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AIM-120 AMRAAM
An AMRAAM missile being placed onto an F-16 fighter jet.

The AMRAAM missile is a medium air-to-air missile. It is a radar-guided missile.

The AMRAAM missile was in development for about 30 years. It was put in service in 1991 and is still used by many countries and aircraft around the world today.

Images for kids

  • AIM-120 first kill

    First successful test at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 1982

  • F-14 carrying AMRAAM

    Grumman F-14 Tomcat carrying an AMRAAM during a 1982 test

  • 20180328 AIM-120 Udvar-Hazy

    An AIM-120 AMRAAM missile on display at the U.S. National Air and Space Museum

  • F-22 GBU39B AIM-120 m02006120800117

    AIM-120 AMRAAM (right) fitted in a weapons bay of a F-22 Raptor

  • Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System

    NASAMS launcher

  • AIM-120 AMRAAM P6230147

    Battery of four AMRAAM and two AIM-9X on HMMWV

  • AMRAAM-ER

    AMRAAM-ER at Le Bourget 2007

  • AIM-120 operators

    Map with AIM-120 operators in blue

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