Klaxon!

Lindsay Peacock

Once upon a time in a school to the west of London there was a young lad named Lindsay who was very interested in steam engines. One day during morning break, while in the school playground in early 1960 at the tender age of 12, he happened to look up and see what was making all the noise. It was a Belgian Air Force C-119G Flying Boxcar on approach to Northolt. The rest is history…and the steam engines were very quickly forgotten, especially after he went to Heathrow Airport for the first time. Among his many publications are books on Strategic Air Command, the B-47, and the B-52.

Brian C ‘Buck’ Rogers

Brian C ‘Buck’ Rogers served in SAC for 12 of his 22 years in the US Air Force. He pulled alert first as a Titan II deputy missile combat crew commander, crew commander, and evaluator in the 390th SMW. After graduating from pilot training, he returned to the SAC alert force as a B-52 copilot, aircraft commander, flight commander, and instructor pilot in the 9th BS. From there he was selected to be a member of the Strategic Weapons School initial cadre. During Operation desert storm he flew 27 B-52G combat missions, including 25 as flight lead/mission commander. He flew the B-52H four more years in Air Combat Command, two as a squadron operations officer and two as squadron commander. Rogers has more than 3,200 hours (121 combat) in the B-52. He authored USAF Flying Unit Designations Since 1978, and co-authored a book on the B-52G/H.

Robert S Hopkins, III

Robert S Hopkins, III, is a second-generation SAC pilot. He flew 17 different variants of KC-135 tankers, EC-135 airborne command posts, and RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft during his US Air Force career, including SAC alert in KC-135As and EC-135G/Ls. He also served as an RC-135 Tactics Instructor. In addition to multiple publications and appearances in aviation programs on the History Channel, the Smithsonian Channel, and the BBC, Hopkins is the author of books on the KC-135, B-47, Strategic Air Command in the UK, and Cold War strategic aerial reconnaissance. He earned a PhD in US and Soviet history from the University of Virginia.