USAF Bombs Yorkshire!!!!

"Mary Shafer" wrote...

I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I
can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb.

Most of us use the whole airplane for birds... Got 2 ducks at once with an A-6
once! :-)

John Weiss wrote:
Most of us use the whole airplane for birds... Got 2 ducks at once with an
A-6
once! :-)

Took an eagle in no.2 engine with a B-57 near Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. It sure did
make a mess!
We got even about two months later, overflew a turkey farm SE of Kansas City.
Farmer claimed we killed 3500 turkeys from 500 ft with no weapons on board :-)
Domestic turkeys are dumb critters.

oxmoron1
MFE

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 06:05:54 GMT, "John R Weiss"
wrote:

"Mary Shafer" wrote...

I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I
can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb.

Most of us use the whole airplane for birds... Got 2 ducks at once with an A-6
once! :-)

This raven was sitting on the ground (well, probably on part of the
target or something, not the actual ground) when my friend dropped the
ordnance on it, I think from an F/A-18. It wasn't a bird strike in
flight.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

Why the fuss. Everyones been missing the bombing range at RAF Holbeach for
years. Used to be a weekly occurrance to get calls about practice bombs
being found miles arround when I was in the Police there.

"Rufus" wrote in message
news:JYCMb.34483$na.24711@attbi_s04...
Ken Duffey wrote:

An item on the BBC news..............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm

An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
an 18 in crater.

Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
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Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
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Blue death from above!

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- Rufus

"Ken Duffey" wrote in message
...
An item on the BBC news..............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm

An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
an 18 in crater.

Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++

I don't know, put a flat cap on Bin Laden, give him a sheepdog... maybe
they're on to something.

Matt

We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster &
somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs. He
claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true. The
investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
didn't pre-flight it.


"Ken Duffey" wrote in message
...
An item on the BBC news..............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm

An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
an 18 in crater.

Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++

"Shawn Hull" wrote in message
...
We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster
&
somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs.
He
claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true.
The
investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
didn't pre-flight it.

F**king Idiots like that get people killed!!!! Who the hell is training
these turds anyway?
Mike IPMS

"Ken Duffey" wrote in message
...
An item on the BBC news..............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm

An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
an 18 in crater.

Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++

Mike Keown wrote:

"Shawn Hull" wrote in message
...
We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster
&
somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs.
He
claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true.
The
investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
didn't pre-flight it.

F**king Idiots like that get people killed!!!! Who the hell is training
these turds anyway?
Mike IPMS

Maybe one of those overworked guys.
Sleep tight tonight. Your Air Force is on the job!

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Mike Keown wrote:

"Shawn Hull" wrote in message
...

We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster

&

somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs.

He

claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true.

The

investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
didn't pre-flight it.


F**king Idiots like that get people killed!!!! Who the hell is training
these turds anyway?
Mike IPMS


Dangerous play makes for dangerous accidents...you should get to read
the yearly "TFOA" reports - "Things Falling Off Aircraft".

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- Rufus

Dangerous play makes for dangerous accidents...you should get to read
the yearly "TFOA" reports - "Things Falling Off Aircraft".

I used to read the weekly Navy TFOA report. I couldn't believe how many
antennas fell off aircraft.

JD