Spent most of my enlistment at Mather AFB Sacto , Ca . SRAM IMF in the WSA . I created a page on Facebook called "I worked on the AGM-69A" . I have been waiting for posts on it .
I was in the first military taught class in January 1972 and then went to K.I. Sawyer in June. We had a lot of work getting things going till we went operational a few months later. Then I worked in SRAM Analysis. Left in summer of 73 and went back to Chanute to be an instructor. Left Chanute in 76 and went back to Davis Monthan and back on Titan II launch crew. I was a 316X0T and 316X0F..
I remember the SRAMs from the early '80s. Like 46ace said, the B-52 was TOTALLY under appreciated when it carried the SRAM. Most looked down on the B-52 as outdated, but in reality the B-52 would have laid waste to everything in it's path with those SRAMS and then dropped those big ugly gravity nukes on the primary and secondary targets. In my opinion, the movie Fail Safe was exactly the way it would have gone down in real life. Our guys would have gotten through no matter what.
@PGseanB Message me direct, wondering who you are - cant tell by your user name. I left McConnell in 95 - took a year early voluntary retirement in mid 95.
Worked on these in the field and as a technical instructor - coated in that wonderful ablative silicone coating and had a nose fuse and fins made of phenolic - amazing that it flew with it's computer made by Singer (well actually Singer Kearfott). Badassed look to it though when a rotary launcher full of them was stuffed into the bomb bay of a B-52 or B-1B. Solid propellant cruise missile, about a ton of propellant.
@46ace Haven't heard the term IMF in a long danged time. Where were you stationed? I was a 316x1L till I got back from Iceland then they sent me to Chanute from jan-aug of 83 to retrain as a 316X0T then I went to Plattsburgh with the FB-111A, then I went back to Chanute in Aug 85 for instructor duty till it closed in 93. Had 3 yrs left so I swapped Barksdale for McConnell and retired from SRAM and B-1Bs and the WSA and IMF. I miss it sometimes, but really just miss the people I worked with.
170 Kt?...thats about 10x Hiroshima....
Let's test it on Afghanistan, that place is hopeless anyway
Joseph565112 1 day ago
Spent most of my enlistment at Mather AFB Sacto , Ca . SRAM IMF in the WSA . I created a page on Facebook called "I worked on the AGM-69A" . I have been waiting for posts on it .
RDesrocks 2 weeks ago
Mapman , I went through Chanute AFB , and trained to be a 31632t in 1974 .
RDesrocks 2 weeks ago
I was in the first military taught class in January 1972 and then went to K.I. Sawyer in June. We had a lot of work getting things going till we went operational a few months later. Then I worked in SRAM Analysis. Left in summer of 73 and went back to Chanute to be an instructor. Left Chanute in 76 and went back to Davis Monthan and back on Titan II launch crew. I was a 316X0T and 316X0F..
mapman523 6 months ago
I remember the SRAMs from the early '80s. Like 46ace said, the B-52 was TOTALLY under appreciated when it carried the SRAM. Most looked down on the B-52 as outdated, but in reality the B-52 would have laid waste to everything in it's path with those SRAMS and then dropped those big ugly gravity nukes on the primary and secondary targets. In my opinion, the movie Fail Safe was exactly the way it would have gone down in real life. Our guys would have gotten through no matter what.
JetMechMA 7 months ago
Blakeman... I remember you... I was stationed at McConnell AFB 89-94 worked as a 466x0... IMF and 8 packs.... Old memories.
PGseanB 1 year ago
@PGseanB Message me direct, wondering who you are - cant tell by your user name. I left McConnell in 95 - took a year early voluntary retirement in mid 95.
rhblakeman 1 year ago
Worked on these in the field and as a technical instructor - coated in that wonderful ablative silicone coating and had a nose fuse and fins made of phenolic - amazing that it flew with it's computer made by Singer (well actually Singer Kearfott). Badassed look to it though when a rotary launcher full of them was stuffed into the bomb bay of a B-52 or B-1B. Solid propellant cruise missile, about a ton of propellant.
rhblakeman 2 years ago
@rhblakeman Hi, (an IMF "463") here; ,Spent4 years on the agm69A Built many an "8-pack" (full rotary launcher)
Aint you tube grand ? Nice seeing my old friends zooming along to the target here.The buff is a completely under appreciated airframe!":
To err is human ; to forgive is not SAC policy"...
46ace 1 year ago
@46ace Haven't heard the term IMF in a long danged time. Where were you stationed? I was a 316x1L till I got back from Iceland then they sent me to Chanute from jan-aug of 83 to retrain as a 316X0T then I went to Plattsburgh with the FB-111A, then I went back to Chanute in Aug 85 for instructor duty till it closed in 93. Had 3 yrs left so I swapped Barksdale for McConnell and retired from SRAM and B-1Bs and the WSA and IMF. I miss it sometimes, but really just miss the people I worked with.
rhblakeman 1 year ago