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Section 25: Chit Chat Subject: Nuclear Rockets Msg# 1230050
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I believe that our definition of a "shack" was 300 feet or less. The drops were electronic and scored electronically. We started a tone at the start of our bomb run. It was set on the frequency of the scoring train at the site. The computer would figure the impact point from the position we set our radar crosshairs on the target. The tone would break as the computer counted down from where we set the aim point crosshairs. And we would be given a score by the guys on the scoring train.
Wing commanders' jobs rested on the bomb/nav team's ability to put the bomb on the target. The commanders, all pilots during my career in SAC and long after, were pilots. They got the promotions to general officer. The navigators never did. So, the day my 4 year commitment after flight school was up, I was gone. The 27 years I spent in the Air National Guard was a different story. In my last years, the commander of the NY Air Guard was a two star general and the first navigator of record to make that. He made sure I made colonel. Thanks Charlie. BTW and slightly off subject: the new Chmn of the Joint Chiefs started as a lieutenant F16 pilot in our NY Air Guard unit in Syracuse about the same time I was Chief of Planning at headquarters. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: You should explain Ed that our weapons weren't nearly as large as the Russian's because the accuracy of our drops were measured in hundreds of yards if I remember correctly while the Russian accuracy was measured in MILES? Bombs away with Curt LeMay! |
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