Morning Oppo!

"PowderHound" (PowderHound) 08/23/2013 at 10:28 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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'Scuse me while I go throw up an A-10

Large size here

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PowderHound 08/23/2013 at 10:29

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Armless, legless A-10: "All right, we'll call it a draw."

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > PowderHound 08/23/2013 at 10:33

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IIRC, 305 was the weapons load trainer airframe up at Eilson, AFB Alaska. When the 354FW drew down, they shipped it out of there (I forget where it went though).

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > PowderHound 08/23/2013 at 10:41

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That C-5 was sure partying hard last night.

Chris Clarke > PowderHound 08/23/2013 at 10:43

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This?

PowderHound > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole 08/23/2013 at 11:12

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Weapons load trainer? That mean they weighed it down to max capacity to learn the characteristics?

PowderHound > Chris Clarke 08/23/2013 at 11:12

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I believe that is correct

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > PowderHound 08/23/2013 at 11:44

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No, weapons load crews would use it to practice loading different munitions that the A-10 can carry, but doesn't normally fly with at home station. Not all training missions carry "live" munitions. Most bombing training sorties fly with BDU-33 practice bombs:

If that's all you load, you get rusty loading other stuff. So they practice, are qualified on different munitions and have competitions loading all kinds of stuff:

PowderHound > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole 08/23/2013 at 11:49

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Makes more sense. Fully loaded planes are so dope.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > PowderHound 08/23/2013 at 11:50

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Yo dawg, we heard you like freakin' awesome airplanes.

highmodulus > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 08/23/2013 at 11:57

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Technically, "Yo Dog, I heard you like awesome planes, so I put this awesome plane inside this other awesome plane. "