WHo knows what BUFF really stands for, I'm interested to see how many people think it's Big Ugly Fat Fellow. (it sure ain't fellow!)

I was stationed at Castle AFB in the early 80's. At that time it was the primary training base for B-52's and KC-135's. Never in my time there did I hear anyone use the "fellow" moniker. It was always the less politically correct variant that I won't bother spelling out for you.  

When I was in the army, I heard some Vietnam Veterans referring to it as the "Big Ugly Fat F--ker". As for what jbntx says about it rhyming with tucker, reminds me that we called the army cooks "tucker f--kers". 

Mark

I was a C-130E navigator 1970 into into 1973 in Southeast Asia and then reassigned to KC-135s 1973 to 1975.  I heard all the vernacular of that era and BUF was only 3 letters, "Big Ugly F_____.

AKSledhead,

You're right, "fat" in those days was reserved for "Fat Albert," the C-5A, not for the B-52. The C-5 was fat compared to  other aircraft in the inventory.  While I was on active duty in  the AF an order went out that active duty personnel should not use the rubric "Fat Albert" because (higher command believed) that was a "pejorative connotation of the aircraft."  Of course, we continued to call it Fat Albert, and the B-52 was BUF.  I think the second F was added for spelling reasons but not by those of us who used the term.

Well its big but I would'nt say its fat,at least not like a super guppy,now that is ugly
Ron