Comments on: Bombs Over Afghanistan

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By: E J Laborde

E J Laborde — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:29:23 +0000

I would like to hear more about the 9th Bomber Squadron now based at Al Udeid

By: Allen Thomson

Allen Thomson — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:39:10 +0000

> Al Udeid comes to mind
Yup. It does seem to be Al Udeid:
http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1–292925-2331598.php
November 03, 2006
Qatar base population hits 7,000
Staff report
Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar is on its way to becoming one of the largest bases in the Air Force, and it’s looking more like a permanent base than a deployed location.
[snip]
Among the new arrivals are a B-1B Lancer bomber squadron, a reconnaissance aircraft ground relay station and a communications training squadron.
[mas snip]

By: Allen Thomson

Allen Thomson — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:26:42 +0000

One interesting point in the story is the rebasing from Diego Garcia to an undisclosed location in the Middle East. Al Udeid comes to mind, but are there other possibilities?
It also occurs to me that any Middle East base is way closer to Iran than is Diego G, should things come to that.

By: Grepon

Grepon — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:51:08 +0000

A friend of mine is the weapons officer onboard a B-1, who did a few tours over Afghanistan out of Diego Garcia. The mission, indeed, was close ground support from 21K feet. Once over Afghanistan, he controlled the plane, and listened on chatter between ground forces. Forces on the ground would communicate map coordinates which he’d verify and translate back for checking purposes to GPS. He’d organize the bombing run accordingly, under ground forces command, much like the “laser pointer” model discussed above. This has been going on for years. The only new thing I see here is a better basing arrangement, and maybe a greater intensity of activity. The trip from Diego involved several in-flight refuelings along the way, and much fatique buildup with the crew. R&R on Diego is great, it’s a tropical island. Thing is the beaches are shark infested.

By: Ric Locke

Ric Locke — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:30:38 +0000

A couple of years ago there was discussion of a concept that had target designators in the hands of the troops. The idea being that Pvt. Snuffy could aim his laser at a target, and a bomber high overhead would release a GBU-controlled bomb.
In the final development of that, troops would go into action with weapons for self-protection plus what amounted to laser pointers. When they wanted to kill something, they’d call fire from the sky. Yes, I know, that’s taking it too far.
This seems to me an idea worth development. Has more been done?
Regards,
Ric

By: Noah Shachtman

Noah Shachtman — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:05:02 +0000

Fair enough, TBV.