19741980 CREWDOG kroo dawg noun The people who fly or operate an aircraft and are known to lead a dogs life ie to have an unhappy or harassed existence B52D Tall Tail Nickname BUFBUFF ID: 711245
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Memories of SAC Crewdog 1974-1980Slide2
CREWDOG (kroo-dawg) noun
The people who fly or operate an aircraft and are known to lead a dogs life, i.e. to have an unhappy or harassed existence.Slide3
B-52D ‘Tall Tail’Nickname ‘BUF/BUFF’
Length 156 feetWing Span 185 feet
Height (vert stab) 48 feet
Max Gross WT 450,000
lbs
Max Fuel load 270,000
lbs
Drop Tanks 2ea @ 20,000 lbs8 Pratt and Whitney J-57 engines each generating 10,500 lbs trust on takeoffSlide4
Armament
Can
carry a wide array of weapons to include;
Smart Bombs
Cruise Missiles
Sea Mines
Gravity (dumb) bombs
The D model with big belly conversion was capable of carrying 108 500lbs Mark 82 bombs internally and on external racks. The largest capacity of any B-52 Slide5
The Crew
All models have a crew of 6
Pilot (A/C), Copilot (CP) Bomb Navigator (B/N), Navigator (Nav), Electronic Warfare Officer(EW) and Gunner
The BUF is a crew coordination dependent aircraft. The Crew operates as a team and coordination is critical to the missionSlide6
The Pilots
Occupy
the upper deck forward in the Nose section
0/120KTS ejection seats go up
Manage and operate the primary systems
Flight Controls
Engines
FuelHydraulics
Electrical
Radios Slide7
The Nav Team
The Offensive Unit resides on the lower deck forward of the Bomb bay
450’/160KTS ejection seats go down
Responsible for all aspects of navigation and majority of bomb delivery
R/N coordinates A/R rendezvous and majority of bomb run entry and egress and target delivery
Nav handles much of mission navigation and primary on Celestial Nav Slide8
EW office
On the upper deck well back of the pilots
Ejection seat same as Pilots
Leads the defensive team (EW and Gunner)
Responsible for Threat Protection to include:
Detection & Identification
Jamming
Flares and Chaff EW monitors and manages HF radios for the crew Slide9
Tail Gunner’s Office
Rides
in the tail in the D, next to the EW in G &H
No ejections seat, manual bail out
Operates Fire Control radar which acquires and tracks threats
Operates the Guns (4 - 50 Cal
Hvy
Guns)working closely with EW on all threatsSlide10
D model StingerSlide11
The Mission‘Peace is our profession’(war is just a hobby)Slide12
The Nuclear TriadLand Based Missiles
SLBMsManned Bombers
SAC began Nuclear Ground Alert in 1954 (crews restricted to base and 15 min launch)
Began Airborne alert missions in 1960 with 5-10 bombers airborne at all times
Chrome Dome missions ended in 1968
SAC disestablished in 1992 and after 38
yrs
no more bomber crews on alertSlide13
Operational Profile(train like you fight)
Typical Mission Included
;
Hard scheduled launch time
Air Refueling segment
Low Level bombing segment
Transition (approach and landings)
Occasional Gunnery and Fighter Defense segmentsEach Flight a 3 day iterationSlide14
Preflight Process
3 hr. prior to launch
showtime
Base ops for WX and file
To the AC and meet the Crew Chief
Walk around and preflight the AC
Work any
maintance issues Engine Start 30 min prior to T/OFinal check by the SOFSlide15
Mission LaunchSlide16
Air Refueling
RN coordinates the rendezvous
Pilots coordinate with Tanker on radios
Set up position 30’ below and 50’ behind
Once stabilized cleared to contact by BoomerSlide17
CONTACT
Pass
Gas
Practice Break away
Cleared to next eventSlide18
Low Level Bomb Run
OB Routes
Desend
on tract from 30M to 500’
Practice Terrain Avoidance and visual
EW threat practice
RN/
Nav radar offset bombingDropping ‘tone’Climb out and ‘recovery’Slide19
TRANSITION
Pilots get to practice
Crew gets to sleep
Post flight and crew debrief Slide20
NUCLEAR ALERT
Began
1954-55 ground 1960
airborne
Peaked around 1968
Alert=Loaded EWO AC ready to
go
AC capable of T/O within 15 min of hornWhen ‘cocked’ AC are in status for 60 daSlide21
NUCLEAR ALERT
Alert tour begins on Thurs for 7 days
Crew change process 2
hrs
C2R2 begins
EWO review and 2 Man policy
A day in the life
CV FacilitySlide22
For Alert Force Klaxon, Klaxon, Klaxon
The horn and then chaos
At the plane
Elephant Walk
The rest of the storySlide23
QUESTIONSSlide24
SUGGESTED MOVIESSTRATEGIC AIR COMMEND
BOMBERS B-52DR STRANGELOVE (OR HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOMB0