Another one from Tom "Pappy" Kurtz:
This was a standard tactic for years in SAC. The idea is to get the a/c off the ground ASAP to avoid their destruction on the ground from (typically) an ICBM attack. Note the turbulance and its effects on the later a/c as they take off.
This video is for bomber guys; it will bring tears to your eyes...
It is a 15 ship MITO at Minot AFB, ND... For those that receive this email and were not in the AF, MITO means Minimum Interval Take Off. During the cold war if the Pres. had to launch the alert bomber force they had 15 minutes to get them all off.
They went down the runway at 15 seconds apart...Enjoy...
FARK.com: Fark Video Player (4632948) Coolest aircraft video you'll see all day
www.fark.com/4632948Considering these birds are more than twice as old as the airmen flying them, this is pretty impressive.
More sobering, the weaponry they could carry on one such mission could destroy the civilized world.
Even more sobering is that these are about half of the entire combat ready B-52s in the world.
