A USAF Predator, a B-52, and several A-10s flew air support missions for coalition troops in the vicinity of Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Tuesday, said the Air Force. The B-52 dropped four precision-guided JDAMS against enemy targets in the area.
RTX’s Raytheon unit was able to “significantly” extend the range of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile using mostly software changes in experimental tests last year, expanding the reach and lethality of the standard U.S. dogfighting weapon, company officials said Sept. 15.
