Even if the B-52 was born to be the mainstay of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) nuclear deterrent, the Stratofortress flew her first combat missions like a conventional bomber during the Vietnam War: the B-52 was used to bomb suspected hideouts of the Viet Cong insurgents in the jungles of South Vietnam. These sorties, part of the Operation Arc Light, saw the ultimate strategic bomber becoming a real weapon system and demonstrated the B-52 extreme versatility. A collection of over 50 new stories by 26 contributors about what it took to be a crew member on the B-52 Stratofortress bomber. This collection includes combat, Cold War, and peacetime training flight incidents by the people who experienced them.