A Air Force GBU-12 explodes after being dropped from an F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 60th Fighter Squadron at Camp Shelby, Miss., Oct. 25, 2023. Training with live weapons allows pilots to go through a different planning process while figuring out safe drop distances due to the explosives of the bomb.

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Keywords: -35, -35a, 33rd, 60th, drop, fighter, ii, lightning, live, load, squadron, weapons, wing