B-2 program schedules final tests of new smart-bomb load

The final round of demonstration tests in a U.S. Air Force effort to enable the B-2 fleet to drop 80 500-pound smart bombs on a single mission are to start later this month, the service said Aug. 8. On Aug. 6, a B-2 successfully flew the ninth sortie staged since March using inert versions of the Mk...

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