For those of you who like watching things come from together

1st thought - awesome!
2nd thought - "Crap! It's my day to drive the tow truck dragging the target vehicle for live fire today!"
 
So how do you get the job driving the tow vehicle?
 
I got to go out to Fallon to do almost the same thing only there was no trailer towing - it was autonomous!
 
You can run.... but then you won't have time to kiss your butt good bye....
 
We’ve used China Lake, but most of our fun is at Eglin or WSMR. Similar happy endings, though. :)
 
Pops was stationed at China Lake for a tour. Lots of beach. No ocean.
 
Whelp.... That settles it. Apparently "Ford Tough", aint so.....


Friggin false adverts man.


Side question..... Why did they only blow up Ford trucks? Cuz they didn't take the bail out money?:sosp:
 
That was fun.

As for "mad scientist" weapons inventions, I was always impressed with the CBU-105, an anti tank cluster munition.

It opens up, dropping sections that are slowed by parachutes. Each section then opens up and launches explosive "pucks" up and out that search for a target, then explode above that target.

I have no idea if the thing is effective or not, but somebody might have been on something to think of that.

 
Sac Arrow said:
Pops was stationed at China Lake for a tour. Lots of beach. No ocean.
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I was there from 2004-2006. Worst tour of duty I ever had in the Navy and lead me to get out 4 years prior to retirement. I felt sorry for the new kids out of boot camp that got forced to go there and live in the barracks with no transportation. Perfect set up for them to get into deep trouble.

The only good thing I got out of it was a free 3 week trip to Anchorage in August.
 
$50 says that Toyota Hilux was still driveable </TopGear reference>
 
The one thing I recall from 'Hook '91 was watching that year's compilation Video had put together. Watched it maybe three or four times in a row. REM "It's The End of the World" was the soundtrack. Been a fan ever since.
 
Yeah, that looks real impressive until you remember that the invading extraterrestrials always have shields against that sort of Mickey Mouse crapola.
 
flhrci said:
I was there from 2004-2006. Worst tour of duty I ever had in the Navy and lead me to get out 4 years prior to retirement. I felt sorry for the new kids out of boot camp that got forced to go there and live in the barracks with no transportation. Perfect set up for them to get into deep trouble.

The only good thing I got out of it was a free 3 week trip to Anchorage in August.
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Most of the posts I've lived on as a kid and was stationed at in the Army had fun stuff to do on or off post and clubbing opportunities. That animal did not exist there to the best of my knowledge. But I did get to see some cool stuff get blown up.
 
Half Fast said:
Ever drop a JASSM, or were you out of it before we started flying them?
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We were testing the first laser guided bombs when I left in '73. JASSM was still just a twinkle in some designers eye.
The laser bombs were crude and the aiming system was cumbersome, but the first time I put a bomb right down the center of a 55 gallon drum from 35,000 feet, I thought I was the living, breathing god of war.
One of the biggest problems we had at the end of the unpleasantness in SEA was the SAMS had gotten so fast and so accurate, we were desperate for a way to detect them as soon as they were spooling up to launch.
Everyone was looking for a solution.
When I got out, Phillips Electronics picked me up to work on "Project Dragon", an infrared/radar coupled SAM detector. It worked pretty well, except the detector need to be liquid nitrogen cooled. Not really viable in a combat situation.
 
I don’t think JASSM was even a twinkle yet in 73. We started the concept work sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, I think. We’ve flown a bunch of those things at Eglin over the years, plus lots of HELLFIREs and JAGMs.

We still use N2 gas bottles to cool IR imaging detectors in some short range missiles, but there are excellent cryogenic coolers now for targeting and IRST systems. Plus uncooled IR detectors are getting better and better.
 
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Or become an 11H? I think these things were still in use through the Gulf war, although their functionality was replaced by the Bradley.
 
Ah, the Army’s B52. 113 variants were still in service when I retired in ‘16. Not sure what big green’s plan for their future is.
 
59-61 I was with the Marine Aviation Detachment At Pt. Mugu CA. We'd go TDY to China Lake to do our thing. That period of my life I didn't go to work. I went to fun. I hated weekends since I couldn't go back to fun until Monday. :D
 
Only Uncle Sam would spend 2 million bucks to blow up a $100 truck.
 
TCABM said:
Ah, the Army’s B52. 113 variants were still in service when I retired in ‘16. Not sure what big green’s plan for their future is.
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Heh. I'm genuinely surprised that they were still in service then. 113's were going out as I was going in. Our Battalion command centers still had 557's as of my departure but those were pretty capable radio platforms. Of those of us thrust in to mech Infantry from light Infantry units, we regarded IFV's as tanks/death traps.
 
Sac Arrow said:
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Heh. I'm genuinely surprised that they were still in service then..
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TSB ambulances, C2 vehicles. My last tour I supported 1/4 ID, which was on Strykers by then. The AF ‘gets’ one dedicated C2 variant of the Stryker at each BN and BDE in addition to sharing one with the FSO in certain types of operations.

One thing’s for sure; riding to work beats walking to work.
 
TCABM said:
TSB ambulances, C2 vehicles. My last tour I supported 1/4 ID, which was on Strykers by then. The AF ‘gets’ one dedicated C2 variant of the Stryker at each BN and BDE in addition to sharing one with the FSO in certain types of operations.

One thing’s for sure; riding to work beats walking to work.
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1/4 ID, as in third Infantry division?
 
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