I didn't see this posted yet:
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/1985033/
It's an AP story as it's posted elsewhere verbatim.
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/1985033/
It's an AP story as it's posted elsewhere verbatim.
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F-18 Drops Inert Bomb in Virginia Beach
- Thread starter Rg9
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The brief news coverage on Fox has annoyed me already. "Just a month ago, 'they' were flying nukes over the US..." No, dude, the Air Force was flying nukes over the US.
Anyway, is it easy to accidentally release weapons, or do mechanical malfunctions like this often occur? It seems like a fluke incident that will have a huge impact on future weapons training.
Anyway, is it easy to accidentally release weapons, or do mechanical malfunctions like this often occur? It seems like a fluke incident that will have a huge impact on future weapons training.
Sucks to be SDO in that squadron today.
I'd rather be the SDO than the guy with the TFOA (or the skipper). At least the SDO will be relieved eventually, the other two will still be dealing with it day after day.....
HJ, I guess it fell pretty close to KNTU. Just glad no one hurt. I suspect after it's settled, some aviator might be walking around with a new call sign.
or the ASO
Probably a Mk 76 ... BFD, unless it comes through your roof. 
.... so you come into the break @ 450 KIAS and snap it --- buh-by birdie. Wasn't there an IP we went through primay with whose call sign was some acronym along the lines of "Bullshit you hit the pickle with your elbow"?
If you have access to SIPR and are ever having a bad day, google the Navy Operations Center and read the daily OPREP/SITREP archive. No matter how bad a day you are having, someone somewhere in the Navy is having a much worse one, and the gory details are posted for you to read. There are usually an interesting mix of mundane, sucks-to-be-him, yikes, and Holy Freakin' Shiite incidents to read about.
That was what we did while in C5F for a year.
Kept us in touch with what was really going on...of course you couldn't tell anyone about it outside of work as most msg traffic was at least CONF.
Or maybe a BDU-48.
The BDU-48/B is a 10-pound practice bomb. It is a thin-cased cylindrical bomb used to simulate retarded weapon delivery. The bomb is composed of the bomb body, a retractable suspension lug, a firing assembly, and box-type conical fins. The firing device consists of a firing pin assembly and a cotter pin. The BDU-48/B is painted blue. Identification nomenclature is stenciled in white letters on the bomb body. The bomb can use signal cartridge Mk 4 Mod 3, or CXU-3A/B. While handling or transporting bombs, loaders should avoid placing their bodies in line with either end of the bomb.
The BDU-48/B is a 10-pound practice bomb. It is a thin-cased cylindrical bomb used to simulate retarded weapon delivery. The bomb is composed of the bomb body, a retractable suspension lug, a firing assembly, and box-type conical fins. The firing device consists of a firing pin assembly and a cotter pin. The BDU-48/B is painted blue. Identification nomenclature is stenciled in white letters on the bomb body. The bomb can use signal cartridge Mk 4 Mod 3, or CXU-3A/B. While handling or transporting bombs, loaders should avoid placing their bodies in line with either end of the bomb.
My reserve duty is to stand watch in that center, to summarize all of those OPREP/SITREP's and post them on the web. I have to agree on the "No matter how bad a day you are having, someone somewhere in the Navy is having a much worse one" statement. While most of them are unfortunately DUI/Domestic Abuse/Arrest stuff, there are some that are just downright bizarre. Unfortunately the best ones I can't talk about here but Flyin is definitely right, sometimes a good read.