Posted on Oct 30, 2020

AFRL Moves To Equip Cargo Planes With Bombs In a Box

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With its latest contract to Lockheed Martin, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has taken another step in its effort to rapidly develop a capability to drop bombs and launch cruise missiles to augment the shrinking fleet of long-range bombers.

AFRL Moves To Equip Cargo Planes With Bombs In a Box

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Posted 4 y ago

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CW5 Jack Cardwell

Posted 4 y ago

Are the C planes going to become CB planes?

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

Posted 4 y ago

Better leave that to the bombing experts! But then again aren't these folks supposed to be the experts on dropping equipment and supplies? Did you ever have anything like that happen to one of your loads Charlie?

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