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Navy drops first two 500-pound JDAMs during combat in Iraq

NAVY JDAM: The U.S. Navy dropped its first two 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) during combat operations in Iraq on Oct. 29, the service announced Nov. 3. Strike Fighter Squadron 34 (VFA-34) of Carrier Air Wing 17, which is embarked aboard the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), dropped the...

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