Phillip Taber, USAF Weapons School senior scientist and instructor, paints an inert guided bomb unit during MIDWAY WHITE III June 20, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The bombs are painted bright colors to track the rate of descent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Couillard)
A U.S. Air Force F-15D Eagle, 433rd Weapons School, flies next to a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, during MIDWAY WHITE III June 26, 2012, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. MIDWAY WHITE is a joint demonstration involving Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the USAF Weapons School, and elements of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
A U.S. Air Force F-15D Eagle, 433rd Weapons School, flies next to a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, during MIDWAY WHITE III June 26, 2012, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. MIDWAY WHITE III is designed to quantify and improve cave characterization, standardize attack planning processes, and increase weapons employment consistency and lethality. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
A U.S. Air Force F-15D Eagle, 433rd Weapons School, flies next to a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, during MIDWAY WHITE III June 26, 2012, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. MIDWAY WHITE III is designed to quantify and improve cave characterization, standardize attack planning processes, and increase weapons employment consistency and lethality. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, 340th Weapons Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., participates in MIDWAY WHITE III June 26, 2012, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. MIDWAY WHITE III is designed to improve consistency and lethality against vertical targets within a cave attack arena. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
A U.S. Air Force F-15D Eagle, 433rd Weapons School, flies next to a B-52 Stratofortress, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., during MIDWAY WHITE III June 28, 2012, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. MIDWAY WHITE III serves to further establish a new paradigm for quick response demonstrations to meet immediate non-forecasted warfighter needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, 340th Weapons School, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., drops live guided bomb units during the MIDWAY WHTE III training exercise as an F-15D Eagle, 433rd Weapons School, follows June 28, 2012, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. The data gathered from the training attacks executed in MIDWAY WHITE III is utilized to aid or enhance ongoing Defense Threat Reduction Agency programs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Julius Anglin, 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron munitions systems craftsman, performs pre-flight checks on a live guided bomb unit version 4 during MIDWAY WHITE III June 28, 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. MIDWAY WHITE III is designed to standardize cave characterization methods and universal cave weaponeering procedures that consistently result in the successful prosecution of enemy forces operating from cave environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes)
U.S. Air Force Capt. Aaron Reid, 17th Weapons Squadron pilot and Capt. Joshua Blakeman, 17th Weapons Squadron weapons systems officer, go through a pre-flight checklist before taking part in MIDWAY WHITE III June 28, 2012, on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. MIDWAY WHITE III demonstrates the weapon-aircraft interaction, weapon capabilities, aircraft stores management systems, and bomb release units of existing weapon systems utilized in cave attack environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Noah Putman, 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, walks away after marshalling an F-15 Eagle during MIDWAY WHITE III June 28, 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The Joint exercise is designed to provide urgently needed data to the warfighter at a fraction of the time and cost of a traditional Defense Threat Reduction Agency test or experiment series. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes)
7/3/2012 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Midway White III is designed to quantify and improve cave characterization, standardize attack planning processes, and increase weapons employment consistency and lethality.
