JASSMs used on IS hideout

American aircraft fired heavy ordnance, including multiple Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM), to destroy the Islamic State (IS) group leader’s hideout in Syria – only four miles from Turkey - that has resulted in his death, the Pentagon said Oct. 28. U.S. forces later retrieved a plethora of intelligence and took two fighters into custody, JCS Gen. Mark Milley announced from the Pentagon. He did not specify which aircraft were used to conduct the strikes. It was the second time JASSMs have been used in Syria. In April 2018, B-1 bombers launched 19 at the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons production facilities. (Source: AF Magazine 0/28/19) Gulf Coast Notes: The AF’s Armament Directorate primarily operates at Eglin (Fla.), Hill (Ariz.) and Robins (Ga.) Air Force Bases. The directorate designs, develops, produces, fields, and sustains a family of air-to-ground and air-to-air munitions for U.S. and partner nations. These high-priority, multi-billion dollar systems provide direct and long range attack capabilities. Among some of the programs managed is the Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), Small Diameter Bomb I & II, and Massive Ordnance Penetrator. On Oct. 25, 2011, a pair of B-1 bombers from Louisiana employed two JASSM as part of the AF's air-to-ground Weapon System Evaluation Program (Combat Hammer). The goal of that earlier exercise, managed by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., was to evaluate the effectiveness, maintainability, suitability, and accuracy of precision guided munitions and other advanced air to ground weapons. JASSM is a 2,000-pound conventional, precision, standoff missile with a lethal penetrator/blast fragmentation warhead and using state-of-the-art infrared seeker and anti-jam global positioning satellite-aided technology to find a target. A single B-1B can carry 24 JASSMs. [Four B-1B Lancers that deployed to Saudi Arabia Oct. 24 have already returned home to Ellsworth AFB, S.D. The unannounced, short-term deployment was the first time Lancers were sent to the Middle East since returning from a combat deployment in March.]
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