Why bombs are armed on the flight line

[Podunkadunk]

I wonder what kind of weapon that is....?

It's a Mk-65 Quick-Strike Mine. You can research further here: Mk-65 Quick Strike Mine - Dumb Bombs

Podunk

 

[Podunkadunk]

There's no yellow around the nose to indicate that it's HE...Has the bomb lugs like it's to be mounted on a MER or TER or parent rack...Will have to do some research on it.

Don

Most mines don't have the yellow bands denoting High Explosive (HE). Some do, but it mostly depends if the mine is a re-configured General Purpose (GP) bomb or not. If it is, then it'll have the bands. Most of the time, the yellow bands are tell-tale signs to firefighters that the weapon aboard is HE. Brown stripes mean Low Explosive (LE) and Blue means the warhead section is inert. Also, because of Forrestal, Oriskany, etc., most GP bombs these days are thermally coated. This is basically insulation against quick cookoff. If there are 2 bands, then it's thermally coated, one band, it isn't. Again, the bands serve a visual recognition purpose to crash and salvage teams.

As for the Multiple Ejector Rack/ Triple Ejector Rack / Parent rack...your knowledge of Aviation Ordnance related lingo impresses me.

Here's a pic of me (over 10 years ago at an airbase in the middle east). The weapon is an AGM-65 Maverick. Note the single yellow stripe and single brown stripe on the rear. For any kind of security reasons, I photoshopped out my face and squadron patches.

Here's a link to AGM-65: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/agm-65-pics.htm





Podunk

 

[dmccarty]

Podunk,

Two questions:

Is the "new" face in the photo better than the original?

Is that an Intruder attached to the Maverick?

Later,
Dan

 

[Podunkadunk]

Yeah, my feeble attempt at photoshopping a quality face actually turned out better than the original template

No, not an A-6, it's actually a P-3C Orion. Spent a little over 7 months of my life on one of those (roughly 5100 flight hours).

Podunk

 

[BigD23]

Most mines don't have the yellow bands denoting High Explosive (HE). Some do, but it mostly depends if the mine is a re-configured General Purpose (GP) bomb or not. If it is, then it'll have the bands. Most of the time, the yellow bands are tell-tale signs to firefighters that the weapon aboard is HE. Brown stripes mean Low Explosive (LE) and Blue means the warhead section is inert. Also, because of Forrestal, Oriskany, etc., most GP bombs these days are thermally coated. This is basically insulation against quick cookoff. If there are 2 bands, then it's thermally coated, one band, it isn't. Again, the bands serve a visual recognition purpose to crash and salvage teams.

As for the Multiple Ejector Rack/ Triple Ejector Rack / Parent rack...your knowledge of Aviation Ordnance related lingo impresses me.

Here's a pic of me (over 10 years ago at an airbase in the middle east). The weapon is an AGM-65 Maverick. Note the single yellow stripe and single brown stripe on the rear. For any kind of security reasons, I photoshopped out my face and squadron patches.

Here's a link to AGM-65: AGM-65 Maverick - Smart Weapons


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Podunk

Thanks Podunk...3 tours Vietnam, '69-72...Attack Squadron 192.

AO3 Don

 

[Podunkadunk]

Thanks Podunk...3 tours Vietnam, '69-72...Attack Squadron 192.

AO3 Don

I figured as much! Good to "know" you Don! Always great to have another Ordie around! I was a Red-shirt for the first 12 years of my career, even got to fly door gunner for a while when I was attached to a helo squadron. At the 12 yr. mark, I applied and got picked up for Flight Engineer School, finished out my 20 as an FE. I did spend a little over a year with the MP's on the base security force team right after 9-11. So I reckon you can say I had 4 jobs while I was in. Never a dull moment.

IYAOYAS

Podunk

 

[BigD23]

I figured as much! Good to "know" you Don! Always great to have another Ordie around! I was a Red-shirt for the first 12 years of my career, even got to fly door gunner for a while when I was attached to a helo squadron. At the 12 yr. mark, I applied and got picked up for Flight Engineer School, finished out my 20 as an FE. I did spend a little over a year with the MP's on the base security force team right after 9-11. So I reckon you can say I had 4 jobs while I was in. Never a dull moment.

IYAOYAS

Podunk

IYAOYAS!

 

[rhett]

3rd Bt, 5th Marines, 1st Mar Div
MAG-31, VMFA-312

Photo Shop, tha boomba tiz bigger than the door...

Semper Fidelis

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

No, not an A-6, it's actually a P-3C Orion

Sorry, Podunk, are you sure? Wouldn't there be a couple of Allison T56s hanging off that wing if it was a P3?

 

[dmccarty]

...
No, not an A-6, it's actually a P-3C Orion. Spent a little over 7 months of my life on one of those (roughly 5100 flight hours).

I was wondering about the P-3. What was throwing me off was the tail in the photo has a certain angle that fit both planes as well as the belly looks similar. The wing looks straight in the photo which leaned toward the P-3 but I could not figure out if it was lense.

I think I spent too much time on this.....

Later,
Dan