ESzczesniak Posted January 25 Posted January 25 I'm looking for any of the experts out there that might be able to help me with a typical loadout for A-10C's out of Bagram late in OEF (2014ish). I'm having a hard time pinning down times from various photographs I'm finding. I think I'm getting to something like this: 1. Empty 2. LAU-131 - it seems APKWS is fairly common now, but if I'm correct, this would have been post 2014 for OIR? 3. AGM-65L - this seems pretty consistent, although I've found some with a SNIPER pod. From my readings, SNIPER on station 3 was earlier in OEF. 4. GBU-38 more commonly, sometimes GBU-12's 5. GBU-38 6. Empty - found one low res picture with what either looks like a Mk.82 or GBU-38 here. Article referenced 2012. 7. GBU-38 - I've found photos with GBU-31, but the information I've been able to gather is these would have been OIR birds 8. GBU-38 more commonly, sometimes GBU-12's 9. SUU-25 flare pod 10. LIGHTENING TGP - I have one book for 2007 - 2014 that identifies time pretty well. Most of the pictures at Kandahar earlier show the SNIPER, but the later ones from Bagram show the LIGHTENING pod. 11. Empty - when did the dual rail adapters stop being carried routinely? Of what I can find for later OEF birds, AIM-9's and the DRA were uncommon, but then they show up again for OIR birds. I'd appreciate any experts that can either confirm I'm on the right path, and/or note other common munitions. While I am also an avid DCS Warthog pilot, this is for a scale model being built of a 75th EFS bird in 2014 at Bagram. Hence the some what OCD detail attempt and effort to capture a static picture. 1
Scoop Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Asus Dark Hero X570, AMD 5800x3D, RTX 4090 Reference, All on Custom Water Loop, 3600 CL15 XMP, 4xCrucial P5P 2T M2+SSD's, Hotas Warthog, Reverb G2, Latest DCS MT and VR only A10CII and AH64D, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria, Marianas, Caucasus, Afghanistan
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