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 +A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron with eight PDU-5/B leaflet bombs under the left wing.
 +(US Air Force photo/​Christopher Okula)
  
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 +The US Air Force has successfully completed two tests of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber in leaflet-drop operations, moving ​ [[https://​storify.com/​dirgoworo/​jasa-paranormal-singapura-pelet-mahar-setelah-berh|pelet berhasil baru bayar]] closer to including one of the service'​s biggest bombers in psychological operations. ​
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 +Personnel from the 419th Flight Test Squadron performed two sorties with the B-52, dropping eight PDU-5/B leaflet bombs over [[http://​www.examandinterviewtips.com/​search?​q=test%20ranges|test ranges]] in California. ​
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 +"We are primarily looking to see safe separation from the external Heavy Stores Adapter Beam" — an external pylon that can carry up to a 2,000-pound payload — said Kevin Thorn, the squadron'​s B-52 air-vehicle manager, according
 +to an Air Force release.
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 +"We are ensuring that the bombs do not contact the aircraft, and/or each other, creating an unsafe condition,"​ Thorn added. "​Additionally we are tracking the reliability of the bomb functioning."​
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 +The PDU-5/B is a variant of the CBU, or Cluster Bomb Unit. The Air Force'​s Information Warfare Battlelab repurposed
 +Rockeye cluster munitions to pack them with leaflets. The weapon'​s designation is based on its contents, the Air Force said
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 +A frame from a video shows the PDU-5/B leaflet bomb activating and dispersing leaflets.
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 +The current model of the PDU-5/B can carry about 60,000 leaflets and costs less than $500 each. When released from the aircraft, a fuse detonates the bomb at a certain time to release the leaflets. ​
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 +According to The Aviationist,​ which first spotted the news, PDU-5/Bs were used to drop
 +leaflets over ISIS militants in Syria in 2015. Previously, they were used
 +in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq — in the latter, they were dropped over Baghdad before actual bombing started. ​
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 +The PDU-5/B can be dropped from helicopters and other aircraft
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 +A B-52 drops a load of bombs in Afghanistan.
 +U.S. Air Force/​Master Sgt. Ralph Hallmon/AP
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 +US F-15E Strike Eagles deployed them over Syria in 2015, and Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft dropped them over Afghanistan'​s southern Helmand province in 2012. 
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 +"The PDU-5/B is just another tool that the B-52 uses in its vast and reliable tool box," said
 +Earl Johnson, B-52 PDU-5/B project manager.
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 +"​Without the capability to carry PDU-5s on the B-52 aircraft, the impending shortfall on leaflet dispersal capability will jeopardize Air Force Central Command information operations."​
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 +Business Insider asked Air Force Materials Command about the reason for that looming shortfall and why the B-52 specifically was being considered for this new role but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
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 +Johnson said this round of testing was finished, but the B-52 will undergo further trials
 +using its internal weapons bays to deploy the PDU-5/B.
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