Testing to mate standoff weapon with B-1B begins

A test crew dropped two Joint Standoff Weapons from a B-1B Lancer at Edwards AFB, Calif., to initiate a stores-separation test program aimed at integrating the glide weapon on the long-range bomber. The B-1B was shadowed by an F-16 safety/photochase aircraft. Crews from Edwards' 419th Flight Test...

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