Return of the (C)B-17

We've already used a C-130 cargo plane to launch daisy cutter bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan. Strategypage is reporting similar plans to launch bombs out the cargo bay of the C-17:

The U.S. Air Force is now thinking about turning its C-17 transport into a bomber. In the last few years, the JDAM (satellite guided smart bomb) has made aerial bombing far more effective. Because of the satellite guidance (GPS), aircraft can drop the bomb from any altitude, and still get the same accuracy. Thus bombers can stay high, out of range of ground fire. That got people, inside and outside the air force, thinking about using transports, like the C-17, as bombers. Transports are equipped to drop heavy equipment, mounted on pallets, by parachute. It would be a simple matter to have smart bombs, on small pallets, shoved out the rear of C-17s (or C-130s, Etc.)

This is in line with a recent article I wrote about utilizing platforms already in production for our troops, to save money, and get them into the field alot quicker.

DefenseTech discusses this subject in Old is the New New.