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The weapon could be carried on the B-52 and B-1B bombers or even perhaps the F-15 fighter. Russia has been ramping up its tests of its Tsirkon hypersonic missile, a weapon that the United States military currently has no countermeasure against. If defense isn’t an option, then perhaps it is time to go on offensive and that is exactly what the United States Air Force plans to do—and last week announced that it will conduct a flight test of its own air-launched hypersonic missile before the end of the year. Planned for production next year, the Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) woul...

B-1B bomber carries, launches missile externally for first time, Air Force says By (0) A B-1B Lancer releases a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile during an external release demonstration over Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Dec. 4. Photo by Ethan Wagner/U.S. Air Force A crew uploads a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile to an external pylon on a B-1B Lancer at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for a demonstration of the missile over Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Dec. 4. Photo by Joshua Miller/U.S. Air Force Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A test of a B-1B Lancer bomber demonstrated the pla...

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center commander. “Demonstration of B-1B external carriage reflects the potential to keep weapon systems in the fight with increased combat capability.” A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 412th Test Wing’s 419th FLTS launched an inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile from an external pylon underneath the aircraft’s fuselage. The external pylon usually carries the “Sniper” targeting pod. This release demonstration also put AFGSC one step closer to building the future bomber fleet for the Department of Defense and U.S. Air Force while ut...

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center commander. “Demonstration of B-1B external carriage reflects the potential to keep weapon systems in the fight with increased combat capability.” A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 412th Test Wing’s 419th FLTS launched an inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile from an external pylon underneath the aircraft’s fuselage. The external pylon usually carries the “Sniper” targeting pod. This release demonstration also put AFGSC one step closer to building the future bomber fleet for the Department of Defense and U.S. Air Force while ut...

US Air Force/Ethan Wagner Weeks after the Air Force proved it could mount an advanced stealth cruise missile externally on the B-1B Lancer for the first time, it has taken the next step. In a December 4 test, the Air Force launched an inert AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, known as the JASSM, from the bomber. Weeks after the US Air Force proved it could mount an advanced stealth cruise missile externally on the B-1B Lancer for the first time, it has taken the next step, test-firing an inert missile from under the B-1's fuselage. The 419th Flight Tes...