Keywords: US Navy 041109-N-8704K-003 An F-A-18C Hornet launches from the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) carrying the Navy's latest Satellite Guided Bomb, the GBU-38.jpg en Arabian Gulf Nov 9 2004 - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Sunliners of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight One VFA-81 launches from the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy CV 67 carrying the Navy's latest Satellite Guided Bomb the GBU-38 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 Carrier Air Wing Seventeen CVW-17 aircraft aboard Kennedy are supporting ground troops in Fallujah Iraq under Operation Al Fajr New Dawn Kennedy and embarked CVW-17 are currently on deployment in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Karsten RELEASED 2004-11-09 041109-N-8704K-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 18712 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Karsten PD-USGov-Military-Navy GBU-38 Aboard USS John F Kennedy CV-67 Strike Fighter Squadron 81 United States Navy |