Fact Sheet Alphabetical List

  • Joint Direct Attack Munitions GBU 31/32

    The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance tail kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurate, adverse weather "smart" munitions. (Current as of February 23, 2023)

  • LANTIRN

    Mission Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night, or LANTIRN, is a system for use on the Air Force's premier fighter aircraft -- the F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16C/D Fighting Falcon. LANTIRN significantly increases the combat effectiveness of these aircraft, allowing them to fly at low

  • LITENING II/ER/AT

    Mission LITENING is a precision targeting pod system currently operational with a wide variety of combat air forces aircraft (A-10, B-52H, F-15E and F-16) as well as aircraft operated by other services and allies (AV-8B and EF-18). This precision targeting system significantly increases the combat

  • OC-135B Open Skies

    Mission The United States of America Open Skies OC-135B Observation Aircraft supports the Open Skies Treaty. The aircraft flies unarmed observation flights over participating parties of the treaty. Features The aircraft is a modified WC-135B. The OC-135B modifications center around four cameras

  • Over the Horizon Backscatter Radar: East and West

    The AN/FPS-118 Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar System (OTH-B) was developed in the 1970s and 1980s to provide all-altitude, long-range surveillance of aerial approaches to the United States. OTH-B radar systems use the ionosphere to refract outgoing radar waves and return signals, enabling the

  • P-9A PALE ALE

    The P-9A PALE ALE is an advanced Detection and Monitoring (D&M) Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) that uses a heavily modified De Havilland DHC-8 (“Dash 8”) Q202 airframe. The system is owned by Air Combat Command (ACC) and used by United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) to mitigate the gaps in

  • Red Flag: 414th Combat Training Squadron

    Red Flag – Nellis (RF-N) is the Air Force’s premiere air-to-air combat training exercise, and participants include both United States and allied nations’ combat air forces.