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  2. Lookout Air Raids - Wikipedia

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    The Lookout Air Raids were minor but historic Japanese air raids that occurred in the mountains of Oregon, several miles outside Brookings during World War II. [1]On September 9, 1942, a Japanese Yokosuka E14Y Glen floatplane, launched from a Japanese submarine, dropped two incendiary bombs with the intention of starting a forest fire.

  3. Oboe (navigation) - Wikipedia

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    The operators used the radars, aided by transponders on the aircraft, to guide the bomber along one of the two circles and drop the bombs when they reached the intersection. The system was developed in 1942 by the Telecommunications Research Establishment at Malvern in Worcestershire , working in close association with 109 Squadron . [ 2 ]

  4. High level bombing - Wikipedia

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    USAF high level bombing through clouds over North Vietnam, 14 June 1966.An EB-66 tactical jamming aircraft leads four F-105 fighter-bombers as a Pathfinder. Also called synchronous radar bombing or buddy bombing, this method required the EB-66 navigator to use his K-5 radar bombing navigation system to detect the target and send a signal tone to the F-105s to drop their bombs.

  5. Brace for the booms: Navy practicing bombing runs in Ocala ...

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    Who is dropping bombs in Ocala? Navy, Marines, Air Force, Army and Air National Guard aircraft all use the site to train, and officials can use 500, 1,000 and 2,000-pound live bombs, according to ...

  6. Multiservice tactical brevity code - Wikipedia

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    Release of laser-guided bomb or bombs Picture The provided aerial tactical situation status pertinent to mission. Generally by an AWACS. Pig Friendly glide weapon (e.g. AGM-154 JSOW). Wordplay on JSOW (pronounced "J-SOW"; a sow is a female pig). Pigeons Magnetic bearing and range to homeplate (or specified destination). (Location) Pince/pincer

  7. That time the U.S. government accidentally dropped a nuclear ...

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    The bomb was released from its clamps and fell on the bomb bay doors, which held for a “second or two,” before breaking open and dropping a military-grade warhead on the Gregg home just east ...

  8. The US is striking targets across Syria, and it isn't the ...

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    A senior administration official, speaking to reporters, described the combat operation as "significant" and said the American warplanes dropped around 140 munitions to hit 75 targets.

  9. Holbeach Air Weapons Range - Wikipedia

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    The range extends over an area of 3,875 ha (14.96 sq mi), which includes 3,100 hectares of intertidal mudflats and 775 hectares of salt marsh, [1] [2] the air weapons range provides facilities for RAF and NATO-allied aircraft to practise dropping bombs and firing their aircraft weapons, including pre-deployment training. [3]