Operational F-15EX Eagle II fighters drop live JDAM bombs for first time during Weapons Instructor Course support at Nellis

Operational F-15EX Eagle II fighters from the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Wing released live Joint Direct Attack Munition bombs for the first time during Weapons Instructor Course support at Nellis Air Force Base. The event followed earlier practice-weapon releases and exercised the aircraft's integrated strike procedures with GPS-aided precision-guided munitions. Crews operated within a demanding training environment that allowed instructors to assess tactics, targeting processes and the employment of the new fighter variant. This was a live training release by an operational squadron, not a combat strike or a separate acquisition of additional F-15EX aircraft.