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To: rlmorel

Yes, these things are incredible wicked looking.

I used to watch them do bombing runs. You could see them streak down from the clouds in a steep dive, then the smoke from the ordinance, then hear the F14 in the dive, then hear the ordinance explode. The sound was delayed because it travels slower than light.


4 posted on 06/14/2026 8:52:29 AM PDT by redfreedom (The Forth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: redfreedom

When I was aboard the JFK, A-6s and A-7s would occasionally drop groups of MK82 iron bombs a short distance from the beam of the ship (as either training or for crew entertainment) and you got this sequence:

First, you would see the large, vertical columns of white water fly up into the air.

Then, you would feel and hear the explosions as the shock waves traveled underwater and hit the hull of the ship with a metallic heavy thudding sound.

Last, you would hear the explosions through the air as you stood on the flight deck.

I loved it when they did that!


14 posted on 06/14/2026 9:03:15 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Estother)
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