Talk:M117 bomb

Creative Writing 101

This article states:

"In the 1950s through the early 1970s the M117 was a standard aircraft weapon, carried by the F-100 Super Sabre, F-104 Starfighter, F-105 Thunderchief, F-111, and F-4 Phantom.

"The M117 series was used extensively during the Vietnam War, and B-52G Stratofortress aircraft dropped 44,600 M117 and M117R bombs during Operation Desert Storm.[1]"

Well, the first sentence seems overly specific - for example, the F-86H also carried the M117 (see for example the globalsecurity.com article on the F-86H where this is specifically mentioned). Presumably, the F-84 could also carry it. Bet the B-47 could too and how about that B-52 or B-57 or B-66 or - you get the picture.

The second sentence also has a problem - the cited reference only says that "thousands of tons" of the bombs were dropped by B-52s during Desert Storm - where does the 44,600 number come from?

Suspect there's plenty more difficulties in this piece, but this is a start... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.158.48.12 (talk) 13:54, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

For clarification, it is indeed an arbitrary list and is not all inclusive. It should be changed

The basic arming mechanisms on the weapon haven't changed since WWII, so virtually anything capable of lifting that weapon off the ground COULD carry it.

The B-52 numbers were likely pulled from a source that is now defunct. Buffs (talk) 02:20, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

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