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Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy: Part II
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| 9/22/01
| Randy Lormand
Posted on 09/22/2001 11:01:55 AM PDT by lormand
Meet the B52 Stratofortress
This is the plane that made the Iraqis cower in fear. After the carpet bombing by our B52s, the Iraqi "soldiers" could not wait enough for the US ground forces to "liberate" them.See more pictures on FreeRepublic at:
B52 Stratofortress
The B-52H, with a weapons payload of more than 70,000 pounds, is capable of carrying the most diverse range of weapons of any combat aircraft. The nuclear weapons capacity includes 12 AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missiles (ACMS), 20 AGM-86A Air Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM) and 8 bombs. The conventional weapons payload is 8 AGM-84 Harpoon missiles, 4 AGM-142 Raptor missiles, 51 x 500 lb bombs, 30 x 1000 lb bombs, 20 AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles (CALCM), 12 Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOW), 12 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and 16 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD). JDAM is due to enter service in 2001, WCMD and JSOW in 2002.
The B-52H can also deliver 51 x 500lb, 30 x 1000lb and 20 x 2000lb navy mines.
A rack of 6 ACMSs to be loaded internally.
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To: lormand
21
posted on
09/22/2001 1:20:13 PM PDT
by
Aaron_A
To: Chong
These pictures made me feel warm and fuzzy, AND....... well, never mind, my husband might get jealous. ;-)That or they might enlist in flight school.
To: riley1992
".....might enlist in flight school" LOL! No flight school; he was and will always be a grunt .
23
posted on
09/22/2001 1:37:14 PM PDT
by
Chong
To: lormand
bump!
To: lormand
Thanks for the ping!
bombp...er...bump
Baa
To: lormand
To: lormand
To: Chong
Oooooohhhh...Aaaaaahhhh............ Anybody got a light?
LMAO! And over just a few pictures?!
I imagine you have gotten some very strange looks from the other spectators if you've ever been to a military air show!
To: Aaron_A
Second picture in your #21:
The last thing Osama will see before he meets his "virgins."
To: Hoosier Patriot
"Don't tread on me."
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posted on
09/22/2001 6:29:56 PM PDT
by
Rocko
To: lormand
When I was in the Air Force B-52's were also known as BUFF's. That stands for Big Ugly Fat Fu..er, well you can figure out the last word!
They will probably be known to the Taliban terrorists as DEATH FROM ABOVE!
To: Rocko
To: Hoosier Patriot
"The last thing Osama will see before he meets his "virgins.""I don't know about you, but what a raw deal if death gets you virgins. Not much pleasure in that.
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posted on
09/22/2001 6:46:27 PM PDT
by
lormand
To: lormand
Don't forget the B-1B, same bombs but home for lunch
To: lormand
I'm partial to these babies.
35
posted on
09/22/2001 6:57:04 PM PDT
by
Ligeia
To: lormand
It's a beautiful thing.
36
posted on
09/22/2001 7:06:11 PM PDT
by
lds23
To: lormand
I don't know about you, but what a raw deal if death gets you virgins. Not much pleasure in that. Perhaps this is where the term "cleaning out the dead wood" originated.
</obscure attempt at humor>
To: CARTOUCHE
nice poem! my nephew works for them. don't know if the lay-offs will get him. he was a grunt at chu-lai along with his brother. he came in as his brother was leaving. their dad was in the air force in italy in WW2 and i print up a lot of his old black & white negatives that he took. he also received the bronze star for pulling guys from a crashed bomber. he retired from boeing after 29 years and worked in the wind tunnel. he passed away a couple years ago.
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To: 86_X42
I am not sure if they are. Just a couple years ago I was still seeing them playing over the Lake of the Ozarks here in Missouri. Haven's seen any lately though. What an aircraft! We should take the leftovers and wire them up for unmanned recon. I don't think they would bring one of these down.
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posted on
09/22/2001 7:53:36 PM PDT
by
BOBWADE
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