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B-52 Conducts Third and Final Captive-Carry Flight Test of ARRW, Booster Test Next

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B-52 Conducts Third and Final Captive-Carry Flight Test of ARRW, Booster Test Next
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Puente of the 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, secures the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 (IMV-2) as it is loaded under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress at Edwards AFB, Calif. on Aug. 6. , California, Aug. 6. The "Celeri Responsio" logo on the missile body means "rapid response" in Latin, according to a Web search. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

The U.S. Air Force conducted its third and final captive-carry flight test of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) under the wing of a B-52H bomber off the southern California coast on Aug. 8 in preparation for the first planned booster flight test of ARRW later this year, according to an announcement by Edwards AFB, Calif. The flight demonstrated the transmission of telemetry and GPS data from the AGM-183A Instrumented Measurement Vehicle-2 (IMV-2) to Point Mugu…

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