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AIM-9 Bolter or "on the Flight Deck-Fox 2!!!!"

Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:25 pm

This AIM-9 missed all the wires so I guess it was spotting the deck!
Never dull moment on the boat!
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:38 pm

Must've been a gomer just off the waist cat ... driver was shootin' at him. Yeah, that's the ticket.

:minigun:

Wade

Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:14 pm

Heads up photography!

We're trying to find a couple of captives to fly and these guys are throwin'em off the boat ! :lol:

Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:46 am

Must've missed hearing about this new deck launched deck to water antisubmarine missile the Navy is now employing....better check my notes and find the specifics on it...anyone know if it hit the sub or not? :D

M

Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:00 am

Naw, it missed the sub, but dang near hit several of the deckhands that jumped overboard! :shock:

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Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:50 am

Be there no question. Past, present & future, those of us who worked the flight earned that extra $125/month. Let's see, $125 /480 hrs=.26 cents extra /hr.

Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:58 pm

And Jack, I'm sure the Navy thought you guys were worth evry Penny ! :D

Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:03 pm

Hi,

isn't this one of those "Holy S**T !!!" photo's ??

Nice photo's

Paul

Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:27 pm

RickH wrote:Heads up photography!

We're trying to find a couple of captives to fly and these guys are throwin'em off the boat ! :lol:


Those aren't blue stripes those are Yellow and Brown. I'm not sure the Gov would take kindly to ya'al flying those around. That is a Live AIM-9.

I'd love to know how those shots were captured. That seems almost too good of shooting camera wise. I'm sure some ord-ee was in hot water until he sold out the Tweaks. We all know that in the Light Attack, Ordnance gets the credit when all goes well, the Tweaks get the beating when something doesn’t. :wink:

Tim

Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:41 pm

Yeah Tim , I know that its live. What I should have said was we're lookin for dummies and their throwin live ones off the boat ! :oops:

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Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:52 pm

We all know that in the Light Attack, Ordnance gets the credit

And rightfully so! But I thought F-18s only carried gas anyway.
In A-6s we didn't mess around with piddly little weapons like AIM-9s.
Wall-to-wall MK-83s loaded by hernia bar (that'll put hair on your chest!)
, Zunis, Rockeyes or SLAMS are more my cup of tea.
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