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By The Armorer on July 12, 2008 | | Comments (8)


This looks like an approach the Armorer would take to a lack of tools problem.  I'd of thought the Air Force would be more, um, well, subtle...   Heh.

U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposalmen detonate explosives attached to the wings of a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Sather Air Base, Iraq, July 7, 2008. The aircraft was disabled after it made an emergency landing last month, and the airmen used a series of controlled detonations to divide the aircraft into smaller pieces so it could be moved. The disposalmen are assigned to the 447th Air Expeditionary Group. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen

U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposalmen detonate explosives attached to the wings of a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Sather Air Base, Iraq, July 7, 2008. The aircraft was disabled after it made an emergency landing last month, and the airmen used a series of controlled detonations to divide the aircraft into smaller pieces so it could be moved. The disposalmen are assigned to the 447th Air Expeditionary Group. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen

I'm sure there's plenty of salvageable parts, and it was certainly a training opportunity - but as a taxpayer, it's a little wince-inducing.

Who's got a backstory on this one?

Update:  New! Improved!  You want backstory?  We've got video!

 

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By Rick VanHouten on July 12, 2008 1:05 PM
There was an issue with the throttling system, resulting in loss of power to all four engines.  This evolved into finding the "fairest" landing spot, which happened to be in a really bad neighborhood.  This was one of those eaves-dropping birds, by the way.  Picks up all sorts of electronic transmissions.  Anyway, it was determined that a repair and safe recovery was impossible, resulting in the pictured rapid disassembly process.  It was an H model.  Sold in the near $50 mil range. 
 
By kat-missouri on July 12, 2008 1:13 PM

Well, thanks Rick for that update because I was honestly wondering the same thing.  I just kept thinking "oh, it must be REALLY damaged to give the okay to blow it up into pieces". 

 
By Fishmugger on July 12, 2008 2:28 PM
Wow...they have all the fun. I had a Pontiac Grand Prix I wish I could have done that to.
 
By Ymarsakar on July 12, 2008 11:16 PM
Somebody's got to apply their explosive training to use, for god's sake.

What would America do if our demo guys go frail and weak eyed from not being able to use explosives on real thingies?
 
By Ymarsakar on July 12, 2008 11:18 PM
Oh yeah, don't let the 9/11 truthers get wind of this or they'll say that's what the US military did to Flight 93.
 
By roy on July 12, 2008 11:26 PM

Sunday, at 12:30 and 5:30 pm Atlanta radio's 920 WGKA is interviewing some soldiers who were in Iraq, two have turned against the war, one still thinks the war is just.

I'm just letting interested parties know.
Here's the link:
http://920wgka.townhall.com/

there is a listen live button in the upper left corner of the web page.


Cheers !!

 
By John of Argghhh! on July 13, 2008 9:36 AM
Heh.  I shoulda had an H&I post up today, I see.

Ymar - true enough, on both accounts.  In the spirit of the first, I've got some tree stumps I've been eyeing speculatively, as they are in the way...
 
By Ymarsakar on July 14, 2008 2:20 AM
In the spirit of the first, I've got some tree stumps I've been eyeing speculatively, as they are in the way...

The first thing that came to my mind when I read that is "if all the resources going into the Islamic War on Women and Children were funneled into Earth Liiberation Eco Terrorists, the IEDs of the day would be an explosive device implanted in the hollow of a tree that has been scheduled to be sawed and cut down".

This will create an IED, an Improvised Explosive Device, once the booby trap is set off, making the tree into a splinter factory like the old warships of old where cannonballs made splinters the size of flag poles out of the planks.

Oh well, one enemy at a time.