Read memories and see photos submitted by B52 Staff and Support in our forum (must register first to view). They were, and are, an important part of the B-52 story! They kept the world on an even keel while the rest of us-aircrew, maintainers, support, everyone-fought our country’s wars for fifty-plus years. Their stories are part of the mosaic that is the history of the Stratofort.īut the bed rock of our support were our spouses. But B-52 operations frequently lay unique and difficult requirements on these folks. Last, certainly not least, the cops! Where do you get guys who’ll accept responsibility for a nuclear loaded machine, day and night, blazing heat or freezing cold, and challenge the wing commander if he’s not showing a valid line badge?Įvery base needs its ‘housekeeping’ functions: hospital, civil engineers, services, and so on.and the oxygen masks, survival kits, and parachutes provided by-their name says it all-life support.transportation’s buses where we hid from the heat/cold during last minute maintenance.the inflight kitchens who had to come up with something that would still be edible eighteen hours (or thirty in today’s world) later.The weather and base ops folks who briefed us.Bomber Crew does an excellent job with its pacing, which was something that I was most cautious about before I jumped into the experience at hand.fter all, controlling a group of role-specific characters sounds like busy work. We sometimes forgot that most of ‘them’ used to be ‘us.’Īnd the list of those who kept us alive is long: Mercifully, however, Bomber Crew manages to maintain its pace without drastically overbearing the player.
Wing weenies! The always maligned, never appreciated force behind the force.įrom the wing commander who went to Omaha to explain our screwups, to the guys from current ops changing out the bags for the SIOP ‘Rev’ on New Years Eve, they had the unenviable job of paperwork.
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