Air Force Staff Sgt. Peyton Knuckles, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Blue, begins moving a GBU-39 during a weapons load competition July 26, 2019 at Eglin AFB, Fla. Coalition forces in Operation Inherent Resolve preferred using the GBU-39 in the dense urban environment of Mosul, Iraq to reduce civilian casualties during Operation Inherent Resolve, according to RAND (U.S. Air Force Photo)
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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and its munitions directorate at Eglin AFB, Fla., are examining a dialable effects munition (DEM) for the 558-pound Boeing [BA] GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and the laser-guided GBU-54 JDAM to reduce civilian…