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US Air Force claims longest air-to-air missile shot with AIM-120 AMRAAM

By Garrett Reim2021-04-14T22:58:00+01:00 The US Air Force (USAF) claims that it achieved the longest known air-to-air missile shot in March 2021. As part of a test, a Boeing F-15C Eagle fired a Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a BQM-167 subscale target drone and achieved a “kill”, the service says on 14 April. The missile test took place near Tyndal AFB in Florida as part of Weapons System Evaluation Program-East. The distance the missile was fired was not disclosed by the USAF. Source: US Air Force US Air Force F-15C fighters The range of the AIM-120D, the latest variant of the AMRAAM, has been reported to be about 87nm (100km). However, the exact range of the missile is classified, due to concerns about giving away information about combat aircraft limitations. The USAF did not disclose what variant of the AIM-120 was fired or what modifications where made to the missile.

Eglin Air Force Base Florida breaks record with Gulf of Mexico missile test

But you ll have to take their word for it. The 53rd Wing s four-paragraph Tuesday announcement of the milestone achievement of the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron and the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron and, of course, the AIM-120D AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile), the F-15C Eagle aboard which it was loaded, and a BQM-167 subscale drone  did not disclose the distance that the missile traveled before hitting its target. The exact range of the AIM-120D, the latest version of the Raytheon Technologies Corporation-produced AMRAAM, is classified. However, some reports in media focused on military equipment and military contracting place the AIM-120Ds range at about 100 miles.

Vermont gets break as F-35s come to Tyndall Air Force Base

In Northwest Florida, the roar of military aircraft zooming overhead is widely greeted as the sound of freedom. Through Thursday, that sound will be augmented by the rumbling of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets from the Vermont Air National Guard  giving the residents of Burlington, Vermont, some apparently welcome freedom from that sound. Quiet week ahead as F-35s head to Florida for training, was the headline chosen for an online story on the temporary absence of the Air National Guard fighter jets from Burlington on WCAX-TV, the city s CBS affiliate. Airmen, aircraft and support equipment from the Vermont Air National Guard s 158th Fighter Wing left the Burlington Air National Guard Base at Burlington International Airport on Jan. 14 for a two-week exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City.

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