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Last Year, an F-22 Raptor Scored the Longest-Ever AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile Hit

Raytheon did not specify the distance of the shot—likely in an attempt to hide the AMRAAM’s true capabilities from potential US adversaries. A US Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet successfully ...
The Aviationist

Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat Fires AIM-120 AMRAAM at Target Drone

Boeing had previously announced a previous test in June where two MQ-28s were controlled by an RAAF E-7A in a mission against a simulated airborne target. Boeing and the RAAF had also demonstrated the ...
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Raytheon’s F3R hardware upgrade enables longest recorded AMRAAM engagement from US Air Force F-22 fighter

Raytheon has undertaken work to boost the capability of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), resulting in the longest known AMRAAM shot from a fifth-generation fighter. The ...
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USAF Claims Longest Known AMRAAM Air-to-Air Missile Shot, Numbers Are Hush-Hush

Don't you just hate it when someone brags about doing something historic and then provides absolutely no details on what the historic achievement means? If you do, this story involving an F-22 Raptor ...
The National Interest

Last Year, an F-22 Raptor Scored the Longest-Ever AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile Hit

According to Raytheon, an F-22 Raptor assigned to the Air Force’s Air Combat Command successfully executed the longest known AIM-120 AMRAAM fired by a 5th-generation jet during a series of tests in ...