CVW 8 conducts flight operations with inert ordnance aboard USS Gerald R. Ford

F/A-18Es assigned to CVW-8 are now operating aboard USS Gerald R. Ford with inert ordnance. The ship’s captain, Capt. J.J. Cummings, said 40,000 pounds of inert weapons were moved via the ship’s lower stage weapons elevator (LSWE).

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B-2 to test GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator again

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to test the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator from a B-2 stealth bomber at the White Sands Missile Range. This was revealed in a press release by the 96th Test Wing Public Affairs.


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