barry goldwater range day video 2.mpg

This is the remainder of the video I have from the day at the Barry M. Goldwater Range. You will see the room where they watch video multiple video camera's and can judge how close they were to the target. One of the coolest things I learned was when they fire the the Gatling Gun at the trap they can tell how many rounds were fired and how many hit the target. They have microphones all around the trap and by the sound they can get that data. After they were done we had a nice catered lunch and then heard a little more about the range and what all kind of training they do out here. The range consists of 2.7 million acres of relatively undisturbed Sonoran Desert. Overhead are 57,000 cubic miles of airspace where fighter pilots practice air-to-air maneuvers and engage simulated battlefield targets on the ground. Its immense size allows for simultaneous training activities on the nine air-to-ground ranges and two air-to-air ranges. More than 50 aircrews and aircraft may be operating simultaneously on the range while performing many independent training operations.

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[LarryCanFly]

Very cool!  Thanks for posting!

[paddlefoot07]

aww the one only warthog awesome plane