An Air Force B-1B bomber dropped a 2,000-pound joint direct attack munition and an undisclosed number of 500-pound JDAMs onto enemy firing positions in the vicinity of Nangalam, Afghanistan, April 29, successfully eliminating the targets, Air Forces Central said in an April 30 release. In Iraq, a Navy F/A-18E fighter dropped one 500-pound JDAM onto enemy combatants in the vicinity of Baghdad, AFCENT said.
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.