Military Photo: Thuds and Buddy

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Posted: 04/01/2017

Some EB-66s flew “buddy bombing” or “pathfinder” missions during bad weather. They aimed with their radar bombsight and signaled to the F-105s when to bomb (F-105s could not aim through clouds). (U.S. Air Force photo)

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