Celebrating 70 unbelievable years of B-52s

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“The pride in my Dad’s eyes ... that’s what I remember. He passed away three years later. But he got to see it—the ceremony—the one where the wing commander awarded me two Distinguished Flying Crosses for heroism in the SAM-filled skies of North Vietnam, December, 1972. Proudest moment of my life. Leading a cell of B-52s into North Vietnam and over Hanoi with broken navigation/bombing equipment. He’s been gone many years, and you know what...

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