Besides being nuts (a requirement), this close knit group of ordinance and demolition experts is responsible for handling all explosives, designing and preparing the charges, coordinating detonations with narrations and air-to-ground bombing and strafing demos with its air ground crews. Tons to manage and NO room for error. Oh, and boy can they BBQ a quail or dove that finds itself in the wrong place at the wrong time.. Tap pics for full-sized view.
The next 3 slides are known as the Wall of Fire. It's a half-mile long gas-bag sequential explosion yhat's hot as hell if you are downwind. I singed my jacket and my arm. Chicharones.