Appendix D: Weapons Used in the Air War [429]
Precision-Guided Munitions
|
Designation |
Name or Nickname |
Type |
Number |
|
BGM-109 * |
Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) |
Cruise Missile |
802 |
|
AGM-114 |
Hellfire |
Laser-Guided Missile |
562 |
|
AGM-130 |
Television- or Infrared-Guided Missile |
4 |
|
|
AGM-65 |
Maverick |
Television-, Infrared-, or Laser-Guided Missile |
918 |
|
AGM-84 |
Stand Off Land Attack Missile-Extended Response (SLAM(ER)) |
Cruise Missile |
3 |
|
AGM-86C/D |
Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) |
Cruise Missile |
153 |
|
AGM-88 |
High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) |
Anti-Radar Missile |
408 |
|
AGM-154 * |
Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW) |
GPS/Inertial Navigation System-Guided Glide Missile |
253 |
|
EGBU-27 |
Penetrator |
Laser- and GPS-Guided Missile (2,000 lb) |
98 |
|
GBU-10 |
Paveway II |
Laser-Guided Bomb (2,000 lb) |
236 |
|
GBU-12 |
Paveway II |
Laser-Guided Bomb (500 lb) |
7,114 |
|
GBU-16 |
Paveway II |
Laser-Guided Bomb (1,000 lb) |
1,233 |
|
GBU-24 |
Paveway III |
Laser-Guided Bomb (2,000 lb) |
23 |
|
GBU-27 |
Penetrator |
Laser-Guided Bomb (2,000 lb) |
11 |
|
GBU-28 |
Bunker Buster |
Laser-Guided Bomb (5,000 lb) |
1 |
|
GBU-31 |
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) |
GPS-Guided Bomb (2,000 lb) |
5,086 |
|
GBU-32 |
JDAM |
GPS-Guided Bomb (1,000 lb) |
768 |
|
GBU-35 |
JDAM |
GPS-Guided Bomb (1,000 lb) |
675 |
|
GBU-37 |
JDAM |
GPS-Guided Bomb (5,000 lb) |
13 |
|
Various |
U.K. Guided Munitions |
679 |
|
|
Total |
19,040 |
* These weapons can deliver a unitary warhead or submunitions, but the U.S. Air Force has not indicated how many of each type were used.
Unguided Unitary Munitions
|
Designation |
Type |
Number |
|
M117 |
General Purpose Bomb (750 lb) |
1,625 |
|
Mk-82 |
General Purpose Bomb (500 lb) |
5,504 |
|
Mk-83 |
General Purpose Bomb (1,000 lb) |
1,692 |
|
Mk-84 |
General Purpose Bomb (2,000 lb) |
6 |
|
Various |
U.K. General Purpose Bombs |
58 |
|
Total |
8,885 |
Cluster Bombs
|
Designation |
Name |
Guidance |
Number |
Submunitions per Weapon |
Total Submunitions |
|
CBU-87 |
Unguided |
118 |
202 |
23,836 |
|
|
CBU-99 |
Rockeye |
Unguided |
182 |
247 |
44,954 |
|
CBU-103 |
WCMD |
818 |
202 |
165,236 |
|
|
CBU-105 |
Sensor Fuzed Weapon |
WCMD, Infrared |
88 |
40 (10 submunitions with 4 skeets) |
3,520 |
|
CBU-107* |
Passive Attack Weapon System |
WCMD |
Non-explosive |
||
|
UK RBL-755 |
Unguided |
70 |
147 |
10,290 |
|
|
Total** |
1,276 |
247,836 |
* The CBU-107 has a non-explosive payload of 3,700 metal rods.
** It is not known how many JSOW and TLAM missiles carried submunitions.
Aircraft
|
Aircraft |
Number |
Sorties |
|
Fighters |
735 |
20,228 |
|
Bombers |
51 |
505 |
|
Other |
1,015 |
20,671 |
|
Total |
1,801 |
41,404 |
Note: "Fighter" aircraft carry bombs and engage in bombing missions. "Other" includes aircraft for refueling; airlifts; command and control; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; rescue; and more.
