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Follow-On to GBU-28 ‘Bunker Buster’ Released in Flight Test

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, October 14th, 2021

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Follow-On to GBU-28 ‘Bunker Buster’ Released in Flight Test

The U.S. Air Force on Oct. 13 said that it has tested a 5,000 pound GBU-72 munition ("Courtesy Photo" posted to Air Force web page)

A 5,000-pound, GPS-guided GBU-72--an envisioned follow-on to the Raytheon Technologies' [RTX] GBU-28 "bunker buster"--had its first release on July 23 and another successful firing from a U.S. Air Force 96th Test Wing F-15E flying at 35,000 feet over the Eglin AFB, Fla., range on Oct. 7, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) said on Oct. 13. The GBU-72, fitted with a BLU-138 warhead and a Boeing [BA] Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kit, is a new start munitions procurement in…

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