Ten Seconds!

mjolnir01

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"Ten Seconds!"

Given my employment, I prefer an airdrop analogy to a bombing analogy. But then again, we can drop the biggest conventional bomb in the world. Linky

"Nav, run-in looks good. Cleared Auto."

Regardless, when the platform clears the ramp, the loadmaster says those magic words:

"LOAD CLEAR!!!"
 
I too was at Eglin when they tested it. Quite impressive piece of technology. My kids used to ride the display model in front of the museum!

I was in Oman when we dropped the last BLU-82 in Afghanistan in late 01. The Predator feed was AWESOME!! Big, conventional bombs are great for psy-ops!

Cheers,

Tony

SO TO SPEAK!


Watched the drops live from the rooftop of Bldg 349 over at Eglin. Sure would like to see more of those built. ;) So does that make the Load a bombadier too?
 
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