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Inaugural F-35 Weapons Separation of Paveway IV Precision-Guided Bomb
F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF
June 12, 2015 | 0:07
The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 conducted the first weapons separation test of the UK’s Paveway IV precision-guided bomb from an F-35B Lightning II short take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant June 12. During flight 461 over the NAVAIR Atlantic Test Ranges, RAF Squadron Leader Andy Edgell dropped two inert Paveway IV bombs from aircraft BF-03. This test is the first of a series of UK weapons separation events scheduled for 2015. Lockheed Martin video by Michael D. Jackson.
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