A-10 fires its first APKWS II

An A-10 from the 40th Flight Test Squadron has fired the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II laser-guided rocket for the first time.

Two armed, guided rockets were fired at a surface target at altitudes of 10,000 and 15,000 feet during the test in February.

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