Joint Direct Attack Munition Archives

Photo: Lockheed Martin F-35's first mission with external weapons

February 20, 2012 David Cenciotti

On Feb. 16, 2012, an F-35A aircraft from Edwards AFB, California, flew for the first time with external weapons. Although no weapons were delivered during the sortie, the payload of the Joint Strike Fighter’s Conventional […]

Low-Collateral Damage BONE: new weapon in the B-1's arsenal

February 3, 2012 Richard Clements

This week, the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron based at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, has completed a compatibility test of the BLU-129 on the B-1 bomber over the Utah Test and Training Range. The […]

"Cleared hot": the Italian AMX light combat planes to be cleared to carry (and use) bombs in Afghanistan

January 28, 2012 David Cenciotti

As the air war in Afghanistan winds down, hitting a 3-year low in terms of combat sorties, Italy is about to lift one of the national caveats that has denied the Air Force’s AMX light […]

A multi-role Italian Eurofighter Typhoon?

February 13, 2011 David Cenciotti

When the following pictures (courtesy of zetamimmo) appeared on the Italian Vipers forum someone thought that, finally, the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF), had begun thinking to the Eurofighter Typhoon as a multi-role aircraft, […]