Airborne Laser flight turret assembly arrives at Edwards

Published: Sat Oct 16th, 2004
Source: www.edwards.af.mil



10/15/04 – EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Airborne Laser program achieved a long-awaited and important milestone Monday with the delivery of the flight turret assembly, the final subsystem required to support the aircraft's return to flight - scheduled for later this year - after almost two years of extensive modifications.

The ABL aircraft, YAL-1A, a modified Boeing 747-400 series freighter, arrived at Edwards' Birk Flight Test Facility in December 2002 to undergo the installation of all the hardware components needed to support and accurately fire the weapons-class laser that will eventually be housed aboard YAL-1A.
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