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 The F/A-22 successfully launched an unarmed AIM-9M against a QF-4 unmanned drone last November at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, to complete all four Pentagon-mandated flight test goals for 2002. During the test, F/A-22 test pilot James Brown flew Raptor 07 at supersonic speeds at 24,000 feet and fired on a drone flying at 14,000 feet several miles in front of the aircraft. The missile tracked the target and passed within lethal range to demonstrate Raptor’s short-range missile targeting and launch capabilities. A second AIM-9 live fire test is scheduled for 2003. |
