File:Douglas A-1E Skyraider of the 1st SOS is armed with BLU-72 bomb, in 1968.jpg
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English: A U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider (s/n 52-132453) of the 1st Special Operations Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing, is armed with a BLU-72/B bomb at Nakhom Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, in 1968. The BLU-72/B was a 1130 kg (2500 lb) FAE (Fuel/Air Explosive) bomb, which was filled with 1020 kg (2245 lb) of propane. It was designed for low speed delivery and was equipped with a retarding drogue. The BLU-72/B was developed under the "Pave Pat I" programme, and combat-tested in South-East Asia in 1967-1968. |
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| Source | U.S. Air Force photo scanned from Dana Bell: Air War over Vietnam. Volume IV. (Warbirds Illustrated 26). Arms and Armour Press, London 1984, p. 43, ISBN 0853686351. |
| Author | U.S. Air Force |
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