Gallery of USAF Weapons Note: Inventory numbers are total active inventory figures as of Sept. 30, 2011. ■ 2012 USAF Almanac Bombers B-1 Lancer Brief: A long-range, air refuelable multirole bomber capable of flying intercontinental missions and penetrating enemy defenses with the largest payload of guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory. Function: Long-range conventional bomber. Operator: ACC, AFMC. First Flight: Dec. 23, 1974 (B-1A); Oct. 18, 1984 (B-1B). Delivered: June 1985-May 1988. IOC: Oct. 1, 1986, Dyess AFB, Tex. (B-1B). Production: 104. Inventory: 66. Aircraft Location: Dyess AFB, Tex.; Edwards AFB, Calif.; Eglin AFB, Fla.; Ellsworth AFB, S.D. Contractor: Boeing, AIL Systems, General Electric. Power Plant: four General Electric F101-GE-102 turbofans, each 30,780 lb thrust. Accommodation: pilot, copilot, and two WSOs (offensive and defensive), on zero/zero ACES II ejection seats. Dimensions: span 137 ft (spread forward) to 79 ft (swept aft), length 146 ft, height 34 ft. B-1B Lancer (SSgt. Brian Ferguson) Weight: max T-O 477,000 lb. Ceiling: more than 30,000 ft. carriage, improved onboard computers, improved B-2 Spirit Performance: speed 900+ mph at S-L, range communications. Sniper targeting pod added in Brief: Stealthy, long-range multirole bomber that intercontinental. mid-2008. Receiving Fully Integrated Data Link can deliver nuclear and conventional munitions Armament: three internal weapons bays capable of (FIDL) upgrade to include Link 16 and Joint Range anywhere on the globe. accommodating a wide range of weapons incl up to Extension data link, enabling permanent LOS and Function: Long-range heavy bomber. 84 Mk 82 (500-lb) or 24 Mk 84 (2,000-lb) general- BLOS C2 connectivity. FIDL mod also improves Operator: AFGSC, ANG. purpose bombs; up to 84 Mk 62 (500-lb) or 8 Mk rear cockpit displays and adds an Ethernet infra- First Flight: July 17, 1989. 65 (2,000-lb) Quick Strike naval mines; up to 30 structure to provide high-speed transfer of aircraft Delivered: Dec. 17, 1993. CBU-87/89 cluster bombs or 30 CBU-103/104/105 data among all four crew stations and on-board IOC: April 1997, Whiteman AFB, Mo. WCMDs; up to 24 GBU-31 or 15 GBU-38 JDAMs; weapons, enabling rapid airborne retargeting. Production: 21. up to 24 AGM-158 JASSMs; or any mix of these Also undergoing radar reliability and maintain- Inventory: 20. weapons (a different type of weapon in each of ability improvement program (RMIP) enhancement Aircraft Location: Whiteman AFB, Mo. three weapons bays). to preclude diminishing manufacturing sources Contractor: Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Vought. COMMENTARY problem for offensive avionics. Power Plant: four General Electric F118-GE-100 Proposed as replacement for the B-52. Four B-1A prototypes developed and tested in 1970s. Program canceled in 1977, but flight test continued. Program revived in 1981 as B-1B variant. Blended wing/body configuration, variable-geometry design, and tur- bofan engines provide long range, maneuverability, high speed, and survivability. Substantial payload and long loiter time. Offensive avionics include SAR for tracking-targeting-engaging moving vehicles, self-targeting of stationary targets, and following terrain. GPS-aided INS lets aircrews autonomously navigate without ground-based navigation aids and engage targets with precision. Extant Variant(s) n B-1B. Vastly upgraded B-1A, with 74,000 lb increase in useable payload, improved radar, and reduction in radar cross section, but max speed cut to Mach 1.2. Total production of 100 B vari- ants, but USAF reduced inventory to 67 aircraft in 2002. One lost in 2008. First used in combat against Iraq during Desert Fox in December 1998. Equipped over the years with GPS, smart weapons B-2A Spirit (USAF photo) 82 AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2012 Weapons Acronyms AE aeromedical evacuation AEHF Advanced Extremely High Frequency AESA active electronically scanned array AGM air-to-ground missile AIM air intercept missile ALCM Air Launched Cruise Missile AMRAAM Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile ATP advanced targeting pod BLOS beyond line of sight BLU bomb live unit BM battle management C2 command and control C3 command, control, & communications CALCM Conventional ALCM CAS close air support B-52H Stratofortress (MSgt. Lance Cheung) CBU cluster bomb unit CEM combined effects munition turbofans, each 17,300 lb thrust. Aircraft Location: Barksdale AFB, La.; Edwards CEP circle error probable Accommodation: two pilots, on zero/zero ejec- AFB, Calif.; Minot AFB, N.D. CFT conformal fuel tank tion seats. Contractor: Boeing. COTS commercial off the shelf Dimensions: span 172 ft, length 69 ft, height 17 ft. Power Plant: eight Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3 CSAR combat search and rescue Weight: max T-O 336,500 lb. turbofans, each 17,000 lb thrust. CSO combat systems officer Ceiling: 50,000 ft. Accommodation: two pilots, side by side, plus ECM electronic countermeasures Performance: speed high subsonic, estimated navigator, radar navigator, and EWO. EHF extremely high frequency unrefueled range for a hi-lo-hi mission with 16 B61 Dimensions: span 185 ft, length 159.3 ft, height Elint electronic intelligence nuclear free-fall bombs is 5,000 miles, with one 40.7 ft. EO electro-optical aerial refueling more than 10,000 miles. Weight: max T-O 488,000 lb. ER extended range Armament: in various combinations, up to nearly Ceiling: 50,000 ft. EW electronic warfare 60,000 pounds over two weapons bays. Nuclear Performance: speed 650 mph, range 10,000+ EWO electronic warfare officer weapons on rotary launcher assemblies (RLAs) miles. FLIR forward-looking infrared (one RLA per each bay): up to 16 B61-7, 16 B83, Armament: 12 AGM-86B ALCMs externally, with FMV full-motion video or 8 B61-11 bombs. Conventional weapons on provision for eight more ALCMs or gravity weapons GATM Global Air Traffic Management bomb rack assemblies (BRAs) (two BRAs per internally. Conventional weapons incl AGM-86C/D GBU glide bomb unit bay): 80 Mk 62 (500-lb) sea mines, 80 Mk 82 CALCMs, Mk 62 sea mines, Mk 82/84 bombs, GCS ground control station (500-lb) bombs, 80 GBU-38 JDAMs, or 34 CBU- CBU-87/89 cluster bombs, CBU-103/104/105 GPS Global Positioning System 87/89 munitions; on RLAs: 16 GBU-31 JDAMs, 16 WCMDs, GBU-31/38 JDAMs, AGM-158 JASSMs, HARM High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile Mk 84 (2,000-lb) bombs, 16 AGM-154 JSOWs, and GBU-10/12/28 LGBs. Future weapons incl HEI high-explosive incendiary 16 AGM-158 JASSMs, or eight GBU-28 LGBs. the JASSM-ER, Miniature Air Launched Decoy HUD head-up display Future weapons incl JASSM-ER, GBU-53 SDB (MALD), and MALD-J jammer variant. IFF identification, friend or foe II, and GBU-57 MOP. COMMENTARY IIR imaging IR COMMENTARY Many variants; all but one retired. Multimission Imint imagery intelligence Based on the flying wing concept. Combination of capability includes long-range precision strike, CAS, INS inertial navigation system advanced technologies, LO stealth design, and high offensive counterair, air interdiction, defense sup- IR infrared aerodynamic efficiency. Able to attack heavily de- pression, maritime surveillance. Can carry weapon ISR intelligence, surveillance, & fended targets and neutralize enemy defenses. First targeting pods. Ongoing mods include tactical and reconnaissance use of B-2s in combat on March 24, 1999, against global data links for real-time C2, targeting, and JASSM Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Serb targets in Allied Force, with two aircraft each intelligence; navigation; sensors; additional smart JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munition dropping 16 JDAMs. Smoothly blended “fuselage” weapons and improved weapons carriage; and JSOW Joint Standoff Weapon section has two large weapons bays capable of new or upgraded EW capabilities. ECM suite uses JSUPT joint specialized undergraduate pilot carrying up to nearly 60,000 lb of weapons. No a combination of electronic detection, jamming, training vertical tail surfaces. Quadruple-redundant fly-by- and IR countermeasures to defeat air defenses. JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution wire digital flight-control system, actuating moving Extant Variant(s) System surfaces at the wing trailing edges that combine n B-52H. TF33 turbofans, providing increased LANTIRN Low-Altitude Navigation & Targeting aileron, elevator, and rudder functions. unrefueled range, improved defensive armament. Infrared for Night Extant Variant(s) First flown July 1960. Total production of 102 LCD liquid crystal display n B-2A Block 30. B-2 production went in three suc- aircraft, with deliveries between May 1961 and LGB laser guided bomb cessive blocks of capability: Blocks 10, 20, and 30. October 1962. USAF’s only nuclear/conventional LO low observable All Block 10 and 20 aircraft have been upgraded cruise missile carrier. Can conduct CAS using LOS line of sight to Block 30, with greatly enhanced weapons GPS/INS guided weapons. First delivered LGBs LRIP low-rate initial production capability. Can employ either RLAs or BRAs in its in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, with Litening Masint measurement & signature weapons bays, carrying a combination of weapons targeting pods. ALCMs and CALCMs carried on intelligence (see above). Has fully operational defensive and unique pylons or internally on a rotary launcher. MFD multifunction display offensive avionics, a sophisticated mission plan- FY13 budget decisions limit the Combat Network MOP massive ordnance penetrator ning system, and many operating modes for the Communications Technology (CONECT) program NVG night-vision goggles SAR. Link 16 digital data sharing capability added to only replacing the multifunction displays (MFDs) PGM precision guided munition and radar being replaced. A new stealth coating at each crew station with new color displays. USAF ROVER Remotely Operated Video Enhanced introduced under the Alternative High Frequency plans to retain the full CONECT technical design/ Receiver Material program dramatically improves combat baseline pending future budget decisions.