Posted 6/3/2006This is not photoshopped. It happened in early 1990 in the Persian Gulf, while U.S.
carriers and B-52s were holding joint exercises. Two B-52s called the
carrier (USS Ranger) and asked if they could do a fly-by, and the carrier air
controller said yes. When the B-52s reported they were 9 kilometers
out, the carrier controller said he didn't see them. The B-52s told
the carrier folks to look down. The paint job on the B-52 made it
hard to see from above, but as it got closer, the sailors could make
it out, and the water the B-52 jets were causing to spray out. It's
very, very rare for a USAF aircraft to do a fly-by below the flight
deck of a carrier. But B-52s had been practicing low level flights
for years, to come in under Soviet radar. In this case, the B-52
pilots asked the carrier controller if they would like the bombers
come around again. The carrier guys said yes, and a lot more sailors
had their cameras out this time.
