U.S. Air Force to bring AIM-120D overseas, Navy to deploy this year

The U.S. Air Force is ready to deploy the AIM-120D overseas while the Navy will make the weapon available to its fighter fleet later this year.

US Navy 030611-N-2143T-002 Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Sean Foley from Philadelphia, Pa., moves Air Interceptor Missile 120 (AIM-120) to a weapons elevator for transfer to the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
By U.S. Navy photo by Airman Maebel Tinoko. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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