During the height of the war in Afcrapistan my son was involved in a battle on the Kush. His team was pinned down by a heavy machine gun and two mortars that were placed in an area that they could not hit with direct fire. Enter CAS. The only aircraft available that day were Bones. The Bones made several runs with JDAM’s using standard techniques - to no positive results. The nature of the ravine meant that the JDAMS could not take a last second turn to impact on the bad guys. Situation desperate, wounded etc. The flight leader took his Bone up the canyon below peak level turned it on it’s side and literally tossed a bomb into the canyon and took out the enemy position. Very brave move but a giant risk to the crew and the aircraft. A-10’s would of made short work of it.
I would love to see the footage of that one!
Sounds like one heckova pilot! Spherical objects the size of bowling balls..
I was buzzed at extremely low altitude by a Bone while I was participating in a Bright Star exercise in Egypt. Dang thing was huge and it arrived in a flash and sounded like thunderclap.
I was and still am impressed.