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By Garrett Reim2021-04-14T22:58:00+01:00 The US Air Force (USAF) claims that it achieved the longest known air-to-air missile shot in March 2021. As part of a test, a Boeing F-15C Eagle fired a Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a BQM-167 subscale target drone and achieved a “kill”, the service says on 14 April. The missile test took place near Tyndal AFB in Florida as part of Weapons System Evaluation Program-East. The distance the missile was fired was n...