Keywords: US Navy 041106-N-8704K-003 The portside wing on an F-A-18 assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron Three Four (VFA-34) is loaded with the Navy's latest Satellite Guided Bomb, the GBU-38.jpg en Arabian Gulf Nov 6 2004 The portside wing on an F/A-18 assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron Three Four VFA-34 is loaded with the Navy's latest Satellite Guided Bomb the GBU-38 aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy CV-67 The GBU-38 is a 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM that uses a standard Mk-82 bomb and was developed for precision bombing in urban warfare The Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided bombs into precision-guided smart munitions The tail section contains an inertial navigational system INS and a global positioning system GPS JDAM improves the accuracy of unguided bombs in any weather condition It can be launched from every fighter or fighter-attack aircraft in the Navy's inventory Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen CVW-17 are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility AOR in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Karsten ELEASED 2004-11-06 041106-N-8704K-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 18658 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18C Hornet on flight decks Aboard USS John F Kennedy CV-67 Strike Fighter Squadron 34 United States Navy GBU-38 |