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Old 9th Aug 2012, 23:18
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SpazSinbad
 
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For LO: Probably 'bumpy' at this speed/altitude on a summer day... Also the photographer chase aircraft is never going to be perfectly synchronised in formation.

F-35 completes first airborne weapons separation 08 August 2012

http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm...sStory&id=5091

"...BF-3, a short take-off and vertical landing F-35 variant, released an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) separation weapon over water in an Atlantic test range while traveling at 400 knots at an altitude of 4,200 feet...."
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