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
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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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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 
