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A B-52H has dropped a LGB from the Conventional Rotary Launcher

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A B-52 bomber has dropped a GBU-12 laser guided bomb from the new Conventional Rotary Launcher for the first time on Aug. 28.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Skyler McCloyn and Staff Sgt. Nathan Ehardt load a GBU-12 laser guided bomb onto a Conventional Rotary Launcher in the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 20, 2019. McCloyn and Ehardt are members of a weapons load crew assigned to the 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The 307th AMXS teamed up with their active duty counterparts at the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron to determine the feasibility of using the CRL to drop LGB’s. It was the first operational test of its kind. (U.S. Air Force photo by Greg Steele)

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USAF looking at directed-energy weapon systems for airbase defense

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The U.S. Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office has published a notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website soliciting for information on high-energy lasers or high-powered microwaves that can be tested next year.


Photo: Raytheon

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