Show Improvement To Bomb Fuse A 40 improvement to a world war n II bomb fuse help speed a critical item to Air Force combat units in Vietnam and also reduce procurement costs by 37 million it was announced announced an- an this week by Maj Gen T Alan Bennett Ogden Air Materiel Area commander I MODIFICATIONS to a 3 long delay bomb fuse designed for box finned world war II bombs has made them suitable for forthe forthe the external armament of today's to- to days das supersonic jet aircraft The modification program being accomplished by Ogden AMA AMA has already eliminated i the the need to purchase a large number of new fuses Gen Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett stated THE MODIFIED fuse was originally or- or manufactured for use on and pound 1000 bombs or of the type carried internally internally in- in by world war n II aircraft air air- craft Although the finned box bomb is being used in Vietnam by older fighter air raft and dropped from the internal bays of U S. S modern bombers its limited use created an excess Inventory of delay the long delay ruse fuse There are several thousand long delay fuses left in the Air Force inventory and the present present pres- pres ent program calls for modification tion of all but those required for use with finned box bombs Greater savings will accumulate accumulate late as the fuses are modified OGDEN AMAs AMA's Air Munitions Wing conducted the feasibility studies and is modifying mod mod- I t Hying the fuses I |