F-16 Weapons Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Hello all, I am building Tamiyas 1/32 Strike Eagle and want to do a realistic B-61 single carriage. I am trying to find out which station(s) are dedicated for their carriage and what else would be carried in this case. Thank you. Pat Green, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
strikeeagle801 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 LCT/RCT-2 (center bottom CFT hardpoint). The wing pylons are cleared as well. Most likely (operationally) though, they would carry wing tanks for longer range, and AIM-120/AIM-9 for self defense. Here's a picture from F-15e.info of four B-61 "shapes" being carried. Aaron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-16 Weapons Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Thank you Aaron. I was a loader on F-16s for 21 years and our dedicated station was always station 7, the right wing pylon. I figured the eagle's would be a conformal or the centerline. Thanks again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
strikeeagle801 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) Not a problem. I'm glad I could help. Thank you for your service. Aaron Edited March 9, 2014 by strikeeagle801 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrvark Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I wonder what the minimum release interval is on that loadout? :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I wonder what the minimum release interval is on that loadout? :)/> You are definitely having a bad day when you get carpet-bombed with nukes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I wonder what the minimum release interval is on that loadout? :)/> You are definitely having a bad day when you get carpet-bombed with nukes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-16 Weapons Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 The security on these things was insane before they got the vault system and moved most to the hardened aircraft shelters. Receiving one for exercises got more guns pointed at you than you cam imagine!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenshb Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I have always believed that the white shapes are drill rounds and the live ones are silver with brown nose caps...these can't possibly be four (possily five) live nukes, can they? Jens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 They could be white or silver: http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/2003/DF-SD-03-09860.jpeg http://svsm.org/gallery/b61/P1500199 Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeramy Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Thank you Aaron. I was a loader on F-16s for 21 years and our dedicated station was always station 7, the right wing pylon. I figured the eagle's would be a conformal or the centerline. Thanks again. Sorry you got stuck on Vipers... Eagles are much easier to load (19 years Weapons) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SebastianP Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) They could be white or silver: http://media.nara.gov/stillpix/330-cfd/2003/DF-SD-03-09860.jpeg http://svsm.org/gallery/b61/P1500199 Jari Note that the white one is explicitly stenciled with "inert" near the tailfins. The silver one in the second photo...isn't. In fact, none of the stenciling on the bomb seems to indicate a training shape, at least to this layman... That doesn't mean that the F-15 in the picture is carrying five live bombs though, they may simply be operational casings with the physics packages (the actual warheads) removed. Edited March 27, 2014 by SebastianP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
strikeeagle801 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Remember all the hell that was raised a few years ago when that B-52 flew from Minot to Barksdale (or visa-versa) with live weapons on board? I seriously doubt that the USAF is allowed to fly any operational nuclear weapons around...Let alone 4 or 5 of them. They *probably* are fully inert, and just a different color. Aaron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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