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  1. #1
    Jbb
    You about to have your day ruined for you.........BANG!!!! (http://dailyadultjoke.com/movies/bomb.wmv)
    love it when the FAC says "Oh, Dude!"
    Speakers on please.
    See description of this event below...make sure to have your sound on. This ought to warm the cockles of every aviator's heart...enjoy!
    Our Air Force Brethren at their best -- Go Air Force.
    This is a video from a F16 doing CAS during the recent fighting in Fallujah. We have been bombing insurgent "safe houses" with some success recently. This F16 was on such a mission, to hit a building with an LGB.
    After the weapon had been launched 30+ insurgents left the building en masse to hurry to a nearby engagement with US Marines. The fighting had been going on for hours.
    The pilot communicates with the FAC either in the air or on the ground, and changes the flight path of the bomb while it is en route the target.
    You can clearly see the "L" flashing in the MFD, and TGP is selected. The high pitched "Darth Vader" sounds you hear are the pilot breathing. It is the pilot who says "I got numerous individuals on the road, do you want me to take those out?" The FAC says "Take em out!" By the way I love it when the FAC says "Oh, Dude!" at the end of the video clip.
    Now I must put this in focus for you so you can get a glimpse into the complexities of the modern battlefield and the flexibilities of the modern U.S. war fighter.
    You have a super-sonic high performance aircraft being driven by a single pilot who, under the tactical control of a FAC, launches a precision guided munitions (PGM) at a designated structure (building). The pilot uses the aircraft's laser guidance video display to guide the weapon to the target (precision). Remember, he is also flying the aircraft. The pilot sees the video on his heads-up display and notices a bunch of combatants leaving the targeted building, turning the corner and heading down the street towards an active firefight. The pilot advises the FAC of the change in the status of the target requesting to target the combatants en route to the fire fight rather than hitting an empty building. Permission is granted and death and destruction rain down.
    Just in case the abbreviations are not part of your everyday vernacular I have expanded them below:
    CAS = Close Air Support
    LGB = Laser Guided Bomb
    FAC = Forward Air Controller
    MFD = Multi Function Display
    TGP = Terminally Guided Projectile

  2. #2
    switchin'addiction
    Boom!!!

  3. #3
    sidewound
    Is that one of those MFD's in your RIGHTEYE?

  4. #4
    Jbb
    Is that one of those MFD's in your RIGHTEYE?
    very observant grasshopper...

  5. #5
    sidewound
    Thank You Oh Exhaulted one.

  6. #6
    76BARRON
    Thanks JBB , I always enjoy watching the P.O.S. bad guys getting smoked!!
    The more the better!!!
    Keep'em comming!
    76

  7. #7
    Sane Asylum
    Is that one of those MFD's in your RIGHTEYE?
    LMFAO>.............................I'm seriously sitting here laughing my ass off......You caught me off guard......

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