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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

I hope the “live ordnance drops” are just part of a routine Eglin/WSEP deployment, or part of normal qualification training for F-16 drivers. I understand the air defense stuff in support of homeland security. But if the Air Guard is doing practice bombing for domestic defense, we are in serious trouble.


6 posted on 02/07/2011 5:56:50 PM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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To: ExNewsExSpook
I hope the “live ordnance drops” are just part of a routine Eglin/WSEP deployment...

There are 3 different WSEP locations. The air-to-air WSEP is at Tyndall, where they get to shoot at drones. There's an air-to-ground WSEP at Eglin and one at Hill AFB in Utah, where they get to shoot missiles and drop bombs against different types of target sets.

There's an additional ground-to-air WSEP for the Army, conducted at White Sands, with unmanned QF-4 drones from Holloman AFB.

All are conducted by the 53rd Weapons Eval Group, based at Tyndall.

7 posted on 02/07/2011 8:12:24 PM PST by JRios1968 (If the Left's ideas were so good, their ex-presidents wouldn't need to sell them.)
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