USAF test fires AIM-120D3 for the first time

An AIM-120D3 air-to-air missile with production hardware was test-fired for the first time on Jun. 30 from a F-15E.


U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lindsey Heflin

It was the first of five combined Air Force and Navy live-fires scheduled for the AMRAAM F3R program, which replaces 15 Circuit Card Assemblies on the missile.

Raytheon says in a press release that an additional live fire for the Foreign Military Sales AIM-120C8 variant will occur in the near future.

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