Wednesday, May 30. 1958
Air Force Toss Bombing7 Test In Florida Declared Successful
By MURRAY M. MOLER
United Pre Correspondent
Eghn Air Force Base, Fla.
OJ.PJ The U. S. Air Force
has devised a new, novel, super
sonic, under-radar range way of
delivering its nuclear and ther-
rno-nuclear weapons
They call it "toss bombing,"
end are mighty proud of it.
The pilots should be proud
.The system calls for them to
"drop" their "A" and "H" bombs
"on the way up."
It isn't as accurate as the tra
ditional method of bombing
from level flight at high altitude,
or the "skip" and "dive" bomb
ing methods used at times in
World War II and in Korea.
But with the mass destructive
power of the awesome nuclear
weapons, a miss of a mile or so
Is almost as good as a hit.
The "toss" bombing technique
was displayed by Air Force fighter-bombers
and medium bombers
recently at an Air Force "fire
power demonstration" at the vast
Air Proving Grounds in north
western Florida.
Special bombs were used for
the show. They had light charg
es of conventional TNT in them
so they made a vigorous "boom"
when they hit.
The practice bombs were load
ed with red smoke so their tra
jectory could be traced easily as
the devices left the bomb bays,
soared through low-hanging
clouds up into the sky and then
back on their mock targets.
Different Angles . . .
There were four runs over the
toss-bombing course, with differ
ent toss angles employed on each.
' The first three missions were
flown by F-100 Super-Sabre
fighter-bombers that earlier in
the same demonstration had
shown how easily they could ex
ceed the speed of sound in "nor
mal" flight.
' On the initial mission, Capt.
John Van Matre bombed a simul
ated concentration of enemy
troops in a wooded area that was
"heavily defended." The idea
was to "bomb" the "troops"
without flying over the defended
area. ,
Van Matre approached at a
height just over the tops of the
scrub pine dotting the proving
ground. At his height, he would
be most difficult to spot on ra
dar. About a mile from his objec
tive, he pulled up at a 60-degree
angle and released his 1,000-
pound bomb., then increased . his
angle, twisted and sped away at
supersonic speed.
The smoke-trailing bomb he
had lobbed described a reddish
arc high into the sky, then drop
ped into the woods. By the time
it struck, Van Matre was well
away from potential danger that
could be caused by nuclear
bombs rocking the sky through
which he was flying.
Lieut.' Col. William B. Colgan
flew an F-100 on the second mis
sion, employing a 90-degree de
livery angle. Officers explained
that "this type of release is used
whenever the target is more dif
ficult to recognize or whenever
there is less concentration of
ground defense, thus permitting
the fighter to approach the target
more closely."
Colgan pulled up sharply over
the target and released his bomb
while flying straight up. Then
he, too, scurried beyond shock
range. The weapon rose to an es
timated 5,000 to 7,000 feet evi
dence it had been unloaded at
high speed wavered at its apex,
then dropped right on the target.
'Over the Shoulder'
Maj. John W. Farrow had even
more problems' on his third, 110
degree bomb delivery. He had to
toss "over the shoulder."
Farrow approached low but
flew right over the target and be
yond it before pulling up and,
while slightly on his back, un
loading the bomb. It "chased"
him for a while before Farrow
got out of range" and the weapon
slammed back to earth.
This type of release, it was ex
plained, must be used whenever
poor visibility or terrain condi
tions require that the attacking
aircraft fly directly over the tar
get in order to identify it. .
The fourth demonstration was
by a B-57 medium bomber the
American version of the British
TESTIMONY is being heard
by Navy Board t Great
Lakes Training Station, 111,
on death of M. G. Everett,
17, McKenzie, Tenn., after
a disciplinary drill in hot
weather. (UumtionBl)
jet-powered Canberra bomber
piloted by Capt. David O. Stegall
of the Air Proving Ground com
mand. He released at a 45-degree
angle to snow tnat bombers, as
well as fighters, can play in the
toss-bomb league.
Five members of the Russian
air attache's staff from Washing-
ton were in the stands during
the demonstration as guests,
along with other nations' repre
sentatives and members of Con
gress and of the U.S. Air Force.
Rep. William A. Dawson (R
Utah) said that on the way from
the main Elgin base there are
11 individual bases on the prov
ing ground to the demonstra
tion range, the Russians "brag
ged continually about their air
power.
"We showed them we had plen
ty to brag about ourselves,"
Dawson said with a grim imile
upon conclusion of the demon
stration which included bomb
drops by B-52's and delta-winged
F-102's as well as by many oth
er craft.
A Nkhor Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
9y HAKMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Future Writer
Washington U.R
new in Washington:
Richard M. Nelson,
What
a science
teacher at
Flathead
County High
school, K a 1 i-
spell, Mont.,
brought two
of his students
here. One of
the boys. Gary
Miller, 17, pre
sented Presi-
J Tican.
HarnuD NtcboH
hower with a little something he
Invented. Gary calls it a "deci
sion meter." Sounds interesting
and worth looking into.
Representative James C.
Wright, a Texas Democrat, tells
in his news letter about a poll
that was taken in a certain state
(certainly not Texas). One of the
questions was "Do y'ou think this
state should have voting ma
chines?" One fellow answered:
"Definitely not! I think people
ought to vote for themselves." '
James P. Richards, ' a Demo
crat from South Carolina, is
chairman of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee. He tried to
point out to reporters why it is
impossible to predict what his
group would do to the Presi
dent's $4,900,000,000 foreign
aid program.
"Solomon." said the congress
man, "in all his wisdom, de
scribed as three mysteries which
passeth understanding the way
a snake crawls, the way an eagle
flies, and the way of a maid with
a man. Solomon lived in the days
of absolute monarchy and he
never dealt with a congressional
committee. If he did, he would
have named it as the fourth
mystery."
(Editor's note: The committee
cut the program by $1,100,-000,000).
- Miss Sally Freed, an employee
of Bergdorf Goodman of New
York, has come up with a new ! war is over.
perfume which- she has named
"Bergdorf No. , 9." Miss Freed
grew up in the coal fields of
Pennsylvania, and her daddy
went down in the shafts every
day. Old No. 9, for-sure. Prob
ably the first perfume ever
named after a coal mine. But it
smells mighty good.
Sen.. Bob Kerr,' an Oklahoma
Democrat, claims that his size
13 shoes his favorites have
been half-soled four times. He
loves them, he told his consti
tuents, and doesn't want to part
with them. But pressure comes
from the family.
"Perhaps," the senator con
cludes, "if I could persuade my
wife that my old shoes have all
the merits of fine antiques, I
might succeed in using them as
long as body and sole hang to
gether." Mrs. Kerr runs an antique
shop in old Georgetown.
Topics, the company magazine
of the Texas and Southern Rail
road, quotes a book by a Texan
called "The ' Real Facts About
Appomattox."
According to the author
(legend, doubtless) and damn
Yankees hauled up in front of
the court house out of breath
from chasing the Confederates
all over the place. General Lee,
who had in mind running up to
Washington and putting the
stars and bars atop the White
House, was taking a short nap.
In walked a gentleman name of
General Grant.
Lee, so goes the legend, didn't
recognize the enemy; thought he
had a new orderly. So he handed
Grant a sword and said "Polish
her." The general from the
North, thinking Lee had sur
rendered said "Thanky, man" in
the best Northern manner.
According to the Texas teller
of tales, "Grant even thanked
Lee for surrendering, and being
a true Southern gentleman, Lee
couldn't go back on his word."
It'll be a long time before that
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