Capstone is a live-fire demonstration (as opposed to an exercise) for the military brass, distinguished visitors, and the politically well connected. For the rest of us, we just park on a mesa just off of highway 95. The location of the mesa is at N36 31 06.5 W115 32 18.7, about two miles south of Point Bravo (aka Point B on some maps).
Real video (1.9 MBytes) Download this video of both a B1B and F16 releasing flares at the Capstone exercise. It's OK to download this video first and play it later if your internet connection is slow.
Most show is pretty much dominated by A10's. For those who view the event from the road, the sound from the bombs arrives about 6 seconds later. The experience would be better closer to the action, but that could be dangerous to one's health.
Equal time for the B1B.
I forget who made this mess.
Two B1Bs and a F15.
A few of the A10's came out by road. This pilot knew where to go to get photographed.
