When the 494th Fighter Squadron deploys to Southwest Asia later this year, its new small-diameter bomb will make its F-15E Strike Eagles even more lethal.
The squadron will be the first to use the Air Force's new Guided Bomb Unit-39 bomb. It is a thin, Global Positioning System-guided 250-pound bomb that sprouts diamond-back wings and glides to its target from a stand-off distance.
Though they practice with simulated bombs, "Panthers" squadron aircrews at this noisy fighter base about 70 miles northeast of London are ready to use the bomb now, squadron commander Lt. Col. Will Reese said.
"Our aircrews are fully trained on the system," the colonel said. "We're prepared now do well with the bomb."
The colonel from Las Vegas said the Air Force took no gamble when it decided to buy the weapon system.
"This weapon is a great choice," he said. "The folks that designed it and its interface with the F-15E certainly did their homework. They did a great job."
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