![]() ![]() The US Air Force fielded the weapon on the F-15E Strike Eagle in late 2020, after StormBreaker successfully performed a series of various, stressing live drops and evaluations. The US Navy is expected to declare initial operating capability for it on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet after operational testing concludes. It will be the third US fighter to get the StormBreaker precision-guided glide bomb. The F-35B will continue developmental and operational testing to prove out safety and capability. During the test, an F-35B naval aviator used the network-enabled weapon as a guided munition, employing the same mission scenario as one that would be used in combat-from mission planning to release. In late November, Raytheon Missiles & Defense and the US Navy conducted the first weapon drop of a StormBreaker smart weapon from a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II. (Photo courtesy of Raytheon Missiles & Defense.) ![]() In late 2021, the Navy conducted the first weapon drop of a Raytheon StormBreaker smart weapon from a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II. ![]()
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