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Friday, October 07, 2005

Tomcat cleared to drop 500-pounder on last deployment
Just days before the F-14's final fleet deployment, the Tomcat was cleared to carry the GBU-38. GBU-38 is the 500-pound version of JDAM.

When VF-213 and VF-31 approached Program Manager Air 241 to clear the GBU-38 for the Tomcat. They program managed to get pilots from VX-23 and VF-101 to clear the weapon.

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