I got there almost exactly 20 years earlier, late December 1969. The SAC detachment at Kadena was launching three B-52's every four hours, 24/7 every day. The usual bomb load was 34 750 pounders in the bomb bay, and 24 500's on the wing pylons. I was on flying status for electronic maintenance, so on occasion, I got to climb aboard and fix the compass system or maybe the autopilot en route to the target. Then we got to come back and check out how many extra holes the plane had. We got lucky- - - -some guys didn't make it back home! The B-52D that's on display at the Air Force Museum in Ohio is one I worked on back then- - - -don't remember if I flew on it, but I watched some of those battle damage patches getting installed!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!