Unfortunately, the Strike Eagle's radar is not magic, and neither is the
advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, or any other.
Two F/A-18C Hornets were on a missile shooting exercise, the wingman armed with an AIM-120
Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. The target was a BQM-74 drone.
Regarding my article "Global Power Requires a Global, Persistent Air-to-Air Capability" (Winter 2010), Lt Col Paul Matier ("Ricochets and Replies," Spring 2011) points out some problems with arming B-1s with
advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM) that I generally agree with.
Delivery of the
Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or Amraam, to the United States and its allies is scheduled to begin in 2010 and continue through 2011, Raytheon said in a statement yesterday.