Air Force seeks answers after dummy bomb accident in South Korea

Stars and Stripes ^ | December 3, 2006 | Franklin Fisher

[Jet Jaguar]

BDU-33s being loaded on an F-16. (not the aircraft involved in this story.)

[Jet Jaguar]

ping.

[Pontiac]

“We’re not yet at a point where we can say this individual pilot flying this particular aircraft was the one that the munition fell off of,” he said.

I was curious that a pilot would not notice that a bomb has fallen off of his plane then I noticed from your picture how small the bomb is.

Now I am curious that the bomb did the damage described.

[Jet Jaguar]

They are 24 lbs. They have an explosive charge. (akin to a large shotgun shell)

But, dropped from an aircraft, it could do some damage.

[OldFriend]

During a training exercise in NJ a jet strafed a grammar school. Thankfully this was in the night. However, the janitor was rather shocked to hear what sounded like pop corn hitting the roof.

[Jet Jaguar]

I am familiar with that incident.

Ironically, the pilot had attended that very school according to the news reports.

[Doctor Raoul]

Ironically, the pilot had attended that very school according to the news reports.

Maybe now his 6th grade teacher, Mrs Fartsworth, will reconsider his request for reconsdieration of that "C Minus" in Social Studies?

[sageb1]

oops...my cousin is an AF jet mechanic in South Korea. ;)

[GSlob]

Why irionically? He must have had a bunch of bad memories.

[Jet Jaguar]

:0)

[ralph rotten]

Bdu33 are drop from a SU16 with ( 10 bomb) some are what is call beer cans.I had problem with the SU16--the pickle button put out 28 vdc normally the bomb is releaseed --if wind move the doors of the SU16 the stepper switch (make & Brake the 28vdc) you can drop all the bombs from the SU16--the beer can was for nukes--

Pilot like bet on there score on the range-A friend
in F100 while line up for take off ---Would jump out of his Aircraft and reset the stepper switch--you could miss the range if you thought you were releasing a beer can and got a bdu33

[Jet Jaguar]

Nodding. I have heard similar stories of accidental drops by pilots at Luke.

[Rameumptom]

My father in law dropped his bombs on the airstrip just sitting there one time. It was one of those early trainer jets in the 1960's (T-33?). It was a mechanical failure, a wire shorted out. He was in trouble until he found the wire that shorted out and showed it to his superior.

[Calvin Locke]

Buzz Aldrin was on C2CAM earlier in the year. He said they would normally turn off all the armament circuit
breakers flying around, just in case.

It came up talking about him breaking the circuit breaker for the ignition switch for getting off the Moon when suiting up.

Your father-in-law, huh? Did he ever swap stories with John McCain?

[wodinoneeye]

Do practice bombs get reused alot (unlike real ones) ???

Metal fatigue in the mounting hardware???

Other worn parts ??

Microsoft operating system in the weapons control ???

[ralph rotten]

no

[Sarajevo]

The nonexplosive training bomb sent startled workers scurrying...

That's an understatment!

[ASOC]

Nope, one shot use, they use these little one because they fall balistically like the real ones.

Las Vegas has been bombed a lot by these little buggers.

Not like the night the A7s bombed the Corn Creek Ranger Station outside of Range 63 - 8 x 500 lb HE bombs. Quite the mess, nobody hurt tho.....

[Atchafalaya]

"ggssssshh" say again rr "GSSSDFHJs" your breaking up "sssshhhhhh"

[ralph rotten]

Sorry I lost my decoder ring---will look maybe!!!