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  • Stealth fighter drops smart bombs in test

    02/12/2004 7:30:52 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 1 replies · 161+ views
    Valley Press ^ | February 10, 2004 | 2nd LT. CHRISTIAN HODGE AFFTC Public Affairs
    EDWARDS AFB - Team Edwards made history in yet another flight-test first as members of the F-117 Combined Test Force successfully released joint direct attack munitions from a stealth fighter during an early morning test mission Jan. 21. At Palmdale's Plant 42, the F-117 CTF, home to Edwards Air Force Base's 410th Flight Test Squadron, released two types of JDAMs, the GBU-31(v) 1/B and the GBU-31(v) 3/B, both 2,000-pound bombs, from an F-117A Nighthawk. The Nighthawk is the world's first operational aircraft specifically developed to employ stealth technology. "It's always good to see the test force's hard work and preparations...