A-10 Thunderbolt II jets from the 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron (422 TES) dropped guided weapons and fired 30mm Gatling ...

The Air Force on April 28 destroyed a full-scale target vessel in the Gulf of Mexico with a guided bomb that had been modified to strike a ship at sea. The QUICKSINK weapon, a modified GBU-31 joint ...

Rare Insight Into The Operations Of The B-52s. The venerable U.S. Air Force B-52 Buffs have been supporting the air war on ISIS since April 2016. They Stratofortress strategic bombers, based at Al ...

Much of the concern regarding the Bush administration’s proposed arms package for Saudi Arabia centers on reports that it includes the Joint Direct Attack Munition, a kit that converts conventional ...

Munitions airmen have set a new record in building JDAM bombs. Taken at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on Dec. 17, 2015, the following interesting pictures show a dozen 2,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct ...

Three Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle fighters demonstrated new tactics, techniques and procedures for dropping modified GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) on moving and stationary maritime ...

The stealth bomber demonstrated a long-range precision maritime strike in the Norwegian Sea using the QUICKSINK weapon. A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber took part in the third demonstration ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) --Turkey has received U.S. State Department approval for the purchase of Joint Direct Attack Munitions through the Foreign Military Sales program. The possible sale of JDAMS, ...

As the military shifts its attention to competing against the world's major navies, the Air Force is working on a new weapon: a ship-killing GPS-guided bomb. On Aug. 26, the Air Force Research ...

A B-1B bomber was sighted over the Mojave desert armed with the new GBU-72 Advanced 5K penetrator. The GBU-72 is designed to smash through reinforced concrete and destroy underground facilities. The ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Testing will continue into next year. The U.S. Air Force announced on October 12 that it completed tests on its new “Bunker Buster” weapon, which is officially called the ...