The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town

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In what would become known as “the Christmas bombings” in America and “the 11 days and nights” in Vietnam (no bombing took place on Christmas day), swathes of Hanoi were obliterated. Ho, Rodney. "CONCERT REVIEW: The B-52s return to Athens to dance this mess around and say goodbye". Georgia Entertainment Scene Blog (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) . Retrieved October 2, 2023. Billboard Hot 100 Chart Listing For The Week Of March 10, 1990". Billboard. September 12, 2008 . Retrieved August 12, 2016. Defense Industry Daily staff (12 May 2014). "CONECT: B-52H Reach Digital Age with Communications Upgrades". Defense Industry Daily . Retrieved 1 March 2023.The two B-52 tail gunner kills were not confirmed by VPAF, and they admitted to the loss of only three MiGs, all by F-4s. [181] Vietnamese sources have attributed a third air-to-air victory to a B-52, a MiG-21 shot down on 16 April 1972. [182] These victories make the B-52 the largest aircraft credited with air-to-air kills. [Note 5] The last Arc Light mission without fighter escort took place on 15 August 1973, as U.S. military action in Southeast Asia was wound down. [183] Post-Vietnam War service [ edit ] The nun who frets that if the children forget to wear their dog tags, they won’t be saved from nuclear annihilation.

Subsonic-cruise unarmed decoy: SCUD resembled the B-52 on the radar. As an active decoy, it carried ECM and other devices, and it had a range of several hundred miles. Although SCUD was never deployed operationally, the concept was developed, becoming known as the air-launched cruise missile (ALCM-A). They’re going to be so god damned surprised,” US President Richard Nixon replied to Kissinger on December 17, the eve of the mission. Australian businesses that invest in critical minerals projects may be eligible to receive financing or loans from the EFA. A few time-expired E models were retired in 1967 and 1968, but the bulk (82) were retired between May 1969 and March 1970. Most F models were also retired between 1967 and 1973, but 23 survived as trainers until late 1978. The fleet of D models served much longer; [186] 80 D models were extensively overhauled under the Pacer Plank program during the mid-1970s. [187] Skinning on the lower wing and fuselage was replaced, and various structural components were renewed. The fleet of D models stayed largely intact until late 1978 when 37 not already upgraded Ds were retired. [188] The remainder were retired between 1982 and 1983. [189]On a pile of ruins, an old woman held her hands to her face and chanted hauntingly, in near religious tone: ‘Oh, my son, where are you now? May I find you to bury you. Americans, how savage you are.’”

Collins, Hugh. "Review: Vibrant Simple Minds and B-52s light up Vector Arena". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax Media . Retrieved February 16, 2017. He speaks in your voice, American,” so the opening of Underworld goes, introducing one boy whose yearnings echo those of the masses converging on the stadium. This is Whitman territory and tone. The “you” is a Whitman you, and the entire symphonic sequence of the baseball game can be seen through the lens of Whitman, of crowds of passengers on Brooklyn Ferry, of the certainty of others, of fires from foundry chimneys, of all sights “to me the same as they are to you”.The eight engines of the B-52 are paired in pods and suspended by four pylons beneath and forward of the wings' leading edge. The careful arrangement of the pylons also allowed them to work as wing fences and delay the onset of stall. The first two prototypes, XB-52 and YB-52, were both powered by experimental Pratt & Whitney YJ57-P-3 turbojet engines with 8,700 pounds-force (39kN) of static thrust each. [101] Seiler, Michael (29 January 1978). "Prepared for an unscheduled flight". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (Los Angeles Times). p.3C. At some point after day eight of the bombings, North Vietnam informed the US it was ready to resume peace talks in Paris. On February 18, 2011, the B-52s played a show at the Classic Center in their hometown of Athens, Georgia, four days after the 34th anniversary of their first-ever show on February 14, 1977. The concert was filmed and recorded for With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA, released in October 2011.