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The YAL-1A, a modified Boeing 747-400F known as the Airborne Laser, takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on March 15 for a five-hour test mission that would see the aircraft's Target Illuminator Laser fired in-flight for the first time. The Airborne Laser is undergoing a long-term test phase at the Air Force Flight Test Center here in preparation for the integration of the Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser, or COIL -- a missile-killing, high-energy chemical laser, later in the year. (Photo by Kellie Masters)


Airborne Laser fires tracking laser, hits target

The YAL-1A, a modified Boeing 747-400F known as the Airborne Laser, takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on March 15 for a five-hour test mission that would see the aircraft's Target Illuminator Laser fired in-flight for the first time. The Airborne Laser is undergoing a long-term test phase at the Air Force Flight Test Center here in preparation for the integration of the Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser, or COIL -- a missile-killing, high-energy chemical laser, later in the year. (Photo by Kellie Masters)

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Staff Sgt. Karl Muench Jr., of the 7th Component Maintenance Squadron, Dyess AFB,Texas, performs frequency adjustments to a B-1 Band 4-8 receiver mounted on a Radar and Electronic Warfare test station. The Band 4-8 Receiver recently underwent a B1-B Repair Network Integration proof of concept live test. The test demonstrated whether the repair network could re-optimize and balance capacities to meet a workload requirement of 15 serviceable assets within a 90- day period. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ MSgt Kenneth Bamberger)
Enlisted members from the 654th Combat Logistics Support Squadron examine the damaged B-1 in a forward operating location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Air Force photo)
A 12-percent model of the Short Take-Off and Landing version of the F-35 Lightning II is undergoing aerodynamic loads testing in AEDC’s 16-foot transonic wind tunnel. (Air Force photo by David Housch)
A Proteus aircraft flies over southern California Sept. 30 carrying the Global Hawk variant of the new, Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program radar. This is the first flight test of the state-of-the-art radar system, which will be incorporated onto the Global Hawk and, in a larger configuration, onto a wide-body technology demonstrator. The Proteus is a high-altitude aircraft similar in size to Global Hawk. (Courtesy Northrop Grumman Corp.)
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — A QF-4 Drone in flight as it is tracked by a missile at Tyndall AFB, Fla. The drones are used as moving targets to test weapons. (Courtesy photo)
The aerial port training aide sits at Hanscom following extensive repairs performed by members of the 913th Airlift Wing. (Air Force photo by Jan Abate)
J.D. Roberts, a Lockheed Martin engineer, inspects the JSF model during a break in aerodynamics load testing in the Propulsion Wind Tunnel’s 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Engineering Development Center. (Air Force photo by David Housch)
The C-5M takes off during its First Flight ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Ga., plant. (Courtesy photo)
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle performs a high-speed taxi test on South Base here during Phase III of wet runway testing May 3. This is the first time wet runway tests have been conducted with a UAV. (Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka)
MOJAVE AIRFIELD, Calif. — Proteus takes off April 27 carrying the pod that will contain the MP-RTIP radar later this year. A year of testing will begin in September once the radar is installed on Proteus. (Air Force photo)