US Approves Sale of $373 Million in Extended Range Glide Bomb Tail Kits to Ukraine

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Ground personnel load Joint Direct Attack Munitions into a U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber, in Fairford, England, on March 11, 2026. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty ImagesThe U.S. State Department has approved the sale of $373 million worth of glide bomb tail kits and other equipment to Ukraine that will be used on the frontline in the war with Russia.Kyiv has been given the green light to buy 1,532 Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range (JDAM-ER) guidance tail kits. In a May 5 statement, the State Department said the principal contractor would be Boeing’s defense, space, and security wing, based in St. Louis, Missouri.

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