EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Oct. 22, 2012 – An F-35A test aircraft, flown by U.S. Air Force Maj. Matthew Phillips, completed the fir...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Oct. 22, 2012 – An F-35A test aircraft, flown by U.S. Air Force Maj. Matthew Phillips, completed the first aerial weapon release of an AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) froma conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft Oct. 19. The aircraft, known as AF-1, jettisoned the instrumented AIM-120 over the China Lake test range from an internal weapons bay. This was the second in-flight weapon release in three days for AF-1 as it completed the release of a 2,000-pound GBU-31 BLU-109 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Oct. 16 .
