F-104 Starfighter nuclear bomb toss bombing technique - GIF

F-104 Starfighter demonstrates nuclear bomb toss bombing technique.

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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toss_bombing

Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...907#post137431
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...586#post143223
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...536#post136010
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3312#post98673
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...140#post145463

F-104 was what might be called in hotrod parlance, a tennis shoe. Loads of power, lightweight, and rather trim. Leading edges of wings and ailerons were literally razor sharp. Also IIRC, the narrowest wingspan and thinnest productive airfoil ever on a large plane.