Profile
- Type
- Air-launched guided glide bomb
- Conflict side
- Yemeni government and coalition forces
- Origin
- United States
- Service note
- Entered U.S. service in 1999; documented in Yemen-related U.S. strike operations in 2025
Munitions
AGM-154 JSOW
The AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon is a U.S.-built, 1,000-pound-class air-launched guided glide bomb that gives carrier and tactical aircraft a GPS/INS-guided standoff option against fixed land targets. In the Yemen Civil War archive it is represented through documented U.S. Navy F/A-18 loadouts for strikes against Houthi forces during the 2025 Red Sea escalation.
- Conflict side
- Yemeni government and coalition forces
- Built by
- Raytheon
- Built in
- United States
Service History
- In service
- U.S. operational service from January 1999
- Used by
- United States Navy, United States Marine Corps
- Wars
- Yemen Civil War
Production History
- Designer
- Texas Instruments Defense Systems & Electronics; Raytheon after acquisition
- Designed
- Early 1990s
- Built by
- Raytheon
- Built in
- United States
- Produced
- Full-rate production from 1999
- Variants
- AGM-154A, AGM-154A-1, AGM-154C, AGM-154C-1
Specifications
- Class
- 1,000-pound-class air-to-surface standoff weapon
- Guidance
- GPS/INS; AGM-154C adds terminal imaging infrared seeker; JSOW C-1 adds Link 16 data link
- Length
- 160 inches (4.1 m)
- Wingspan
- 106 inches (2.69 m)
- Weight
- Approximately 1,065 lb
- Warhead
- Variant-dependent: BLU-97 bomblets, BLU-111 500 lb warhead, or BROACH multi-stage warhead
- Launch platforms
- F/A-18C/D/E/F, AV-8B, F-35B/C and other integrated U.S. and allied aircraft
Conflict Usage
- Yemen Civil War
- Side: Yemeni government and coalition forcesRole: Air-launched standoff strike against Houthi targets
Open-source munition documentation identified U.S. F/A-18 aircraft armed with AGM-154 JSOW-series glide bombs for 2025 strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen during the Red Sea escalation of the Yemen Civil War.
AGM-154 JSOW Images
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Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)Publisher: Naval Air Systems Command | Note: Supports official manufacturer, platform, variant, guidance, dimension, weight, warhead, and service-entry details. | Accessed: 2026-06-20AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)Publisher: United States Navy | Note: Supports official background on JSOW variants, combat use, and target sets. | Accessed: 2026-06-20JSOWPublisher: RTX Raytheon | Note: Supports Raytheon manufacturer background, GPS-inertial guidance description, and stated standoff precision-strike role. | Accessed: 2026-06-20US munitions used in Yemen 2025Publisher: Open Source Munitions Portal | Note: Supports Yemen Civil War direct-use context: AGM-154 JSOW-series bombs were used by U.S. aircraft for strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen during the 2025 campaign. | Accessed: 2026-06-20AGM-154 JSOW seriesPublisher: Open Source Munitions Portal | Note: Supports Yemen Civil War direct-use context and variant caveat: AGM-154 JSOW-series munitions were used by U.S. aircraft taking off to conduct strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen. | Accessed: 2026-06-20U.S. Air Campaign Against Houthis Continues Into Third DayPublisher: The War Zone | Note: Supports Yemen Civil War operating context: AGM-154 JSOW munitions were used by U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornets during strikes on Houthi targets. | Accessed: 2026-06-20AGM-154 01.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for a U.S. Navy public-domain photograph of an AGM-154 JSOW aboard USS Kitty Hawk. | Accessed: 2026-06-20AGM-154 JSOW 01.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for a public-domain U.S. Air Force image of an AGM-154 JSOW glide bomb. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Armed for the FuturePublisher: DVIDS | Note: Supports image provenance for a public-domain U.S. Marine Corps photograph of an AGM-154 JSOW staged before F-35C loading. | Accessed: 2026-06-20