A-10s to get precision bombing capability

A recent U.S. Air Force decision to upgrade its fleet of A-10 close support aircraft will soon allow the planes to use GPS-guided weapons. The key is the 1760 databus through which GPS coordinates can be passed to weapons, Maj. Curtis Viall, A-10 force programmer, said in an interview at the...

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