It'll Buff Right Out

[Subdeacon Joe]

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

Sure miss living about 2 miles from Plant 42 in PMD.

OLG 

[Calamity Kris]

I'll bet there's a story behind that..............

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

OK!  What am I missing here?

[Subdeacon Joe]

Just now, Buffalo Creek Law Dog said:

OK!  What am I missing here?

 

B-52s are also know as BUFFs - Big, Ugly, Fat Fu ah, FELLOWS

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

OK. gotchu, Thanks.

[Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022]

68 years of flying for the USAF. Many upgrades and most recent engines..... should make 100

[Alpo]

13 hours ago, Buffalo Creek Law Dog said:

OK!  What am I missing here?

I have known for years that that plane is a BUFF. But still, it went right over my head.

 

I was looking at the undercarriage trying to find some damage - bird strike, maybe it didn't quite clear something on take off - "yeah that'll buff right out".

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

Boeing built 744 B-52s and delivered the last, a B-52H, in October 1962. Only the H model is still in the Air Force inventory; it is assigned to Air Force Global Strike Command.

 

Power plant	8 Pratt & Whitney engines TF33-P-3/103 turbofan
Thrust	Each engine up to 17,000 lbs
Wingspan	185 ft (56.4 m)
Length	159 ft, 4 in (48.5 m)
Height	40 ft, 8 in (12.4 m)
Weight	Approximately 185,000 lbs (83,250 kg)
Max Takeoff Weight	488,000 lbs (219,600 kg)
Fuel Capacity	312,197 lbs
Payload	70,000 lbs (31,500 kg)
Speed	650 mph (Mach 0.86)
Range	8,800 mi (7,652 nautical miles)
Ceiling	50,000 ft (15,150 m)
Crew	5 (aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator and electronic warfare officer
Initial operating capability	May 1961 (Current ‘H’ Model)
Armament	Approximately 70,000 lbs (31,500 kg) mixed ordnance -- bombs, smart weapons, mines and missiles. Modified to carry air-launched cruise missiles and Miniature Air Launched Decoy.

 

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

They can’t take off with a full fuel tank and armament, I presume that a plan is in place for them to refuel soon after takeoff. If a squadron of buffs is going to the sandbox they must refuel on the way and again on the return. 
 

if eight BUFF,  how many tankers?