GripenNG Posted May 4, 2012 Posted May 4, 2012 Just a quick question that I hope somebody can answer! How often do warthog pilots within the USAF get the oppurtunity to drop live ordenance? Here in Sweden our Gripen pilots are lucky if they can do it once a year. And also does "hot" AIM-9M:s ever get fired during any A-A training? Or is it just inert sidewinders - except eventual system verifications. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Snooze-81st-vFS
KR0N0S69 Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 Back in my day 1989-1994 on "A" models the pilots didn't drop live as often as people may think. This is mainly due to the high cost of the munitions themselves. Once a year sounds fair. It would also depend on if the Unit was a Combat tasked unit or a Training unit. Never in my 5 years on the A-10 did I ever see a Live Aim-9 fired during peacetime in my unit. The Training Aim-9s have an Inert rocket motor, Inert Warhead, but a Live Seeker Head, So I would assume the only difference between firing a Live vs Training missile is that the Live will come off the rail. This is only in my experience though.
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