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Aug 5, 2015 15:12:11 #
Aug 6, 2015 10:35:58 #
When I was stationed in Okinawa,(1969) my house kinda overlooked Kadena Air Base,I watched the SR-71 take off many times,I always heard that those planes were making HI-speed runs over North Vietnam,But,never confirmed.
Aug 6, 2015 12:24:09 #
My brother was on Okinawa during Viet Nam. He was a fuel specialist. Apparently the SR71 used a special fuel that was similar to penetrating oil, and was authorized to leak! He also told me that the B-52's based there took off with barely enough fuel to get airborne, then refueled in mid-air while proceeding to Viet Nam. This allowed them to deliver more weight of bombs per sortie.
Aug 6, 2015 12:54:04 #
BigJim wrote:
My brother was on Okinawa during Viet Nam. He was a fuel specialist. Apparently the SR71 used a special fuel that was similar to penetrating oil, and was authorized to leak! He also told me that the B-52's based there took off with barely enough fuel to get airborne, then refueled in mid-air while proceeding to Viet Nam. This allowed them to deliver more weight of bombs per sortie.
I thought that they were for high altitude spying, not bombing.
Aug 6, 2015 13:17:30 #
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