F-15EX Eagle IIs Conducted First Bomb Drop Test, Air Force Confirmed

F-15EX Eagle IIs Conducted First Bomb Drop Test, Air Force Confirmed

Pilots with the 123d Fighter Squadron, 142nd Fighter Wing dropped 500-pound BDU-50s and 2,000-pound BDU-56s test munitions in May at Mountain Home Air Force Base.

F-15EX Eagle II completes first bomb-drop training with Oregon Air Guard's 142nd Wing

The munitions themselves, 500-pound BDU-50s and 2,000-pound BDU-56s, were built to mimic the size, weight and handling characteristics of live bombs without the risk, allowing crews to rehearse the full sequence of loading and dropping ordnance under realistic conditions. Previously, this kind of testing on the F-15EX had been confined to the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida; Mountain Home marked the first tim…