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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Troy Harlow checks the torque on a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition here Aug. 7. The torque must be the same for all bolts on the JDAM. The JDAM contains an inertial navigational system and a GPS guidance control unit that improves the accuracy of general purpose bombs in any weather condition. Airman Harlow is a munitions handler with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron and is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. His hometown is Grand Forks, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Tom Dulley cleans the threading inside the fuse well on a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition here Aug. 7. The JDAM contains an inertial navigational system and a GPS guidance control unit that improves the accuracy of general purpose bombs in any weather condition. Sergeant Dulley, a munitions handler with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and is originally from Cedar Hill, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Jon Elkins (right) installs a strake assembly onto a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition here Aug. 7 with the help of Airman 1st Class Antione Eaddy. The JDAM contains an inertial navigational system and a GPS guidance control unit that improves the accuracy of general purpose bombs in any weather condition. Airmen Elkins and Eaddy are munitions handlers with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. Airman Elkins is deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., and is originally from Tucson, Ariz. Airman Eaddy is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. His hometown is Detroit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Nick Blumer installs a strake assembly onto a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition here Aug. 7. The JDAM contains an inertial navigational system and a GPS guidance control unit that improves the accuracy of general purpose bombs in any weather condition. Sergeant Blumer, a munitions handler with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, is deployed from Joe Foss Field Air Guard Station, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Senior Airman Gregorey Effler and Staff Sgt. Marissa Ferguson install a strake assembly onto a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition here Aug. 7. The JDAM contains an inertial navigational system and a GPS guidance control unit that improves the accuracy of general purpose bombs in any weather condition. Sergeant Ferguson and Airman Effler, munitions handlers with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, are deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Sergeant Ferguson's hometown is Sacramento. Airman Effler is originally from Hammond, La. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Antione Eaddy loosens a strake strap that will be assembled onto a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition here Aug. 7. The JDAM contains an inertial navigational system and a GPS guidance control unit that improves the accuracy of general purpose bombs in any weather condition. Airman Eaddy, a munitions handler with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. His hometown is Detroit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Troy Harlow applies sealant around the charging well of a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition here Aug. 7. Applying sealant prevents dust and water from entering the munition. Airman Harlow, a munitions handler with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. His hometown is Grand Forks, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- (from left to right) Airman 1st Class Antione Eaddy, Staff Sgt. Marissa Ferguson, Senior Airman Gregorey Effler and Airman 1st Class Jon Elkins, all munitions handlers with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, install strake assemblies onto GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions here Aug. 7. JDAMs contain inertial navigational systems and GPS guidance control units that improve the accuracy of general purpose bombs in any weather condition. Sergeant Ferguson and Airman are deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Airman Eaddy is deployed from Shaw AFB, S.C., and Airman Elkins is deployed from Fairchild AFB, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Jon Elkins spray paints a location number onto a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition here Aug. 7. The JDAM contains an inertial navigational system and a GPS guidance control unit that improves the accuracy of general purpose bombs in any weather condition. Airman Elkins is a munitions handler with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron and is deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. His hometown is Tucson, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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Published Aug. 8, 2008