CBU-24 Vietnam era weapon. very effective against ground troops. We used them at flak suppression. 665 bomblets per container. We carried four per aircraft.
McCarran-Walter Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was meant to exclude certain immigrants from immigrating to America, post World War II and in the early Cold War. The McCarran-Walter Act moved away from excluding immigrants based simply upon country of origin. Instead it focused upon denying immigrants who were unlawful, immoral, diseased in any way, politically radical etc. and accepting those who were willing and able to assimilate into the US economic, social, and political structures, which restructured how immigration law was handled.
The plane was flying at 31,000 feet but what is the elevation of the surface over which it was flying? The SA-8, which I believe ISIL has, can reach over 25,000 feet.
I’ve said this before but I’ll say it again. I served with McCain in 1965. We were playing a Navy dice game at the O Club for $5.00. I won but he pulled rank on me and said he won. That incident told me all I that I would ever have to know about McCain.
The stand off “air to air” kills works great on paper. We did the same thing with the F-4 Phantom. The Navy/Marine and the first Air Force versions did not have guns. No guns necessary because we would get the kills from miles away. Then came the ROE. We had to visually ID the boggy before we could shoot.