eight men in suits accidentally left this photo on the table

I call BS!

Did you shit your pants after seeing the picture ?

See DOW Jones shitting everywhere today

Here's my take ...

Vets/friends reminiscing over old war "souvenir" / "propaganda" photos ..

now I may get banned for this ... but I know it as TRUTH!

My dad was WW2 vet - spent time in the Philippines .. as a kid, friends and I would look at his old photos .. when I got older used 1 for my band .. later on (thanks to the internet) found out many people had copies in their possession .. and realized .. woo .. US Solders have been so fucking brainwashed into GUNG HO NESS.. forever .. !!

Here's a copy of the particular souvenir/propaganda photo I used for my band ..

[link to ww2db.com]

Havent had a B-52G in service since the START treaties of the 1980's.

Greatly lamented during the First Persian Gulf War of 1990-91




Final B-52G eliminated under New START
By Kate Blais, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs / Published December 22, 2013

Personnel with the 578th Storage and Disposal Squadron lift a B-52G's tail section onto a custom-made cradle Dec, 19, 2013, at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The cradle is purposely placed 30 degrees off center and a minimum of six feet apart from the aircraft's fuselage in order for Russia's satellites to verify the elimination. (U.S Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)
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Personnel with the 578th Storage and Disposal Squadron lift a B-52G's tail section onto a custom-made cradle Dec, 19, 2013, at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The cradle is purposely placed 30 degrees off center and a minimum of six feet apart from the aircraft's fuselage in order for Russia's satellites to verify the elimination. (U.S Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)

Members of the 577th Commodities and Reclamation Squadron cut a B-52G Stratofortress Dec. 19, 2013, at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Under the New START Treaty the aircraft is cut into two pieces separating the tail from the fuselage in order for Russia's satelites to verify the aircraft's elimination. (U.S Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)
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Members of the 577th Commodities and Reclamation Squadron cut a B-52G Stratofortress Dec. 19, 2013, at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Under the New START Treaty the aircraft is cut into two pieces separating the tail from the fuselage in order for Russia's satelites to verify the aircraft's elimination. (U.S Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)

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BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) -- One rescue saw, two qualified technicians and less than 45 minutes later, the final B-52G Stratofortress accountable under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was eliminated Dec. 19 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group here, commonly referred to as the Boneyard.

"Behind me is the final B-52G, serial number 58-0224, to be eliminated under (New START)," said Col. Robert Lepper, the 309th AMARG commander and speaker at the event. "What you see today will not be overly dramatic, but it is definitely historic."

Lepper then outlined the process.

"Employees from the 577th Commodities and Reclamation Squadron will finish this elimination by using a saw, similar to a firefighter's rescue saw, to cut along the predetermined circumference cut line to sever the aircraft's tail section from the fuselage," he said. "You will hear a distinct 'clunk' as the fuselage breaks into two, signaling the cut is complete and the aircraft 'eliminated.'"

The United States were required cut the tails off the aircraft in order to remove the B-52G models from treaty accountability, as they still count as deployed, nuclear-capable delivery platforms, said Ken Vantiger, an Air Force Global Strike Command senior arms control analyst.

AFGSC is the lead command for New START implementation, although Air Force Materiel Command and Air Force Space Command also have major roles in meeting the treaty limits.

In addition to other strategic categories, New START, which entered into force Feb. 5, 2011, mandates that Russia and the U.S. limit deployed strategic delivery vehicles to 700.

End of Viet Nam era B-52.....you witnessed some grand old vets reminiscing...

:rere23:

Is that a Russian Bomber? It looks like Russias version of the B52.
Interesting, Thanks for posting

I think the photo has something to do with planes.

Had an old file and that picture slipped out. Who and what were they involved with? Myriad possibilities . From the picture we can deduce it's an old picture. Involves bombs and or chemical/biological weapons. Could date the picture with expertise on planes, bombs, etc. Could find out country of origin for same. We didn't see the men but if you did you could figure out if they were all Americans, ages, were they dressed in cheap, medium priced or expensive clothing and what occupations would be dressed as such? Time of day you saw them and would their job factor into their being at your place of employment at that time? Type of paper picture is printed on, company that paper came from, development technique used to print picture, etc.....
Fun! I love investigating unknowns.

this thread has the hallmark of a WWIIItard...

yep

Those B-52's look to be decked-out in "jungle camo"

Looks like a pic from Viet Nam

You can see date codes on the munitions? Good eye my man!

WWIII is imminent.
Just a matter of setting up the Risk Game Board at this point. Get out the little army men and tanks on the War Table.

Maybe the title is a trigger for someone somewhere to do something....

I'm gonna go get my broom!

My guess is the group of men were ground crew who loaded the bombs on the B-52's. I can't see the plane crew carrying around a pic like this, just the loaders.

Why is this thread still going?

old photo from Vietnam era 1972

The date is STAMPED on the photo: JUN 72.

Since it was dated 1972 doubt it has much to do with anything

Yes

Looks more like the funny business, hanky prank , or horse play to me

I'm going with your idea. Wonder why no one else agrees.

Definitely a possibility.

Don't be silly, these planes are STILL in use today. But they are pretty much pointless if the enemy has fighter jets in the air. They are slow, and used to be used for carpet bombing, now they are stand off and can carry cruise missiles.

You don't know how close to evil you were....

There was a huge bombing on June 6, 1972 at Haiphong, North Vietnam. Thousands were killed.

The pics dated JUN 72

Old timey FILM was developed where they dated the photos back then

Looks like someone photographed a page out of their dad's (or grandad's if the OP is a generation millenium cuck) time in the military circa 1970 from the family photo album.....LOLOLOLOL