Sunday, March 23, 2025

Trouble Inbound

 


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  1. Now this is "Death From Above". Anyone who was ever a ground pounder knows this is a beautiful sight.....on the enemy.

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  2. We're goin' - (full volume now, boys) DOOOWWWNNNN TOOOWWWWNNN!

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  3. If my memory hasn't failed me, that's an A6 Intruder.

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    1. 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.

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  4. Looks like China Lake back in the day. Yes, it is an A-6E.

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  5. I may be an old man now, but I was a young Marine then. Don’t fuck with me.

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  6. I am more interested in what is being dropped. Can you identify?

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  7. Mk 82 Snake Eyes (Snakes). 500 lber's ,,,,,

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  8. 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 ,,,,,

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  9. VA-165 boomers (tail markings)

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  10. Tell you what, I’ll just stand waaaaay over and away from the targeting spot.

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  11. One of the few types of aircraft that the US kept for ourselves.

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  12. My first tour was with VA-42 as a ground pounder Avionics Tech.
    The bird could carry its own weight in fuel and ordnance.

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  13. Those bombs are retarded!

    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.

    Boy that A6 sure carried a lot of ordnance.

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