500-pound JDAM in test launch from F-15E

Staff July 27, 1999
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force launched the latest iteration of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from an F-15E, marking the first time that the Boeing-built fighter has used a JDAM. In a recent test at Eglin AFB, Fla., the 500-pound JDAM kit was strapped to a Mk.82 gravity bomb, turning it...

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