That reminds me of the time I was designing a bomb unloading dock next to a railroad spur for the AF and lightning protection for the storage yard right next to it. Apparently, AF bomb transfer and holding facilities get hundreds of lightning strikes a year. Whodathunk?randy wrote:Probably H6. I know the bigger "devices" (MK-82,83,84 etc) contained H6 filler when deployed on carriers as it was more stable and therefore safer to handle and store aboard ship than the tritonal used to fill AF weapons.
That project included bonding and grounding on the RR line next to the jet fuel tank farm. One sergeant told me that when you look into the tank, you can see sparks shooting around in the fuel as the static electricity from the pumping dissipates. He told me they had to wait 30 minutes before you can stick the tank to gauge how much fuel they received. "We lost a few airmen before we figured that out."
AF sergeants have lots of good stories.