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* 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.
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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 |
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 | 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.
429 The source for the types and numbers of air munitions expended used is Lt. Gen. T. Michael Moseley, U.S. Air Force, “Operation Iraqi Freedom–By The Numbers,” April 30, 2003.
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