USAF validates capability of B-1B to use cluster bombs
The U.S. Air Force this week validated the capability of the B-1B bomber to use the CBU-87 cluster bomb in an operational scenario. The service's Air Combat Command said three B-1s released CBU-87s and Mk. 82 gravity bombs over a notional airfield at the Nellis AFB, Nev., range on Sept. 17. One of...
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