Tommy Towery We Were Crewdogs I - The B-52 Collection - Online indir

This is the first effort at collecting untold stories about what it was really like to be a crewmember in a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. It is told first hand by the only ones who can really tell the story - those who were actually there.This first book has a great collection of stories and laid the groundwork for additional volumes in this series. The later books are a little larger and have more stories, but this one sets the stage for those with a collection of acronyms used throughout the series and some great stories you will not find anywhere else. If you, or anyone you know was a crewmember, then this will tell the story of what it was all about.Here is a collection of stories told by 17 contributing authors who were former Crewdogs (crew members) in the US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress. Several of these contributors are well-known authors of their own books and lend their skills to this collection.Included are stories by a crew member of the first B-52 shot down over Hanoi during Linebacker II and the pilot of the last B-52 shot down over Vietnam. The day-to-day life of Nuclear Alert is the subject of many tales. Not all are war stories. Some are humorous insights into personal recollections of things that happened, but have never before been told. The book includes aircraft and crew photos and photos from alert tours and Guam and U-Tapao, the bases that were used to launch bombing missions, including Linebacker II strikes. One chapter highlights the terms used by generations of B-52 Crewdogs--------------------------------IntroductionWe Were Crewdogs - Mission Statement - Tommy Towery--------------------------------Chapter One - Becoming A CrewdogThe Language of the B-52 Crewdogs Peace Is Our ProfessionBecoming a Crewdog - Vince OsborneMy First Crew - Tommy ToweryThe Aircraft Bible - The Dash-One--------------------------------Chapter Two - Peacetime SAC WarriorsThe B-52 Peacetime Missions - Charles N. BrownDropping the Big One - Walter J. BoyneSay Cheese, Please - Denny ScruggsLet Sleeping Crewdogs Lie - Wayne ShimetBanned From the Officer’s Club - George W. GoldingThe Green Ball of Fire - Gordon HallgrenNorthern Wedding - A Four-Ship to Europe, 1976 - Lynn WakefieldNice approach, Co! - Gordon HallgrenThunderstorm on Final - Walter J. Boyne--------------------------------Chapter Three -The Cold WarThe B-52 and Nuclear Alert - Walter J. BoyneSitting Alert – A Personal View - Tommy ToweryDEFCON 2 Cuban Missile Crisis - Arthur Craig MiznerSatellite Alert and SAC Security - Gary E. HenleyAnd It Wasn’t Even an Eskimo Pie George W. GoldingRookie Alert Tour - SAC ORI on Final - Lynn WakefieldBite Me Crank, Mate! - Tommy ToweryKnown-Notice Alert Exercise - Bill BeaversSanta Don’t Need No Stinking Line Badge - Denny ScruggsWhen a Good Message Goes Bad, Very Bad - Lynn WakefieldGentlemen, Start Your Engines - Denny ScruggsThe Day the Klaxon Sounded “For Real” - Tommy Towery--------------------------------Chapter Four -The B-52 in Combat -VietnamVietnam and Linebacker II - Charles N. BrownA Picture Is Worth 444 Words - Bill BeaversLinebacker II – A Personal View - Vince OsborneThe “Door Rester” - Vince Osborne Bailout - Gerald WicklineIP Inbound – The Final Minutes of Charcoal 1 - Robert G. CertainThe Dreaded Bag Drag - James HooppawJust Another Flight - George Robert Dempsey--------------------------------Chapter Five - Bar Stories A Few Shots from the Gunners - Karl NedelaPut Out the Arc Light, Free the POGS - Bill BeaversFading Memories, Odds and Ends, and Bar Stories - Tommy Towery--------------------------------Mission DebriefConclusions - Bill BeaversB- 52 Crewdogs in Books and Movies