Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Myers, 14th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load team chief, tightens screws on a training GBU-31 guided bomb during the second quarter load competition at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2021. This event aids in enhancing both teams readiness, performance and technical abilities. ( Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leon Redfern)
The AGM-88 can detect, attack and destroy a radar antenna or transmitter with minimal aircrew input. The proportional guidance system that homes in on enemy radar emissions has a fixed antenna and seeker head in the missile's nose. A smokeless, solid-propellant, booster-sustainer rocket motor propels the missile at speeds over Mach The HARM missile was a program led by the Navy, and it was first carried by the A-6E, A-7, and F/A-18A/B aircraft, and then it equipped the EA-6B aircraft. RDT&E for use on the F-14 aircraft was begun, but not completed. The Air Force (USAF) put the HARM onto the F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft, and later on specialized F-16s equipped with the HARM Targeting System (HTS). The HTS pod, used by the USAF only, allows F-16s to detect and automatically target radar systems with HARMs instead of relying on the missile's sensors alone.
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