Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:31 am
But, OH the possibilities once ya got the trivial little things like taxiing and taking off out of the way!
I tried to talk Bill's son into doing a little target practice with the Spit, once he gets it armed with functioning guns and cannon...no luck yet
Once we get your Eagle fitted with the MOAB, maybe you could come in over my ex's place for one last pass and give her that MOAB...with my blessings 
LOVE the picture here of the Eagle loaded up for bear! Fly safe son
I tried to talk Bill's son into doing a little target practice with the Spit, once he gets it armed with functioning guns and cannon...no luck yet
Once we get your Eagle fitted with the MOAB, maybe you could come in over my ex's place for one last pass and give her that MOAB...with my blessings
LOVE the picture here of the Eagle loaded up for bear! Fly safe son
Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:33 am
T2 Ernie wrote:
Very true, but if he's a C17 loadmaster, his plane doesn't drop MOAB...
...now if Brad were a Talon loadmaster...
Actually Ernie...yes my plane does...you might be surprised what we do with the C-17...and I didn't say I dropped it, I said I had a picture of it loaded in the back. And notice that I did say that it rigs like a -82...how do I know that? I have a couple thousand hours in Herks. I'm not new to this airdrop world.
And no, HGUCSU, I'm not talking about Eglin. Without Navigators, I spend lots of time looking at the box so I know exactly where I was. Notice again that I didn't say I dropped it in combat. I never said it was dropped by anybody in combat. I said I carried it over there. Hacker saw it, I've got pictures of it somewhere, and I loaded it in the states and unloaded it over there. Once again, I'm not new to this.
Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:43 am
Intrresting so a crash program went full swing and they are stored in mid east very unverving for the bad people
Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:12 am
Brad wrote:Actually Ernie...yes my plane does...you might be surprised what we do with the C-17...
No, Brad, your plane doesn't drop them. It could, but it doesn't. AMC doesn't have access to them, JFAC would never have it dropped, & AMC would never let the C17 go where it would need to be dropped. But yes, the C17 (or C5 or C141 or any aircraft that can drop heavy equipment) could drop it, but they don't & won't - not even SOLL C-17. (but never say never either
)And yes, I know much about C17 capabilties. C17 is limited primarily by AMC leadership & lack of vision. C17 is a tremendously capable plane that, currently, is not used as effectively as it could/should be - leadership issue, not crewdog issues!
Brad wrote:and I didn't say I dropped it, I said I had a picture of it loaded in the back.
No, you didn't - someone else implied it.
Brad wrote: And notice that I did say that it rigs like a -82...how do I know that? I have a couple thousand hours in Herks. I'm not new to this airdrop world.
And you might be a former Talon LM for all I know, but if not, no slick Herk has dropped BLU-82/B since Viet Nam (and even those were rare). Many of the reasons are similar/same as why C17 doesn't & won't.
Brad wrote:Notice again that I didn't say I dropped it in combat. I never said it was dropped by anybody in combat. I said I carried it over there. Hacker saw it, I've got pictures of it somewhere, and I loaded it in the states and unloaded it over there. Once again, I'm not new to this.
I believe you because I know where they were (although I was somewhere else & never saw them, only BLUs).
I'm sorry I drug this entire thread O/T
...can we get back to hot chicks & airplanes please?
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Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:14 am
HGUCSU wrote:Intrresting so a crash program went full swing and they are stored in mid east very unverving for the bad people
No, not stored. They were brought over for possible use. When that possibility ended, they went back into stateside storage.
Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:39 pm
FOOOD FIIIIGHT!
Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:22 pm
Explain why then in Gulf War 1 and i think 2 use of BLU-82 has been recorded and seen by SF in iraq....
Only birds to drop such were Herks...
Only birds to drop such were Herks...
Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:25 pm
HGUCSU wrote:Explain why then in Gulf War 1 and i think 2 use of BLU-82 has been recorded and seen by SF in iraq....
Pretty sure BLU-82 were not dropped in GW2 - they were dropped in Afghanistan and, of course, GW1.[/quote]
HGUCSU wrote:Only birds to drop such were Herks...
Only MC-130E/H dropped BLU-82, not C-130E/H/J slicks...not their mission. Only spec-ops C-130s drop 'em...slicks are capable of dropping them, but don't. See above reference to AMC leadership.
Hmmm...no more chicks with planes?
http://www.fighterchicks.com/
Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:37 pm
Randy Haskin wrote:FOOOD FIIIIGHT!
Touche!
Images of John Belushi from Animal House went through my mind. The coke I was drinking shot out my nose because I started laughing so hard!
Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:45 pm
Chicks with planes.....hmmmmmmmmm
Get back on track Lads.
Get back on track Lads.
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Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:54 am
BLU-BLU-BLU
bla-bla-bla
Here's another shot of Caroline on alert at Balad, AB earlier this month
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Here's another shot of Caroline on alert at Balad, AB earlier this month
Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:11 pm
Dang-it Jack, I can't get the pics to open. 
Robbie
Robbie
Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:11 pm
Dang-it Jack, I can't get the pics to open.
Robbie
Robbie