Hardpoint
![An A-10 Thunderbolt II showing numerous hardpoint mountings.](/Images/godic/202412/20/A-10_Thunderbolt_II_30959.jpg")
![Three GBU-31 JDAM precision guided bombs on a triple-ejector rack, under the wing of a B-52.](/Images/godic/202412/20/JDAM_GBU30_MER0959.jpg")
![A sectioned Mk. 84 bomb body, showing the suspension lugs, which would normally be perpendicular to the body rather than inline as shown.](/Images/godic/202412/20/Sectioned_BLU-1090959.jpg")
![An F-16 on display with Mk 82 bombs, fuel tanks, and an AIM-9. The Mk 82 bombs are mounted on a triple ejector rack (TER).](/Images/godic/202412/20/F16_Armt_Museum0959.JPG")
A hardpoint (more formally known as a station or weapon station) is a location on an airframe designed to carry an external or internal load. This includes a station on the wing or fuselage of a civilian aircraft or military aircraft where external jet engine, ordnance, countermeasures, gun pods, targeting pods or drop tanks can be mounted.