The News Today November 2018 F-35A drops GBU-49 bomb for the first time in combat training

F-35A drops GBU-49 bomb for the first time in combat training

November 16, 2018 November 2018

US Air Force's 388th Fighter Wing’s 34th Fighter Squadron recently returned from a weapons evaluation exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where they employed the GBU-49 for the first time in F-35A Lightning II combat training. Read more
A pilot assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing's 34th Fighter Squadron drops a GBU-39 bomb from an F-35A Lightning II Nov. 7. 2018
(Credit: USAF/86th Fighter Weapons Squadron)
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