Three Air Force crews flying B-2A Spirit bombers hit 16 out of 16 targets with live GPS-Aided Targeting System/GPS-Aided Munition (GATS/GAM) weapons during a test at the Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., range. The crews from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., drop the 2,000-pound weapons from 41,000 feet and record 13 direct hits; three bombs record heavy damage and one is functionally damaged. The Northrop-developed GAM will serve as an interim weapon until USAF fields the new Joint Direct Attack Munition.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
