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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
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Those blue practice bombs were the BDU-33* and were used by the Navy and Air Force. A 25-pound dummy bomb (Bomb, Dummy Unit) that was used to simulate releasing a 500-pound bomb**.
After returning to the World, I loaded many thousands of those on F-4Es, while stationed at the old George Air Force Base.
It wasn't anywhere near as much fun as loading the real items! (See **)
*Qualifier: Had to rely on Duckduckgo for the designation.
**Qualifier: I'll never forget that designation -- Mk. 82
Those blue practice bombs were the BDU-33* and were used by the Navy and Air Force. A 25-pound dummy bomb (Bomb, Dummy Unit) that was used to simulate releasing a 500-pound bomb**.
After returning to the World, I loaded many thousands of those on F-4Es, while stationed at the old George Air Force Base.
It wasn't anywhere near as much fun as loading the real items! (See **)
*Qualifier: Had to rely on Duckduckgo for the designation.
**Qualifier: I'll never forget that designation -- Mk. 82