Heavy Warload Pics... - Page 2

**TopHatter** · 06-11-2006, 19:34 PM

Here's a similar AMRAAM pic that PubFather already posted.

**Parihaka** · 06-11-2006, 19:45 PM

TH, is the T12 the same as the English T14 'earthquake" or "Grand Slam", or is it an American variant?

ArmchairGeneral · 06-11-2006, 21:17 PM

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Some serious Harpoon capacity

That's a B-52, right? That's what it looks like from the undercarriage, lines, and size.

ArmchairGeneral · 06-11-2006, 21:19 PM

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How's this for heavy? The 42,000-lb T12 instant earthquake maker.

Good gosh.

And I thought MOAB was huge.

Gun Grape · 06-12-2006, 00:02 AM

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Although...can somebody tell me what the heck that black panel on the A-6 are for, especially the holes. Thanks

As stated, that is an airbrake. Which, identifies this plane as a A-6A or a A-6C TRIM. I'll bet an A because the speedbrake is perforated.

It was found that the fuselage speed brakes didn't do alot so they were made inop and later versions relied on the wing tip split speedbrake.

Except for the EA versions which had an antenna where the wing brakes are located.

Zaphael · 06-12-2006, 01:58 AM

Heh, i thot it was an airbrake too...

**TopHatter** · 06-12-2006, 16:03 PM

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As stated, that is an airbrake. Which, identifies this plane as a A-6A or a A-6C TRIM. I'll bet an A because the speedbrake is perforated.

TRIM or TRAM?

highsea · 06-12-2006, 16:40 PM

Here's an old wind tunnel pic of the fuselage mounted speed brakes on a powered model, to show how they looked deployed. They were also effective thrust deflectors, vMax was something like 109kts when deployed!

gunnut · 06-12-2006, 16:41 PM

Whose lawn dart is this? I rarely see one with conformal tanks and a spine ridge like that. I don't recognize those missiles either.

**TopHatter** · 06-12-2006, 17:01 PM

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Whose lawn dart is this? I rarely see one with conformal tanks and a spine ridge like that. I don't recognize those missiles either.

That is an F-16 Block 60 ("F-16F")of the United Arab Emirates, the sole operator of the Block 60.

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Based on the F-16C/D, it features conformal fuel tanks and improved radar and avionics; it has only been sold to the United Arab Emirates. The General Electric F110-132 is a development of the -129 model and is rated at 32,500 lbf (144 kN). A major difference from previous Blocks is the Northrop Grumman AN/APG-80 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. Block 60 allows the carriage of all Block 50/52 aircraft-compatible weaponry as well as ASRAAM and the AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM). The CFTs provide an additional 450 US gallons (2,045 litres) of fuel allowing increased range or time on station. This has the added benefit of freeing up hardpoints for weapons, i.e. hardpoints that would have been occupied by underwing fuel tanks. The MIL-STD-1553 data bus is replaced by MIL-STD-1773 fiber optic data bus which offers 1000 times increase in data handling capability. Theoretically, the aircraft could be purchased by the United States Air Force, but in practice the USAF has shown little interest in acquiring new F-16s given that it has an extensive "boneyard" fleet of the planes at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center and is planning to take delivery of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by the end of the decade

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-16#F-16_E.2FF

Gun Grape · 06-12-2006, 20:27 PM

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TRIM or TRAM?

A-6C TRIM.

TRIM= Trails/Roads Interdiction Multisensor pod deployed in 1970. Only 12 A-6As were modified to A-6C TRIM standards

A-6E had the TRAM

TRAM=Target Recognition and Attack Multisensor deployed in 1979. All A-6Es were converted to TRAM standards.

This was one of my favorite plastic models to build way back when. I also had a NJROTC instructor that flew them.

**TopHatter** · 06-12-2006, 22:09 PM

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A-6C TRIM.
A-6E had the TRAM
TRAM=Target Recognition and Attack Multisensor deployed in 1979. All A-6Es were converted to TRAM standards.

Not sure which is more irritating...forgetting my acronyms or being too darn lazy to look them up

TillerNOS · 06-13-2006, 02:52 AM

Here's my addition...

**TopHatter** · 06-13-2006, 08:14 AM

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Here's my addition...

Sweeeet

BTW, what do you do in the Navy?

PubFather · 06-13-2006, 16:11 PM

In the same vein as the last pic.... Just love the sentiment behind it...

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