Darren Roberts Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I'm doing a 174th NYANG F-16 in the first days of the war when they carried the Pave Claw gun pod. From what I can tell, they carried an ECM pod on one pylon and an AGM-65 on the opposite pylon. What I haven't been able to discern is if it was a single missile or if it had the triple mounted rack. Thanks for any help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Darren Roberts said: I'm doing a 174th NYANG F-16 in the first days of the war when they carried the Pave Claw gun pod. From what I can tell, they carried an ECM pod on one pylon and an AGM-65 on the opposite pylon. What I haven't been able to discern is if it was a single missile or if it had the triple mounted rack. Thanks for any help. I'm pretty sure they only mounted singles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quixote74 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 The 174th would have only used single-rail (LAU-117) Mavericks during Desert Storm. Also, ECM pod was the ALQ-119. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 A pic showing the ECM pod side: it took some battle damage but made it back to base. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achterkirch Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I believe it was a single also like what 11bee said. IIRC they used the AGM-65D for that load out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Thanks all! You guys are awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jabba29 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Weapons load chart for F-16s during Desert Storm here:- https://www.dstorm.eu/pages/loadout/f-16.html dstorm.eu is a very good site for all things Gulf War related. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 On 7/4/2020 at 5:34 AM, Jabba29 said: Weapons load chart for F-16s during Desert Storm here:- https://www.dstorm.eu/pages/loadout/f-16.html dstorm.eu is a very good site for all things Gulf War related. That's where I got the initial info, but wanted to clarify how many. You are correct that it's a great site. Thanks for sharing it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JakubJakepilot Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) Definetly single Maverick loaded on LAU-117. And, as the Dstorm site is mine, if it was 3 Mavs, I would write it there ;-). Thanks ! EDIT: Btw, the D version was carried on A-10As as a "poor man´s FLIR", so it could be same on the F-16s ? Edited July 18, 2020 by JakubJakepilot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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