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To: A.A. Cunningham

To-may-to, to-mah-to...and trust me, having worked with more than my fair share of fighter jocks (I have been in charge of two aircraft maintenance units in the fighter world,) I can tell you they don't normally do heavy banking with a weapons load (two 500-lb laser guided bombs on the right wing, and what looks like at least one cluster bomb on the left) just for fun. If I were a betting man, I would say that jet from the New Jersey Air National Guard at Atlantic City is flying at a Red Flag or Air Warrior exercise at Nellis...


25 posted on 03/30/2006 8:41:20 PM PST by JRios1968 (E=mc3...the origin of "friends don't let friends derive drunk.")
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To: JRios1968
You're limited to 5.5 g's with that load, but there's no problem with rolling inverted. In fact, some deliveries basically require it. This picture was taken over Iraq and the loadout is standard for over there right now. Two GBU-12 laser guided bombs and one GBU-31 GPS guided munition. Atlantic City is currently over there as we speak, but this picture was from the last rotation.
26 posted on 03/30/2006 8:51:25 PM PST by Rokke
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To: JRios1968
(I have been in charge of two aircraft maintenance units in the fighter world,)

Well, good for you. How much time in type is in your log?

I can tell you they don't normally do heavy banking with a weapons load

Oh, really. What's the angle of bank in each of these photos?


30 posted on 03/30/2006 9:42:34 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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