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Pop quiz: When (date) was the first Harpoon launched off a B-52? ;-)
"BUFDRVR" wrote in message ... Just wondering, how were B-52G bombers supposed to find targets in anti-ship strikes? Were they to use their own sensors or depend on offboard targeting? Just like the H model when it picked up the mission, the G model was going to work with naval assets that had the ability to classify vessels (we usually worked with S-3s). The BUFF does have an ability (particularly over water) to use its radar to find ships, but no way of knowing if its a Kashin Class destroyer or the Love Boat. BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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Pop quiz: When (date) was the first Harpoon launched off a B-52? ;-)
Sounds like someone can use their log book to answer this I'd be happy to get the year right....I'll say 1983 and for the hell of it, 15 April 1983??? BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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ROFL!! No fair, you must know. It was about 1430 on 16 Mar 83. Excellent
guess! :-)) We hit the target, a destroyer full of styrofoam (or so we were told), dead center from 52 miles. Lots of fun. During the time our crew was tasked with Harpoon testing (along with another Mather crew and one BAD crew) we tested the new BLUTE weapon retard system at EDW. The first drop was done by our crew on that one too. First drop....not successful. Only about 10 out of, hmmm 48 (is that a full load BD?) worked. Regards, JB "BUFDRVR" wrote in message ... Pop quiz: When (date) was the first Harpoon launched off a B-52? ;-) Sounds like someone can use their log book to answer this I'd be happy to get the year right....I'll say 1983 and for the hell of it, 15 April 1983??? BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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When I was TDY to Eglin in 1976 testing AIM-7s on F-15s, there was a
B-52 crew testing some air-to-water missile. I'm thinking it was a Harpoon, but it must not have been. Do you know what it was? IIRC, the target was much like you describe on your test. Jim Thomas Jim Baker wrote: ROFL!! No fair, you must know. It was about 1430 on 16 Mar 83. Excellent guess! :-)) We hit the target, a destroyer full of styrofoam (or so we were told), dead center from 52 miles. Lots of fun. During the time our crew was tasked with Harpoon testing (along with another Mather crew and one BAD crew) we tested the new BLUTE weapon retard system at EDW. The first drop was done by our crew on that one too. First drop....not successful. Only about 10 out of, hmmm 48 (is that a full load BD?) worked. Regards, JB "BUFDRVR" wrote in message ... Pop quiz: When (date) was the first Harpoon launched off a B-52? ;-) Sounds like someone can use their log book to answer this I'd be happy to get the year right....I'll say 1983 and for the hell of it, 15 April 1983??? BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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No, sorry, I don't have any idea what that could have been Jim.
JB "Jim Thomas" wrote in message ink.net... When I was TDY to Eglin in 1976 testing AIM-7s on F-15s, there was a B-52 crew testing some air-to-water missile. I'm thinking it was a Harpoon, but it must not have been. Do you know what it was? IIRC, the target was much like you describe on your test. Jim Thomas Jim Baker wrote: ROFL!! No fair, you must know. It was about 1430 on 16 Mar 83. Excellent guess! :-)) We hit the target, a destroyer full of styrofoam (or so we were told), dead center from 52 miles. Lots of fun. During the time our crew was tasked with Harpoon testing (along with another Mather crew and one BAD crew) we tested the new BLUTE weapon retard system at EDW. The first drop was done by our crew on that one too. First drop....not successful. Only about 10 out of, hmmm 48 (is that a full load BD?) worked. Regards, JB "BUFDRVR" wrote in message ... Pop quiz: When (date) was the first Harpoon launched off a B-52? ;-) Sounds like someone can use their log book to answer this I'd be happy to get the year right....I'll say 1983 and for the hell of it, 15 April 1983??? BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:25:20 -0500, Alan Minyard
wrote: Well, blowing up either one would count as a service to humanity :-) In the case of the latter, I'd recommend deploying a full wing of buffs, just to make sure. greg -- $ReplyAddress =~ s#\@.*$##; # Delete everything after the '@' The Following is a true story..... Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. |
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(is that a full load BD?)
Believe it or not, its kind of difficult to say what a full load of AGM-84D is on a BUFF. There are enough stations for 6 per pylon, for a total of 12. However, there were engine harmonics problems on the G model J-57 engines that affected the two rear shoulder stations. So...the G model was only certified to carry 4 per pylon for a total of 8. Now, the H model has entirely different engines and one could reasonably suspect, entirely different harmonics, however for years and years we were stuck with 8 total. About the time they started to seriously discuss removing the weapon from the BUFF inventory (after spending millions to upgrade the B-52 Offensive software as to permit any B-52 to shoot Harpoon), they also started discussing new tests for the H model TF-33 harmoincs. I never heard anything beyond that and realistically, the weapon should just be removed from the BUFF inventory. If there's a ship to be sunk nowadays, the US Navy doesn't need to, and won't, call on the USAF to sink it with an AGM-84D. BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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No. The EVS was for low level only and was only a good eye outside some of
the time; when conditions were right and it was working properly. It definitely helped at night, the FLIR that is, and the steerable TV was only good in the day, when conditions were right and it was working properly. The search equipment was the radar. JB "Tank Fixer" wrote in message k.net... In article , says... Yes, the B-52G did carry ASQ-151 Electro-optical Viewing System (EVS), which consisted of AVQ-22 LLLTV and AAQ-6 FLIR. But the main purpose of this system was to prevent the bomber from flying into the ground at night. Could one use it to perform a search from altitude at night ? Tank Fixer wrote in message nk.net... In article , says... Just wondering, how were B-52G bombers supposed to find targets in anti-ship strikes? Were they to use their own sensors or depend on offboard targeting? Soviet naval bombers had big sea search radars, but B-52G didn't seem to have one... http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/AG...n_Missile.html Don't teh G models carry an EO system in the nose ? -- When dealing with propaganda terminology one sometimes always speaks in variable absolutes. This is not to be mistaken for an unbiased slant. |
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