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F-35 Conducts First Live-Fire Weapons Test

Friday, November 1st, 2013

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An F-35A executed the program’s first live-fire launch of a guided air-to-air missile one day after it successfully delivered an unarmed weapon against a ground target, the Defense Department said in a statement. The test pilot employed an AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) Oct. 30 from the F-35A’s internal weapons bay against an aerial drone target in restricted military sea test range airspace. Test data and observers confirmed the F-35A identified and targeted the drone with its mission…

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