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Oct 4, 2015

F-35C Conducts First External Weapons Release with Four 500-pound Bombs

For the first time an F-35 released an external weapon from its wings, not once, but four times during an external weapons separation test on 23 September 2015.
The aircraft, CF-2, released four 500-pound GBU-12 laser guided inert bombs from its wings’ pylons during consecutive test runs over the Atlantic Test Range. The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force conducted the flight and noted all four weapon separations were successful and confirmed the accuracy of the predicted release trajectory. The ability to do quadruple separation tests during a single flight demonstrates the program’s ability to efficiently test, and advances the F-35’s future capability to release multiple weapons on a single pass.
f35.com

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