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Air Combat Command Clears Stormbreaker for F-15E Operations

Air Combat Command Clears Stormbreaker for F-15E Operations
Air Combat Command has cleared Raytheon's GBU-53/B Stormbreaker munition for operational use on F-15Es. The company sees Stormbreaker sales improving in the second half of 2021. (Raytheon Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) has cleared the 204-pound, GBU-53/B Stormbreaker munition by Raytheon [RTX] for operational use after more than a decade of development. On Sept. 23, ACC approved carriage and use of the Stormbreaker, formerly known simply as the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II), on F-15E Strike Eagles. Air Force Col. Jason Rusco, the senior materiel leader for Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) miniature munitions division at Eglin AFB, Fla., said in a statement…

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