F-16.net

Enthusiast Joined: Dec 13, 2005 Posts: 48

Hello,

I'd like to start a thread on F-16s firing Rockets, and also know something about LAU 5003 for CRV-7.

Merry Xmas.

F-16.net Sponsor

I think the world concensus is that F-16 crews don't want to fire rockets......

Elite 1K Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 1152

Rocket exhaust ingestion?

They have a mind of their own and have historically had a habit of shooting down the jet that launched them....or launching uncommanded.

F-16.net Editor Joined: Sep 23, 2003 Posts: 2862

Not being a muntions pro yet having peeked at some of the muntions T.O.s dealing with rockets, all the cautionary stuff with care and feeding of these things is scary. Laughing

These days A-10 muntions people are the USAF rocket users ( yes? no? ). and if yes are those marker rockets or explosive warhead ones?

Last edited by blk40crewdawg on Apr 11, 2006 - 08:21 PM; edited 1 time in total

While TDY, we flew rocket pods while training w/ the Army. Those things are notorious for having hung rockets/no fires. VERY unreliable.

Elite 1K Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 1152

With hung rockets is the pilot supposed to jett the pylon? Or just tiptoe away from the jet after touchdown?

Flew rocket pods at Edwards on 1176 and they where not accurate.

what about the SUU-20?

Guysmiley wrote:

With hung rockets is the pilot supposed to jett the pylon? Or just tiptoe away from the jet after touchdown?

The pilot lands, taxi's to a hot pad (where they deal with hung bombs, missles, rockets, and guns), where a weapons crew (and/or EOD) will investigate and "safe" the pod. Don't know exactly what they do to do that, though. From there the pilot usually taxi's back to his spot. Thats how we did it at Osan.

Enthusiast Joined: Dec 13, 2005 Posts: 48

Thank you all for your inputs, but what about LAU 5003 (19 x CRV 7)? Functional and/or Stray volt check?

Enthusiast Joined: Nov 07, 2005 Posts: 36 Status: Offline

Functional check it and stray voltage check, I recently put 10 SUU-20 back into service for firing rockets, this is the most dangerous thing in the the world, thats why the Army is still one of the few who do it, take every procaution, or you will have an incident like the Forrstal on your hands.

Enthusiast Joined: Dec 13, 2005 Posts: 48

mckenzy7,
Salute,
Has anyone tried LAU 5003 (19 x CRV 7)?

Active Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 146

mckenzy7 you're serious? YGTBSM!

Dang....... I never in my life would have thought the SUU-20 would ever fire another rocket.

Rockets are well, rockets. Granted as an officer, I don't handle munitions items every day, but the scarriest thing we worked on was rockets. Though chaff and flare had a higher chance of going off on their own, it was also easier to prevent that. Rockets were plain scarry.

Enthusiast Joined: Sep 28, 2004 Posts: 42 Status: Offline

Rockets aren't that bad at all. I crew A-10's all the time and really have no problem with them at all. When I crewed 16's back in the day we flew with them as well with no problems. Yes the 16 is faster than the A-10 but as long as the pilot doesn't so something stupid everything should be ok. We rarely have a hung rocket and if so just be cautious of where you are standing till they are down loaded.

F-16.net

Forum: F-16 Armament & Stores

F-16s firing rockets