Tango01  | 23 Feb 2021 9:28 p.m. PST |
"On Super Bowl Sunday, the United States Air Force offered the first-of-its-kind trifecta flyover, which included a B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, a B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, and a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. All three of the Cold War-era bombers took part in the flyover above Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida during the national anthem…"
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 Legion 4 | 24 Feb 2021 7:30 a.m. PST |
I got a poster with that photo. At the bottom it says – LET PEACE RAIN  |
 FingerandToeGlenn  | 24 Feb 2021 8:35 a.m. PST |
Reminds me of the old poster on my base: SAC--We deliver. |
| Tango01 | 24 Feb 2021 11:12 a.m. PST |
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| Squash at home | 24 Feb 2021 3:32 p.m. PST |
Hoping that is not a photo from the flyover of the football stadium! |
| Legion 4 | 24 Feb 2021 3:57 p.m. PST |
Maybe a stadium in Iraq or A'stan … |
| Tango01 | 25 Feb 2021 12:02 p.m. PST |
Ha!Ha!…. Amicalement
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 25 Feb 2021 12:06 p.m. PST |
Until the B-21 becomes operational, that is. |
| Heedless Horseman | 25 Feb 2021 12:19 p.m. PST |
Great photo.
That's an awful lot of peace for troubled souls!
BUT…
I recall similar photos of B52s, WAY back..
…and things ain't changed much… |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 25 Feb 2021 1:54 p.m. PST |
similar photos of B52s Such carpet-bombing photos are quite common regardless of the platform.
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| USAFpilot | 25 Feb 2021 3:27 p.m. PST |
I don't know if it was already mentioned but the flyover for Super Bowl 55 was a B-1, B-2, B-52. And 1+2+52 = 55 |
| Legion 4 | 25 Feb 2021 5:01 p.m. PST |
Such carpet-bombing photos are quite common regardless of the platform. Yes but the capability still exists. But smart munitions are generally more accurate, etc. |
| arealdeadone | 25 Feb 2021 6:23 p.m. PST |
Russians still practice carpet bombing like its 1944 even with supposedly state of the art multirole jets. But what do you do when your guided weapons have a CEP of up to 100 metres (aka a miss) due to shonky guidance tactics and technology?
In a shooting war where the enemy has sophisticated air defences, carpet bombing with dumb bombs straight over a target is suicide.
In the future I can see Americans carpet bombing with swarms of drones whilst the Russians still grip on to what worked in the Great Patriotic War. |
| Legion 4 | 27 Feb 2021 5:54 p.m. PST |
I'd say that is a good observation … |
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