And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That is an Intruder. The NAS at Dobbins AFB had them when I first did my ANG drill weekends there. They swapped out to something else then just faded away.
Typically (always?) dropped low-level ,,,,,, the "fins" slowed the bomb so the a/c can continue and get out of the way (ahead) of the frag pattern ,,,,,, if the fins don't open to slow the bomb or the fins separate from the ordnance then the bomb is ballistic and travels at the same speed as the a/c and eventually hits the ground very close to the a/c and perhaps fragging it ,,,,,
I mean their speed was slowed down by the speed brakes that pop out of the aft end. That slows them down (retards their speed) so the plane can drop at low altitude and escape the fragments.
Now this is "Death From Above". Anyone who was ever a ground pounder knows this is a beautiful sight.....on the enemy.
ReplyDeleteWe're goin' - (full volume now, boys) DOOOWWWNNNN TOOOWWWWNNN!
ReplyDeleteIf my memory hasn't failed me, that's an A6 Intruder.
ReplyDeleteThat is an Intruder. The NAS at Dobbins AFB had them when I first did my ANG drill weekends there. They swapped out to something else then just faded away.
DeleteLooks like China Lake back in the day. Yes, it is an A-6E.
ReplyDeleteI may be an old man now, but I was a young Marine then. Don’t fuck with me.
ReplyDeleteI am more interested in what is being dropped. Can you identify?
ReplyDeleteMk 82 Snake Eyes (Snakes). 500 lber's ,,,,,
ReplyDeleteTypically (always?) dropped low-level ,,,,,, the "fins" slowed the bomb so the a/c can continue and get out of the way (ahead) of the frag pattern ,,,,,, if the fins don't open to slow the bomb or the fins separate from the ordnance then the bomb is ballistic and travels at the same speed as the a/c and eventually hits the ground very close to the a/c and perhaps fragging it ,,,,,
ReplyDeleteVA-165 boomers (tail markings)
ReplyDeleteTell you what, I’ll just stand waaaaay over and away from the targeting spot.
ReplyDeleteOne of the few types of aircraft that the US kept for ourselves.
ReplyDeleteMy first tour was with VA-42 as a ground pounder Avionics Tech.
ReplyDeleteThe bird could carry its own weight in fuel and ordnance.
Those bombs are retarded!
ReplyDeleteI mean their speed was slowed down by the speed brakes that pop out of the aft end. That slows them down (retards their speed) so the plane can drop at low altitude and escape the fragments.
Boy that A6 sure carried a lot of ordnance.