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(More customer reviews)I saw this film as a kid, growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, and it was the reason I decided then that I wanted to join the Air Force when I grew up. I served some time with a Titan II wing at Little Rock AFB, AR, as an enlisted man, and after getting commissioned, attending navigator and electronic warfare officer school, became a crew member on B-52Gs -- the same type as those in the film -- at Barksdale AFB, LA. The romance between Mary Peach and Rock Hudson is a bit hokey, but the aerial work by Paul Mantz and the minimum interval takeoff launch of B-52s during the ORI is GREAT. This film is extremely accurate, both for the missileers and the fly guys. It captures very well the look, the spirit, and the procedures of the real SAC. Kinda makes you nostalgic for those old 1505s (khaki uniforms), too!
Dick Cole, Major, USAF (Ret.), former B-52G instructor electronic warfare officer.
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