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Boeing YAL-1 at AMARG
The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed weapons system was a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside a modified Boeing 747-400F. It was primarily designed as a missile defense system to destroy TBMs while in boost phase. The YAL-1 was assigned to the 417th Flight Test Squadron Airborne Laser Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB. However, the inherent non-viability of the whole concept led to the project's cancellation and the YAL-1 made it's last flight on 14th Feb. 2012 to Davis-Monthan AFB and AMARG for scrapping.
Boeing YAL-1 at AMARG
The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed weapons system was a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside a modified Boeing 747-400F. It was primarily designed as a missile defense system to destroy TBMs while in boost phase. The YAL-1 was assigned to the 417th Flight Test Squadron Airborne Laser Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB. However, the inherent non-viability of the whole concept led to the project's cancellation and the YAL-1 made it's last flight on 14th Feb. 2012 to Davis-Monthan AFB and AMARG for scrapping.