A B-52 Stratofortress, a long-range strategic bomber, just set a record for the number of “smart bombs” dropped during a combat mission, Military.com reported. Smart bombs use GPS to guide missiles to their targets.
It happened during a November mission in Afghanistan, Air Force Brig. Gen. Lance Bunch, director of NATO’s Resolute Support mission, future operations, told Military.com. The bomber is stationed at the Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The airframe’s history dates back to the start of the Cold War.
“So, we’ve used — so far, we’ve used B-52s with their new conventional rotary launcher,” Bunch said in the Military.com report. “Of note, it was the single most — largest number of precision munitions ever dropped from a B-52.”
In all, B-52s have dropped about 1,500 weapons in Afghanistan since January 2017. About half of them were not guided. The B-52 can carry “about 70,000 pounds of mixed ordnance, including bombs, mines and missiles,” according to Military.com. – READ MORE
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