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Thursday, March 22, 2007

Airborne Laser fires tracking laser, hits target

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usThe YAL-1A Airborne Laser, a modified Boeing 747-400F, successfully test fired its target illuminator laser March 15 during a five-hour test flight.

The mission and test firing represented the Airborne Laser's first in-flight external laser firing, and used the NC-135E "Big Crow" test aircraft to verify the ABL's ability to track an airborne target and measure atmospheric turbulence.

The Airborne Laser aircraft is undergoing a long-term test phase at the Air Force Flight Test Center here.

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