Dedicated To:
Col. George Golding
USAF, (Ret.)
Foreword
Lt Gen Buck Shuler, Jr.
Military Career
Peace is our Profession – But Why?
Bill Fritz
Peace Through the Generations
Karl Nedela
The Real Veterans on the Crew Force
Marv Howell
Draft Dodger to Crewdog
Art Thompson
Crew of the Quarter - Dyess E-15
Craig Mizner
The Consequences of One Low-Level Abort
Dale Fink
Those Early Buff Days
Bill Jackson
A Dream Realized
John Cate
The "Flame"
Gary Henley
Cold War
Chrome Dome Missions - 24-Hour Airborne Alert
Roland E. Speckman
Chrome Dome Dis-asster!
Bob Stewart
A Memorable Chrome Dome
Derek H. Detjen
Carswell Quips
Ken Schmidt
Get Off My Airpatch!
Bill Jackson
B-52 Operation Port Bow at Kadena AB, Okinawa
James Bradley
Flight Suit Load
Walt Marzec
First Alert Tour
Buck Shuler, Jr.
The Day the Music Died
John Cate
The Schedule
Doug Cooper
Jaws Bites CCTS
Rich Vande Vorde
Engine Fire on Final
Lothar Deil
It's a Small World After All
Bill Dettmer
She's A Tough Old Bird
Ben Barnard
B-52 Crash Survivor
Gregory Smith
The Last Flight of BUFF 574
Gary Miller
Four Klaxons in 24 Hours
John Morykwas
Southeast Asia
Reflex Alert on the Rock - 1964
Nick Maier
Early Arc Light
Peter Seberger
First Sam
Larry Moeller
Don't Shoot Three - It's Two
Glenn Russell
A Night on the Town
Wade Robert
Pucker Time Out of Guam
Bill Ehmig
LB II: Birthday at Angels Three Zero
Charles Haigh
The Rules Were Different at U-Tapao
Marv Howell
The B-52 Wheel Well Door
Kenneth Boone Sampson
A Seiko Watch, a Pair of Brass Candlesticks, and a Divorce
Tommy Towery
Engine Running Spare
Gery Putnam
Lest We Forget
Long Live B-52 Gunners
Dick Gaines
Stratofortress
George Thatcher
The Combat Crews
George Thatcher
The Boneyard
George Thatcher
Semper Fly
George Thatcher
"We Were Crewdogs IV - We Had To Be Tough"
(Vol. 4)
SBN# 978-1-60458-323-6
Released in June 2008, Volume 4 is a set of 42 stories by 36 former B-52 Crewdogs. It is a 5.5" x 8.5" color-covered softback book with 267 pages, that continues the real life, first person stories of what it took to be a BUFF Crewdog. Included are stories of crashes, Chrome Dome flights, Arc Light missions, and Linebacker II memories. It's one of the best collections yet and a must have for anyone who lived this life or wonders what it took to live it.