HOT F-15 & F-16 COMBAT TRAINING BOMBS LIVE ROUNDS M61 VULCAN CANON WITH JTAC HOLBEACH AWR 16.04.25

RAF Holbeach Air Weapons Range, a place to bring your aircraft to blow up and shoot stuff. We have three flights for you to enjoy, the first was a flight of four F-16 Fighting Falcons of the 555th Fighter Squadron "Triple Nickel" who came armed with their guns...20mm of rounds fitted to their M61 Vulcan canon, which if I may, fire 6,000 rounds per minute.

Let's ride
0:00 Intro
2:06 4x F-16 Fighting Falcon with guns
11:08 2x F-15E Strike Eagles BDU-50 Bombs
28:27 2x F-15E with guns

555th Fighter Squadron
The 555th Fighter Squadron "Triple Nickel" is part of the 31st Operations Group based in Italy at Aviano Air Base and provide combat AirPower and are known as the "World's Largest Distributor of MiG Parts". When the Triple Nickel heritage began on the 25th November 1942, flying the B-26 and staring life a Bomb Squadron, shortly after VE-Day when World War II ended, Nickel colours were retired as U.S. forces were drawn down. On 8th January 1964, the Nickel re-emerged at MacDill AFB, Fla., with the F-4C Phantom II and redesignated as the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Being the first operational unit in the Air Force to receive the Phantom II, the Nickel was deployed and then permanently assigned to the Pacific Rim in support of hostilities in Southeast Asia.

In February 1966, the Nickel returned to combat. Flying out of Udorn Royal Thai Air Base, they scored their first two victories April 23, 1966, and became the first "Ace" Squadron in Southeast Asia with six kills one week later.

In June 1966, the 555th TFS moved to Ubon KTAB and joined the 8th TFW "Wolfpack." There, the squadron led the first strike against MiG airfields in North Vietnam. The Nickel launched the first night bombing attacks against North Vietnam September 29, 1967. While at Ubon, the Nickel downed an additional 14 aircraft, including four MiG-21s January 2, 1967. The Nickel was now the only "Quad Ace" Fighter Squadron, with 20 MiGs to its credit.

On the 1st April 1994, the Nickel transferred to Aviano AB, Italy, and was honoured again by being given the distinction of flying the greatest fighter in the world, the single seat, supersonic, multi-role, 9G F-16C.

M61 Vulcan
A hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm × 102 mm (0.787 in × 4.016 in) rounds at an extremely high rate of 6,000 rounds per minute. The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of US military fixed-wing aircraft for over sixty years. The 555th have downed many MiGs in the 60s with this in their F-4.

Second Flight
The Second flight was a pair of F-15E Strike Eagles of the 492d Fighter Squadron based at RAF Lakenheath. They came armed with BDU-50 bombs, an inert 500lb training bomb to mimic (including guidance) a live Mk 82 bomb. The BDU-50 is a non explosive training shape used to provide combat air forces with aircrew weapons delivery training. combination of concrete, vermiculite and sand

Third Flight
The next flight was another flight of two F-15E Strike Eagles from RAF Lakenheath. This time it was 1,000 rounds of 20mm fitted tot their M61 Vulcan canon.

JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller)
A JTAC is a military specialist who directs the actions of combat aircraft in CAS (close air support) and other offensive operations from a forward position. CAS is life saving and support the troops on the ground by sending an aerial strike by giving coordinates to attack aircraft, assets, vehicles, tanks and accurate fire power from air support for ground forces. JTACs also minimise friendly fire to friendly units and civilians.

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