Australia To Field JDAM-ER Glide Bomb In 2016

Bradley Perrett May 27, 2015
Credit: F/A-18A/B: USMC
BEIJING – A JDAM glide bomb developed by the Australian Defense Department and Boeing will be operational starting in March 2016, equipping Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A/B Hornet fighters. Boeing has begun delivering the folding wing kits that convert standard 500 lb. (220 kg) JDAMs into a...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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