Upgrade allows B-52’s Conventional Rotary Launcher to power up eight munitions at one go

The B-52 bomber’s Conventional Rotary Launcher was previously limited to powering up four munitions at one time or else the circuit breakers would blow. A new upgrade to the electrical system was tested successfully on Feb. 11.

Aircraft armament systems specialists assigned to the 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron unload an AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile from a Conventional Rotary Launcher at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, February 9, 2019. The munitions were placed on the CRL by Reserve Citizen Airmen during a test to see if the weapons platform could power on eight JASSM’s at one time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Maxwell Daigle)

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