USAF is Testing The Deadliest Laser-Guided Bomb on The New Super A-10 Warthog
USAF is Testing The Deadliest Laser-Guided Bomb on The New Super A-10 Warthog For the first time, a guided bomb unit-54, the Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition, or LJDAM, was dropped from an A-10C. There is a strong need to destroy moving targets in the AOR,”
said Capt. Kirt Cassell, the lead A-10C flight test engineer. “The Laser JDAM has shown to be very effective at destroying moving targets on other (aircraft) and Air Combat Command (officials) wanted to bring that capability to the A-10C for an upcoming deployment.”
warthog and known for its close-air support superiority and the ability to carry large
and varied ordnance is now on its way to delivering a new capability to the warfighter
a pilot from the 40th flight test squadron at eglin afb with support from people with
the 46 test wing boeing and a host of other units flew in historic mission on the five
of november 2022 for the first time a guided bomb unit 54 the laser joint direct attack munition
or ljdam was dropped from an a10c there is a strong need to destroy moving targets in the aor
said captain kurt castle the lead 810c flight test engineer
the laser jdam has shown to be very effective at destroying moving targets on other aircraft and
air combat command officials wanted to bring that capability to the 810c for an upcoming deployment
captain castle and team members from the 40th fts began planning this test mission in early
october the team was challenged with ensuring the ljdam worked correctly to do this the plan