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Started by Nikos, May 29, 2014, 09:40:36 PM

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Nikos

I recall years ago watching a movie about SAC.  I think Rock Hudson was in it.  Can't member the name of the movie.  Anyone know what the title is?

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Nikos

Yes!  Great, thank you.  I will try to find a copy.

Capt_Redfox30

Another good movie about SAC with another acting icon and Air Force Reserve Brigadier General

Strategic Air Command with Jimmy Stewart

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048667/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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And don't forget the third movie of the SAC movie trifecta, Bombers B-52!

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Quote from: Capt_Redfox30 on May 29, 2014, 10:08:19 PM
Another good movie about SAC with another acting icon and Air Force Reserve Brigadier General

Strategic Air Command with Jimmy Stewart

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048667/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Which should be required viewing for anyone in the USAF and/or CAP.  Make it part of Level I! :P

General James Stewart flew B-52 missions in Vietnam...not widely known...

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Quote from: HGjunkie on May 30, 2014, 02:44:07 AM


Yes this is my preferred movie about the Strategic Air Command.
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Dr Strangelove is not a movie about SAC. It is a satire, a farce. Funny none the less, but not my idea of SAC. My idea of SAC? A Gathering of Eagles and Strategic Air Command.[/b]
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Quote from: CyBorg on May 30, 2014, 07:22:42 AM
Quote from: Capt_Redfox30 on May 29, 2014, 10:08:19 PM
Another good movie about SAC with another acting icon and Air Force Reserve Brigadier General

Strategic Air Command with Jimmy Stewart

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048667/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Which should be required viewing for anyone in the USAF and/or CAP.  Make it part of Level I! :P

General James Stewart flew B-52 missions in Vietnam...not widely known...


Indeed...and he was a B-17 pilot in WW2, based in the UK.  I watched the series 'The World at War' twice before I realized that the narration attributed to 'James Stewart, Squadron Commander' was Jimmy Stewart!

We 'found an excuse' for a film night and showed the film to the cadets...they enjoyed it thoroughly.

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Indeed...and he was a B-17 pilot in WW2, based in the UK.
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I believe he flew B-24's not 17's. in combat. 

However prior to going overseas he was a B-17 and B-24 Instructor Pilot.
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Nikos

I always liked Dr. Strangelove, I never heard of Bombers B52, will have to look that one up.

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Better connections to SAC in Dr. Strangelove





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Quote from: Brit_in_CAP on May 30, 2014, 12:59:24 PM
I watched the series 'The World at War' twice before I realized that the narration attributed to 'James Stewart, Squadron Commander' was Jimmy Stewart!

Even with that unmistakeable voice? ;D

Quote from: Brit_in_CAP on May 30, 2014, 12:59:24 PM
We 'found an excuse' for a film night and showed the film to the cadets...they enjoyed it thoroughly.

Good on ya, and a good teachable moment for the cadets.
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Nikos

Another one I like, but not a SAC movie, is "12 o' clock High".  Those air crews had a really bad time in those early days.

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Quote from: Luis R. Ramos on May 30, 2014, 12:54:29 PM
Dr Strangelove is not a movie about SAC. It is a satire, a farce. Funny none the less, but not my idea of SAC. My idea of SAC? A Gathering of Eagles and Strategic Air Command.[/b]


Mr Ramos, were you ever in SAC? I was. (Mar 1975 - Mar 1990)   Here's the mindset of SAC in the 50's and early 60's.

The KC-135A tanker can offload all but 1200 gallons of fuel. The was to ensure that after the tanker offloaded all of it's fuel to the bomber that there would be enough fuel for the tanker to get clear of the bomber before the engines flamed out.

The primary and only mission of SAC was to put the bombs on target, everything else was secondary.

Yes the movie was a satire, but the crew's determination to get to their target was spot on!

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I was not in SAC but I was aware of its mission.

If you look at Dr Strangelove being about SAC for the dedication of its crews to put the bombs on the target, then I wonder why you did not mention Fail Safe for the same reason.

To me Dr Strangelove's pilot is unprofessional and stupid, whereas Fail Safe's pilots, both those that go to bomb the Soviet Union and the one that does the final mission are professional and dedicated. in fact, so are also those that work inside NORAD.

I would be worried if even a quarter of those in SAC were as that pilot in Strange.
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Quote from: PHall on May 31, 2014, 02:25:02 AM
Quote from: Luis R. Ramos on May 30, 2014, 12:54:29 PM
Dr Strangelove is not a movie about SAC. It is a satire, a farce. Funny none the less, but not my idea of SAC. My idea of SAC? A Gathering of Eagles and Strategic Air Command.[/b]


Mr Ramos, were you ever in SAC? I was. (Mar 1975 - Mar 1990)   Here's the mindset of SAC in the 50's and early 60's.

The KC-135A tanker can offload all but 1200 gallons of fuel. The was to ensure that after the tanker offloaded all of it's fuel to the bomber that there would be enough fuel for the tanker to get clear of the bomber before the engines flamed out.

The primary and only mission of SAC was to put the bombs on target, everything else was secondary.

Yes the movie was a satire, but the crew's determination to get to their target was spot on!
+1  My father was a B-47 Radar Navigator and then a B-52 BN instructor before going to Vietnam and switching over to trash haulers.  His comment about Dr Strangelove was....yes there are a lot of inaccuracies....but the dialog...particularly they way they use terminology and the cadence they used was very spot on the way they wanted SAC bomber crews to talk.

He loved the movie even if it made fun of the Silly Air Circus.  :)
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