F-15EX fires the AIM-120D for the first time

A crew from the 40th Flight Test Squadron successfully carried out the first AIM-120D missile firing from a F-15EX on Jan. 25.

The F-15EX Eagle II fires an AIM-120D missile during a test mission near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla, Jan 25, 2022. The F-15EX can hold up to 12 AIM-120D missiles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Raven)


The test took place in the Gulf of Mexico and a BQM-167 target drone was engaged by the air-to-air weapon.

Maj. Benjamin Naumann, who fired the missile, said: “I am humbled to have the opportunity to fire the first weapon, but the bigger success is the verification of the F-15EX capability to live-fire a missile.”

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