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Maj. Bill Peris, a 416th Flight Test Squadron test pilot at Edwards AFB, California, fired the latest version of the Sidewinder air-to-air missile, the AIM-9X, from an F-16 in July, successfully acquiring and scoring a kill against a Navy subscale drone. This third AIM-9X shot from an F-16 was the first guided launch from the aircraft. During the test mission, Peris was flying at medium altitude in an operationally representative engagement. A DC-130 Hercules crew, taking off from NAS Point Mugu, California, released the target drone over the nearby China Lake Naval Air Weapons Center range where the test mission took place.
Photo By Tom Reynolds
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