I think it looks like a drop tank also. If it was a bomb it probably would be a different color also. Plus there is no precision guided seeker package at the nose or any trace of it. Looks like the media got this one wrong.
I was watching Fox yesterday morning when they showed footage of "activity at a forward airbase in Uzbekistan"
It was Navy planes taking off from a carrier, complete with catapults and blast shields that raised up from the deck.
Did anyone else catch this?