Teams from Raytheon Missile Systems, Lockheed Martin and Langley Air Force Base, convened at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, to test the compatibility of the Enhanced Guided Bomb Unit-27 with the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, here the group reviews loading procedures. The tests include the examination of loading and assembly procedures of the Raytheon bomb and the writing and rewriting of technical orders. The $110,000 bomb weighs 2,000 pounds and gives the Air Force an all-weather precision strike capability by linking the existing laser guidance system with the Inertial Navigation and Global Positioning Systems and will use the MARK-84 or the BLU 109 bomb body
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Luke Air Force Base
State: Arizona (AZ)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andrew Jacobus, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/03/1999
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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