Bombing and Strafing at the Goldwater Range
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The Goldwater Ranges, south of Gila Bend, are used for bombing and gunnery training for military aircraft based around Arizona. Frequent visitors include General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons from Luke Air Foirce Base and Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. These pictures were taken on Range 2 on Tuesday, April 12.
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Singapore Air Force General Dynamics F-16CJ 97-0113 Fighting Falcon (Viper) of the 425th Fighter Squadron Black Widows based at Luke Air Force Base on a strafing run.
Dust rises from the ground strikes of the 20mm shells from the F-16CJs M61 A1 Vulcan gatling cannon.
Singapore Air Force General Dynamics F-16DJ 96-5035 Fighting Falcon of the 425th Fighter Squadron Black Widows on a strafing run.
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Dust rises from strikes around the strafing target about 2,000 feet from the range tower.
Fairchild-Republic OA-10A Thunderbolt II (Warthog) of the 354th Fighter Squadron Bulldogs based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base passes by the Moon on a long range strafing run.
Fairchild-Republic OA-10A Thunderbolt II of the 354th Fighter Squadron Bulldogs fires its 30mm GAU-8 gatling cannon on a long range strafing run.
Fairchild-Republic OA-10A Thunderbolt II 81-0939 of the 354th Fighter Squadron Bulldogs fires its GAU-8 gatling cannon. It is carrying a pair of AGM-65 Maverick guided missiles, one infra-red guided and one television guided. 25-pound BDU-33 training bombs can be seen on the inboard pylons. They carry a small smoke charge to aid in determining the location of the impact.
Fairchild-Republic OA-10A Thunderbolt II 82-0663 of the 354th Fighter Squadron Bulldogs.
Fairchild-Republic OA-10A Thunderbolt II 82-0663 of the 354th Fighter Squadron Bulldogs fires its GAU-8 gatling cannon. It is also equipped with Mavericks and BDU-33s.
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Fairchild-Republic OA-10A Thunderbolt II 82-0663 of the 354th Fighter Squadron Bulldogs pulls up from a strafing run.
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Fairchild-Republic OA-10A Thunderbolt II 82-0663 of the 354th Fighter Squadron Bulldogs pulls up from a strafing run.
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The smoke charge of a BDU-33 marks the location of a bomb impact a little over a mile from the range tower.
Dust rises from the ground strikes of 30mm shells from the A-10s GAU-8 gatling cannon.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0146 of the 357th Fighter Squadron Dragons based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base fires its GAU-8 gatling cannon. It is carrying a pair of infra-red guided AGM-65 Maverick guided missiles. 25-pound BDU-33 training bombs can be seen on the inboard pylons.
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30mm shells strike near the strafing target.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0146 of the 357th Fighter Squadron Dragons fires its GAU-8 gatling cannon.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0146 of the 357th Fighter Squadron Dragons.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0146 of the 357th Fighter Squadron Dragons.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0146 of the 357th Fighter Squadron Dragons.
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Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0146 of the 357th Fighter Squadron Dragons.
You can buy prints up to 11" by 16" or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0146 of the 357th Fighter Squadron Dragons.
The Goldwater Ranges, south of Gila Bend, are used for bombing and gunnery training for military aircraft based around Arizona. Frequent visitors include General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons from Luke Air Foirce Base and Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
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A dozen photos of Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Warthogs) and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons (Vipers) firing their guns at the Goldwater Range. Aircraft pictured include:
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 90-0754
Fairchild-Republic OA-10A Thunderbolt II 82-0663
Fairchild-Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II 78-0671
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 88-0548
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 79-0120
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 79-0108
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0146
General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon 89-2157
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