42nd BMW SAC (B-36 Bombers) - June 30, 1956

This is a short film containing never-before-seen footage of 42nd Bombardment Wing, B-36 Peacemakers, filmed on June 30, 1956. The B-36s portrayed in this never-before-seen footage, were flown from Loring Air Force Base, Maine to Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire for that bases opening ceremony. Within months of this historical footage being filmed, the B-36 Peacemakers assigned to Loring departed and were replaced by B-52Cs.
The largest Nuclear Weapon ever developed by the United States was the Mark-17 Thermonuclear bomb. It weighed 39,000 pounds and ONLY the B-36 could carry it.

Видео 42nd BMW SAC (B-36 Bombers) - June 30, 1956 канала Cold War Films