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As many of you folks do in posts here, I occasionally also wonder about particular warloads for particular aircraft. Did this aircraft carry that bomb/missile and how so?
Well, lets make a thread of photos for reference to answer that question. Preferably of operational combat aircraft whenever possible. That way, if you come across a photo somewhere on the net, add it here for a growing resource for those who like to arm up their birds, and bookmark the thread or particular post on here.
I'll start it off with a rare combo, the F-4E carrying the AGM-12C (or possibly AGM-12E) in South East Asia
notice how in the top photo there are MERs on the outboard station(s) while in the others it's on the centerline...
what's next?
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
Great idea for a thread SP, I look forward to seeing what people come up with.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
I like this one. As if Typhoons and P-47's with 8 .50s isn't enough to disturb your ground war! "prehistoric" CBU's on a P-47.
-Tom
If your building an F-15E this site provides typical loadouts for the operations the mudhen has been called to do what it does best.
http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/weapons/loadout-configurations
On the bench
1:48 Testors SPAD XIII
1:48 Revell P-47D Razorback
1:48 Hasegawa Bf 109E Galland
I like that P-47 loadout
Here's a 1991 equivalent. Great stuff for close air support 5x Mk.20 Rockeyes, plus drop tanks and a pair of Sidewinders just in case any bad guys come to tussle.
I couldn't resist adding this one, though I'm sure many have already seen it!
It was mounted on an A-1 Skyraider.
I build 1/48 scale WW2 fighters.
Have fun.
CC, that one is a classic!
Here is another Hornet from 1991. 3 x Mk.83 or Mk.84 AIRs, a couple drop tanks and a FLIR pod. and of course the obligatory Sidewinders.
Another 1991 Desert Storm CAS load, on one of my favorite birds, teh A-10
2 x TER w/6 CBU-58s, a pair of AGM-65D Mavericks, another pair of AIM-9L/M sidewinders, and an ECM pod
Hello!
A nice idea, operational photos aren't so easy to come by on the net! Thanks for sharing and have a nice day
Paweł
All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!
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That's exactly why I started this thread! One has to sift thru a bunch of photos just to find decent shots of actual armed operational warbirds!
Well this thread has been quiet for a few months, so I'll give it a bit of a boost with another great mud mover, the A-7...
Iron Hand loadout AGM-45 Shrikes and SUU-30 CBUs (plus AIM-9Ds) in 1968 during the A-7's first combat deployment
Snakes... a lot of snakes... 16 X Mk.82 Snakeye HDGPs and 2x AIM-9Ds
1983, USS Independence took A-7s in harms way twice, Grenada and Lebanon. Here armed up with Mk.20 Rockeyes and a FLIR pod
and in her final USN combat colors in 1991, again with Mk.20 Rockeyes, AGM-88 HARMs, and AIM-9L Sidewinders...
Good to see this thread back - it's very useful! Thanks for sharing and have a nice day
One comment on the F-18s, unless I am seeing things, they were hauling a pair of AIM 7 Sparrows as well. Great thread, have to see what I can come up with.
John
A couple A-7 Sandy alert aircraft, 3rd T.F.S.
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Some F-4Es 34th T.F.S.
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F-4Ds, 34th T.F.S.
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What would be nice to would be a list and/or diagram of which weapons are checked out for which aircraft and which hard points are valid for a munition/ drop tank.
I have some research for a few types of planes but I don't know how good it is.
Chasing the ultimate build.
I have seen that on a few aircraft, and such information such as if a hard point is plumbed for a drop tank, or dry for ordnance only. But those charts that show what they can carry often do not reflect what is actually carried, especially in combat.
Warning, this is not a typical war load for a F/A-18C on A2A mission.
Wahoo! Loaded for the bad guys to come over like they did in WWII. Maybe take that one back for the Final Countdown and let him have fun on December 7 :)
How about some Phantoms?
The first "Weasel" Phantoms, the EF-4C with a pair or AIM-7s and another pair of AGM-45s
Early F-4G warload, 1 AGM-78 and 1 AGM-45 ARMs
F-4G ODS Warload- 2x AGM-88s, 2 x AIM7s, 1 ECM pod
Drop tanks are mandatory.
seasick Drop tanks are mandatory.
unless you have great tanker support or a very long legged aircraft... Or a short hop...
Didn't some F-4Gs carry 4 Harms in ODS with only the centerline drop tank?
They did on some missions. On other longer duration missions they carried the wing drop tanks as well. That is the more common load out seen in photos. Just an educated guess, but the four HARMs and a centerline tank only load out was likely for early missions against border area air defenses. The deeper penetration missions needed more onboard fuel to get to the target and then back to the tanker tracks over friendly territory.
Makes sense Stik, thanks.
Nathan T Makes sense Stik, thanks.
Yup, I went and found my Squadron "Wild Weasel" book and read up on the Desert Storm F-4G missions... in the opening days of that war, if the F-4Gs were flying in the Kuwait area, they carried the 4x HARM loadout. Those going into Western Iraq or "Downtown" to Baghdad carried the 2x HARM and 3 fuel tank loadout. occasionally later in the war AGM-65D Mavericks or AGM-45 Shrikes were used by F-4Gs as well. With one F-4G even killing a IL-76 on a runway with an AGM-65D. But according to that book the 2x AGM-88 with the three fuel tanks was the most common loadout as the war progressed and SEAD mission evolved.
In the Falkland War, two of the Blackbuck Missions (a third was scrubbed) carried AGM-45s.
The second one had to divert to Rio and could only jettison one of the two remaining missiles.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Internal Fuel of planes I could track it down for: (internal fuel only no drop tanks) I'll update this as I can find references
Don't forget to add in mission profile. A low/low/low mission profile eats far more fuel that a high/low/high profile. But anyways we are digressing from the thread intent here and I will try to get some more photos up here later on or combat aircraft and loadouts carried on actual missions.
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