Boeing has delivered 1,000 Small Diameter Bomb 1 munitions, according to a Feb. 28 company release marking the event. “SDB is a great program that provides extremely effective weapons capability to current and future warfighters,” said Boeing Weapons Programs VP Debra Rub-Zenko, crediting the USAF-Boeing SDB team for the program’s success. Col. Richard Justice, commander of the 918th Armament Systems Group at Eglin AFB, Fla., acknowledged the SDB’s “great reputation” within DOD as a “model weapon-acquisition program.” The Air Force plans to purchase more than 24,000 of the precision SDBs, which can be fitted to every US fighter and bomber. The 49th Fighter Squadron, which deployed to Southwest Asia in late 2006 from RAF Lakenheath, Britain, was the first unit to employ the SDB in combat.
Space Force’s Top Guardians Share Their Stories
Feb. 27, 2026
Winners of the Space Force’s fourth annual, service-wide Polaris Awards had the chance to discuss the actions that led to their awards from the main stage here at AFA’s Warfare Symposium on Feb. 24, in a panel discussion moderated by Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John Bentivegna.