F-15Cs from 142nd Fighter Wing are now equipped with Sniper Pod

F-15Cs from the 142nd Fighter Wing participated in Sentry Savannah 17-2 exercise in Georgia recently and one of the jets was seen carrying a Lockheed Martin Sniper targeting pod.

Maintainers from the 142nd Maintenance Group, prepare the F-15 Eagle for a training mission from the Air Dominance Center, Savannah Ga., Jan. 28, 2017.  (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Shelly Davison, 142nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
Maintainers from the 142nd Maintenance Group, prepare the F-15 Eagle for a training mission from the Air Dominance Center, Savannah Ga., Jan. 28, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Shelly Davison, 142nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

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3 E-2Cs suffered engine damage due to wrong lubricant

Three E-2C Hawkeyes assigned to VAW-124 had their engines swapped out just days before they left for a cruise aboard USS George H.W. Bush after it was discovered that the powerplants had been given a wrong type of lubricant.

US Navy 090325-N-7571S-008 An E-2C Hawkeye, assigned to the
By U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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