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September 12, 2010

B-1 Carries Record-Setting Missile Load

A B-1B Lancer Carried 24 AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missiles Over The Gulf Of Mexico

A Dyess Air Force Base B-1B Lancer carried a full load of 24 AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missiles on a flight over the Gulf of Mexico, September 7 -- a first for the B-1 and AGM-158. "The mission was a success," said Maj. Brian Owen, the chief of wing weapons and tactics. "Everything went as planned, and we can verify that the B-1B can in fact operate its full capacity of JASSMs."

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