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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Missile overhaul creates big savings
The U.S. Air Forces in Europe recently moved to shift serviceable rocket motors from older AIM-120As to and put them in unserviceable newer AIM-120B and C models.

The in-house weapon overhaul of 63 missiles saved the Air Force more than $31 million, approximately three years of time and was the largest field retrofit in the AMRAAM's history.

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