Air Force B-52 bombers are dropping laser-guided bombs for the first time in nearly a decade
The return to use was made possible by the Conventional Rotary Launcher, a bomb-bay weapons platform introduced to the B-52 fleet in 2017.
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana — Laser-Guided Bomb Units, commonly referred to as LGB's, were dropped from the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress for the first time in nearly a decade during an operational test performed by the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron here, Aug. 28, 2019.
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