The Air Force vet who studied Damage Inc.’s B-52 bombers. II
It took almost three weeks to get here, but the B-52 is finally here in Oklahoma City. many years. A man in Purcell was shocked to see the B-52 arrive in town. He knows the plane very well – probably better than anyone. “When I was driving, it was, ‘Oh, wow! A B-52! I know that plane. Grandpa was the exact same B-52 he used during his service. “I was quite surprised when I went down the street and saw that nose was stuck there. I thought, “Oh my, how interesting to see it!” “, he said. control panel where we have the equipment, I said, “Oh, this is it” and “Oh, this is where the antennas are. ‘”>> RELATED: 22-year Air Force veteran serving as a civilian at Tinker Air Force Base The 150,000-pound aircraft will be the prototype to upgrade the entire B-52 fleet over the next 30 years. push to improve rather than build a new plane, Hood said he was grateful to see a familiar face again. ” he said. “This is one of those old birds and it brings back all those memories.”
It took nearly three weeks to get here, but the B-52 was finally in Oklahoma City.
The plane traveled from Arizona to the Boeing facility in OKC.
It is set to become the prototype for all B-52s over the next 30 years.
A man in Purcell was shocked to see the B-52 arrive in town. He knows the plane very well – probably better than anyone.
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The 40-year-old bomber is parked on a side road in Purcell.
“When I was driving, it was, ‘Oh, wow! A B-52! I know that plane,” said Jack Hood, an Air Force veteran who worked on the Damage Inc. II aircraft.
Hood hadn’t seen the plane he worked on since 1980 – until he randomly spotted it in Purcell.
The veteran showed his grandchildren exactly the B-52 he used during his service.
“I was quite surprised when I walked down the street and saw that nose stuck there. I thought, ‘Oh my, how interesting to see that!'”. “I have been shown my niece to every panel we have equipment inside. I said, “Oh, this is the place” and “Oh, this is where the antenna is.”
>> RELATED: 22-year Air Force veteran serving as a civilian at Tinker Air Force Base
The 150,000-pound aircraft will be the prototype to upgrade the entire fleet of B-52s over the next 30 years. A push to improve rather than build a new plane.
Hood said he was grateful to see a familiar face again.
“It was like an old friend that I helped keep the peace,” he said. “This is one of those old birds and it brings back all those memories.”