USAF adds GPS to GBU-15 glide bomb, accelerates effort for Allied Force

The U.S. Air Force is adding GPS guidance to thousands of GBU-15 glide weapons and will field the first operational units within a month, according to Frank Robbins, head of the AF's precision strike weapons program at Eglin AFB, Fla. The GBU-15, originally manufactured by a Rockwell unit now owned...

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