Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy: Part II

Me ^ | 9/22/01 | Randy Lormand

[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.

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Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy Part 1

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.

[paul544]

Can't believe these haven't been posted yet.

[lormand]

I'm doing the A10 next...got any good pics?

I also have some awesome little mpegs of A10, AC130, AWACS, B1B, B2, B52, C130, C17, F15C, F15E, F16C. I just don't have the space to host them on the internet.

[Aric2000]

The A-10's saw plenty of service in the gulf war, and they will be kicking some Osamma Bin Laden Butt if I don't miss my guess here. Oh no, the warthog is alive and well, and their pilots LOVE them!!! :)

[lormand]

Are those mines that the B1 is dropping? Great pics! The third pic will not come up. Can you repost?

Thanks in advance.

RL

[lormand]

Are you UNIX savy?

What does this command do?

rm -rf /pub/bin/laden

[lormand]

He he!

Oh no, won't forget. I love that plane too!

[thescourged1]

They still fly (A-10s). They fly over my hometown on a daily basis :)

[lormand]

"I am almost certain I heard the A-10 was being phased out."

Tell me it ain't so!

:(

[lormand]

"They still fly (A-10s). They fly over my hometown on a daily basis :)"

Good! For a moment I was shaken up reading the previous posts.

[operation clinton cleanup]

I was a Munitions Systems Specialist supporting A-10s at RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge until deactivated in 1993. They were moved to Davis Monthan, AZ and Pope, NC. Still on active duty, although in MUCH less numbers (The A-10, not me.)

[operation clinton cleanup]

The 30mm shells where hell to process for practice, but they were a beautiful sight in action!

[Aaron_A]

Yeah, they might be CBU-89 mines or -87 submunition/cluster bombs. I only posted two pics in the original message...but let me see if I can add a couple more here for ya.

[Hawkeye's Girl]

Cute little boats :D

[operation clinton cleanup]

Hamburger bomb?

[operation clinton cleanup]

Lots of CBU-87/89s left over from the Gulf. Must be close to the end of shelf life. Use'em or lose'em!

[bootless]

B1-B

I have some pretty good pictures that I took of the Bones (B-One) during Oshkosh. The first time they did their passes, I didn't expect them and nearly dropped my camera. The picture looked like something that Stevie Wonder would take.

Second time around, I put my headsets on, stood on the wing, and tracked them. Got some excellent shots. DANG, they roar!

[Aaron_A]

Pic #2 is the 15,000lb Blu-82 dropped from a Special Ops C-130.

[operation clinton cleanup]

An ALCM loaded B-52H gives me a certain sense of security..

[hillsborofox]

Me, too. Gotta go roust Mr. Fox!