Vader

OPERATION IRAQI FEEDOM -- Senior Airman Josh Vader, from the 5th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's munitions flight, prepares an MK-84 "dumb bomb" for transition to a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition "smart bomb." Four components are added to the MK-84 turning it into a precision Global Positioning System-guided weapon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristina Barrett)

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Smarter than you average bomb

OPERATION IRAQI FEEDOM -- Airman 1st Class Richard Ludlum, from the 5th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's munitions flight, prepares an MK-84 "dumb bomb" for transition to a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition "smart bomb." Four components are added to the MK-84 turning it into a precision Global Positioning System-guided weapon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristina Barrett)

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Making 'em smarter

Published March 24, 2003

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Airman 1st Class Richard Ludlum prepares an MK-84 "dumb bomb" for transition to a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition "smart bomb." Four components are added to the MK-84 turning it into a precision Global Positioning System-guided weapon. Ludlum is assigned to the 5th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's munitions flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristina Barrett)

Vader

Smarter than you average bomb

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