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It’s bombs away for the Joint Strike Fighter.
This week,the F-35A completed the first in-flight weapons release of a hulking 2,000-pound GBU-31 BLU-109 JDAM from a fifth generation fighter, according to Lockheed Martin.
Air Force Maj. Eric “Doc” Schultz flew the mission from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and jettisoned the bomb at the China Lake test range. It’s another in a line of firsts for the delayed F-35 program. With the first F-35B arriving at Patuxent River, Md., first refueling of the F-35B, first Air Force maintainer engine runs and even the announcement of its big screen debut.
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Wow…F35 dropped a bomb. At this rate in another 15 years and an extra billion it will be able to shoot a missile. What a joke of a weak aircraft. Just CNX the project and buy new Block 70 F16s already!