F-35 Fighter dropping its first Smart Bomb (video)

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II BF-3, a short take-off and vertical landing, releases an 1,000lb GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition over an Atlantic test range.  Image credit: Lockheed Martin

On Aug. 8 a Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft has dropped its first bomb and complete the program’s first aerial weapons release.

via businessinsider

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