The B-52’s #b52s #newwave
The B-52’s #b52s #newwave
1972 The B-52's, Athens, Georgia US #b52 #athens (1601)
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22 November 1972: The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers began combat operations in the Vietnam War with ARC LIGHT strikes against enemy troop concentrations and supply lines in June 1966. The B-52s flew so high and fast that they could neither be seen nor heard on the ground. It was more than six years before the first of the eight-engine … Continue reading 22 November 1972 →
Their arrival at RAF Fairford came ahead of a NATO exercise in Georgia, which will be a show of force against Vladimir Putin's Russia - though it is unclear if the B-52s will be involved.
After visiting the X-15 memorial, we then drove back down the 395 toward the north gate to Edwards Air Force Base. There just before the gate, sits the B-52 known as Balls 8. NASA 008 was one of two B-52s used as "motherships" to air launch the three rocket-powered X-15 aircraft for research flights. Aircraft…
Their uncanny mix of surf guitar riffs, funk-influenced rhythms, quirky vocal tics, and stream-of-consciousness lyrics goes far beyond "Love Shack."
