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Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy: Part II
Me ^ | 9/22/01 | Randy Lormand

Posted on 09/22/2001 11:01:55 AM PDT by lormand

Meet the B52 Stratofortress

This is the plane that made the Iraqis cower in fear. After the carpet bombing by our B52s, the Iraqi "soldiers" could not wait enough for the US ground forces to "liberate" them.

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Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy Part 1

B52 Stratofortress

The B-52H, with a weapons payload of more than 70,000 pounds, is capable of carrying the most diverse range of weapons of any combat aircraft.

The nuclear weapons capacity includes 12 AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missiles (ACMS), 20 AGM-86A Air Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM) and 8 bombs. The conventional weapons payload is 8 AGM-84 Harpoon missiles, 4 AGM-142 Raptor missiles, 51 x 500 lb bombs, 30 x 1000 lb bombs, 20 AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles (CALCM), 12 Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOW), 12 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and 16 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD). JDAM is due to enter service in 2001, WCMD and JSOW in 2002.

The B-52H can also deliver 51 x 500lb, 30 x 1000lb and 20 x 2000lb navy mines.


A rack of 6 ACMSs to be loaded internally.



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To: rockfish59
Can't believe these haven't been posted yet.

41 posted on 09/22/2001 8:14:34 PM PDT by paul544
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To: TomB
I'm doing the A10 next...got any good pics?

I also have some awesome little mpegs of A10, AC130, AWACS, B1B, B2, B52, C130, C17, F15C, F15E, F16C. I just don't have the space to host them on the internet.

43 posted on 09/22/2001 8:26:58 PM PDT by lormand
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To: 86_X42
The A-10's saw plenty of service in the gulf war, and they will be kicking some Osamma Bin Laden Butt if I don't miss my guess here. Oh no, the warthog is alive and well, and their pilots LOVE them!!! :)
44 posted on 09/22/2001 8:29:02 PM PDT by Aric2000
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To: Aaron_A
Are those mines that the B1 is dropping? Great pics! The third pic will not come up. Can you repost?

Thanks in advance.

RL

45 posted on 09/22/2001 8:31:42 PM PDT by lormand
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To: woollyone
Are you UNIX savy?

What does this command do?

rm -rf /pub/bin/laden


46 posted on 09/22/2001 8:37:14 PM PDT by lormand
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To: Lee Enfield
He he!

Oh no, won't forget. I love that plane too!

47 posted on 09/22/2001 8:42:28 PM PDT by lormand
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To: 86_X42
They still fly (A-10s). They fly over my hometown on a daily basis :)
48 posted on 09/22/2001 8:44:52 PM PDT by thescourged1
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To: 86_X42
"I am almost certain I heard the A-10 was being phased out."

Tell me it ain't so!

:(


49 posted on 09/22/2001 8:51:39 PM PDT by lormand
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To: thescourged1
"They still fly (A-10s). They fly over my hometown on a daily basis :)"

Good! For a moment I was shaken up reading the previous posts.

50 posted on 09/22/2001 8:54:32 PM PDT by lormand
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To: thescourged1
I was a Munitions Systems Specialist supporting A-10s at RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge until deactivated in 1993. They were moved to Davis Monthan, AZ and Pope, NC. Still on active duty, although in MUCH less numbers (The A-10, not me.)
51 posted on 09/22/2001 9:01:10 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: operation clinton cleanup
The 30mm shells where hell to process for practice, but they were a beautiful sight in action!
52 posted on 09/22/2001 9:05:00 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: lormand
Yeah, they might be CBU-89 mines or -87 submunition/cluster bombs. I only posted two pics in the original message...but let me see if I can add a couple more here for ya.


53 posted on 09/22/2001 9:05:31 PM PDT by Aaron_A
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To: paul544
Cute little boats :D
54 posted on 09/22/2001 9:06:09 PM PDT by Hawkeye's Girl (it's happy fun play time!)
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To: Aaron_A
Hamburger bomb?
55 posted on 09/22/2001 9:08:43 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Aaron_A
Lots of CBU-87/89s left over from the Gulf. Must be close to the end of shelf life. Use'em or lose'em!
56 posted on 09/22/2001 9:12:29 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Lee Enfield
B1-B

I have some pretty good pictures that I took of the Bones (B-One) during Oshkosh. The first time they did their passes, I didn't expect them and nearly dropped my camera. The picture looked like something that Stevie Wonder would take.

Second time around, I put my headsets on, stood on the wing, and tracked them. Got some excellent shots. DANG, they roar!

57 posted on 09/22/2001 9:16:32 PM PDT by bootless
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To: operation clinton cleanup
Pic #2 is the 15,000lb Blu-82 dropped from a Special Ops C-130.
58 posted on 09/22/2001 9:16:40 PM PDT by Aaron_A
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To: operation clinton cleanup
An ALCM loaded B-52H gives me a certain sense of security..
59 posted on 09/22/2001 9:17:58 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Chong
Me, too. Gotta go roust Mr. Fox!
60 posted on 09/22/2001 9:19:53 PM PDT by hillsborofox
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