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Sunday, July 18, 2004

F-16 test team conducts first guided launch of AIM-9X
Maj. Bill Peris, a 416th Flight Test Squadron test pilot, fired the AIM-9X from an F-16 recently, successfully acquiring and scoring a kill against a Navy subscale drone. This was the third time the AIM-9X was fired from an F-16, marking the variant's first guided launch from the aircraft. Photo by Tom Reynolds.

F-16 AIM-9X

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