To: Rokke
On the video there is a white spot moving down and to the right of the house. It's hard to tell if its a person running (thermal image?) or part of the camera system.
I don't recall the exact words, but North as I recall implied that there were no troops on the ground lighting up the target. The other F16 probably handled that?
18 posted on
06/08/2006 11:04:34 PM PDT by
geopyg
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To: geopyg
The white spot is an indicator for where the targeting pod is looking with respect to the aircraft. In other words, if the white spot is at the far right, the pod is looking to the far right of the aircraft. It moves as the aircraft moves with respect to the target area, and it helps the pilot maintain orientation on where the pod is looking as he scans for a target.
19 posted on
06/08/2006 11:08:19 PM PDT by
Rokke
To: geopyg
"North as I recall implied that there were no troops on the ground lighting up the target. The other F16 probably handled that?"
Sorry, I missed that question. No, in this case the F-16 guided its own bomb in. Either way works, but it is actually easier to guide your own bomb into the target.
21 posted on
06/08/2006 11:19:52 PM PDT by
Rokke
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