safety check. The Wing Commander was less than impressed and those pilots that parked in the wrong spot ended up having to pay for some of the vehicle repair costs.
Needless to say somebody screwed up big time. With the vax mandate I wouldn’t doubt if we see more if these types of accidents as the not-vax takes it toll on our Military personnel. Currently live close to a Fighter Wing and it is just a matter of time before an F-15E falls out of the sky, due to issues with the poison they are being forced to inject in their bodies.
It thought it was standard practice to have wing walkers on every move. It’s the way we moved aircraft when I was working commercial aviation.
***when the driver of a tow misjudged the distance between the plane’s right wing and a metal perimeter fence. ***
When I worked on B-52s and KC-135s (1966-1969) when always had “WING WALKERS” walking along each side of the aircraft wings just to prevent this sort of thing.
Somebody is going to get transferred to an ice station for a long time.
Diversity & perversion in the AF have consequences...