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F-16 Bombing and Strafing Runs

A day at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) watching live fire demonstrations of the F-16 Fighting Falcon's attack capabilities. The day also included a static fire of a Minuteman Stage 2 as well as demolition demos by Hill AFB Explosive Ordinance Disposal.
F-16 Unleashing with its General Electric M61A1 Vulcan, a 6-barrel 20mm cannon
F-16 Unleashing with its General Electric M61A1 Vulcan, a 6-barrel 20mm cannon		 Animations From the UTTR
:: Animations From the UTTR :: 		AH-64D Longbow Apache
AH-64D Longbow Apache		 Apache Landing on Us
Apache Landing on Us		 Kickin up some dust
Kickin up some dust
Tank on Static Display
Tank on Static Display		 Longbow
Longbow		 Delivery of a BDU-50 High Drag Bomb
Delivery of a BDU-50 High Drag Bomb		 BDU-50 High Drag Bomb in Flight
BDU-50 High Drag Bomb in Flight		 3...
3...
2...
2...		 1...
1...		 Impact
Impact		 F-16 Releasing a BDU-50 High Drag Bomb
F-16 Releasing a BDU-50 High Drag Bomb		 g4/26/656226/3/64969502.2diauEAV.jpg
g4/26/656226/3/64969503.Ch0LdTlJ.jpg Strafing
Strafing		 High Speed Passes
High Speed Passes		 g4/26/656226/3/64969506.N6EeRM0a.jpg Spiderweb Target Being Shredded
"Spiderweb" Target Being Shredded
The Sound of the Gun is Unexplainable
The Sound of the Gun is Unexplainable		 Letting the Lead Fly
Letting the Lead Fly		 g4/26/656226/3/64969510.GHjzAn76.jpg g4/26/656226/3/64969511.4Pk1q1kd.jpg Smoke pouring out of the Cannon (I think that I may have caught a bullet in midflight, notice the streak above the nose cone)
Smoke pouring out of the Cannon (I think that I may have caught a bullet in midflight, notice the streak above the nose cone)
It Reminds Me of a Shark From this Angle
It Reminds Me of a Shark From this Angle		 Up and Away
Up and Away		 Low Pass
Low Pass		 Minuteman Stage 2 Static Burn
Minuteman Stage 2 Static Burn		 52 Second Burn
52 Second Burn
A Glove Exploding
A Glove Exploding		 This is what happens if you don't stay in school Cantaloupe Disintigrating
"This is what happens if you don't stay in school" Cantaloupe Disintigrating		 IMG_68841.JPG
IMG_68841.JPG		 IMG_69071.JPG
IMG_69071.JPG		 Tire Launch
Tire Launch
Liftoff
Liftoff		 The right set of tires was a late bloomer, but it went the higest
The right set of tires was a late bloomer, but it went the higest		 Commander Crystal
Commander Crystal		 Business End of the Apache
Business End of the Apache		 Rocket Launcher Up Close and Personal
Rocket Launcher Up Close and Personal
DANGER-->
DANGER-->		 IMG_69531.JPG
IMG_69531.JPG		 IMG_69541.JPG
IMG_69541.JPG		 Emergency Response Hovercraft
Emergency Response Hovercraft		 These allow the AF to go directly to the scene of a crash, whether it is on solid land, water, or mud.
These allow the AF to go directly to the scene of a crash, whether it is on solid land, water, or mud.
FLASH! C-4!
FLASH! C-4!		 notice the shockwave expanding
notice the shockwave expanding		 still moving
still moving		 ...
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...		 It's hard to tell, but we could see the shadow of the shockwave rapidly approaching us
It's hard to tell, but we could see the shadow of the shockwave rapidly approaching us		 It's coming
It's coming		 BOOM!
BOOM!
g4/26/656226/3/64969552.6japCZAk.jpg g4/26/656226/3/64969553.YxQQ1utx.jpg Amazing what C-4 can do
Amazing what C-4 can do		 The Salt Flats From Bug Hill
The Salt Flats From Bug Hill

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Guest 05-Mar-2012 17:34
Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I was the commander at Oasis from 2001 - 2002. As a heads up, the detonation photos are from a Trident C4 SLBM motor, not a large stack of C-4 plastic explosives. The C4 was a three stage solid propellant missle with the first stage weighing in at approximately 40,000 lbs. This was likely a single first stage, two second stage or multiple third stage motors. A single block of C-4 explosive is placed in the nozzle of the motor and used as the initating charge.
Guest 25-Mar-2011 14:57
holy shit
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