US clears $45M FMS to Bahrain for Mk 80 series GP bombs

The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain of 3,200 General Purpose (GP) and Penetrator Warhead bomb bodies for an estimated cost of $45 million, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said on May 18, 2018. Read more

Maj. Joe McGill, a flyer for the USAF 40th Flight Test Squadron, performs checks on the bombs attached to the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II prior to a morning takeoff from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 19, 2015. The aircraft was loaded with approximately nine MK-82s, seven missiles and a full 30 mm round load for the GAU-8
(Credit: U.S. Air Force/Samuel King Jr.)

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