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F-111 from the 494th TFS carrying Mk82 practice bombs into the Bardenas Reales bombing range
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F-111 from the 494th TFS carrying Mk82 practice bombs into the Bardenas Reales bombing range
AN air-to-air right side view of an F-4E Phantom II aircraft dropping six Mark 82 500-lb. low-drag bombs over a range. An auxiliary fuel tank is carried on each wing. A Pave Spike airborne laser designator is mounted on the front section of the fuselage. The aircraft is assigned to the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing. 1980.
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July 22, 1973 started off like any other bombing mission. We did our preflight, routine, strapped in and taxied to the arming area. For this mission we had 18 Mark 82 – 500 pound bombs loaded, a more or less standard drop. That was 9000 pounds of bombs hanging from the F4 (almost twice the amount that one B-17 bomber carried in World War II). The munitions folks checked the bombs and pulled the…
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