A U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat releases a GBU-24B/B Hard Target Penetrator
Laser-Guided Bomb while in a in a 45-degree dive during ordnance
separation testing on May 10, 1996. The Navy is conducting the
tests at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., as part of an
air-to-ground development program to support clearance for use of the
weapon in the fleet by F-14 Tomcats. This Tomcat is
assigned to the Strike Aircraft Test Squadron at Patuxent River.
DoD photo by Vernon Pugh.
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