GOING LONG
The U.S. Air Force has begun testing an extended-range Joint Direct Attack Munition that features a wing kit. The first test at Eglin AFB, Fla.--off an F-16 flying at speeds of Mach 0.78--deposited a 2,000-lb. JDAM 24 mi. from release point, about three times farther than the bomb without a wing kit...
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