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By Lorenzo Cortes
The 2,000-pound EGBU-27 Enhanced Paveway III (EP3) bomb performed effectively during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), according to service officials.
"The Paveway III has always been a pretty accurate weapon," Jim Ogan, Paveway III program manager for the Air Force, told Defense Daily in a telephone interview yesterday.
Raytheon (RTN) produces the laser/GPS/INS seeker package for EP3. Aksel Aydoner, deputy director of the Air-to-Surface Muntion Directorate at Hill AFB, Utah, added that the EP3 weapon could continue operations even in inclement weather--such as the sandstorms that plagued...