Photo by Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle | 307th Bomb Wing | 08.21.2019
Crew chiefs from the 11th Aircraft Maintenance Unit run final checks on a B-52 Stratofortress prior to take-off from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 21, 2019. The jet was being prepared to attempt the first-ever launch of laser-guided bombs from a Conventional Rotary Launcher. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)...
Photo by Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle | 307th Bomb Wing | 08.21.2019
Crew chiefs from the 11th Aircraft Maintenance Unit run final checks on a B-52 Stratofortress prior to take-off from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 21, 2019. The jet was being prepared to attempt the first-ever launch of laser-guided bombs from a Conventional Rotary Launcher. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)...
Photo by Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle | 307th Bomb Wing | 08.21.2019
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Little, 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron commander, inspects an inert, GBU-12 laser guided bomb on a B-52 Stratofortress, at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 21, 2019 It was the first time this type of munition was launched operationally from the CRL. Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 307th Maintenance Squadron and 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.17.2017
A U.S. B-52 Bomber sits on a flightline with a newly installed conventional rotary launcher installed in its bomb bay, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 17, 2017. The CRL will allow the B-52 to carry more smart bombs in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.09.2017
Three conventional rotary launchers wait to be transported and installed in U.S. B-52 Stratofortress', assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 9, 2017. The CRL upgrade of the B-52's will allow it to carry more smart bombs in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.09.2017
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chelsie Malloy (left) and Tech. Sgt. Dustin Hyden, both assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, prepare a new conventional rotary launcher for transport to be installed in a B-52 Stratofortress at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 9, 2017. The CRL upgrade of the B-52's will allow it to carry more smart bombs in support of Operation Freedom's......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.09.2017
U.S. Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron prepare a new conventional rotary launcher for transport in order for it to be installed on a B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 9, 2017. The CRL upgrade was used in support of a new offensive campaign in Afghanistan Nov. 19, 2017. Afghan National Defense and Security......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Sydney Sedlak | 2nd Bomb Wing | 11.06.2017
Tech Sgt. Jesse Bonzelet, 9th airlift squadron loadmaster, takes a break from loading conventional rotary launchers onto a C-5M Supergalaxy at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 6, 2017. The CRL is a new weapons delivery device that allows multiple types of weaponry to be loaded on one aircraft at a time, whereas before, an aircraft could only carry and release one type of bomb or......
