Sole U.S. Air Force Nuclear Cruise Missile Showing Its Age

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force appears to be struggling to preserve its only nuclear-armed cruise missile, the Williams International F107-powered Boeing AGM-86B air-launched cruise missile (ALCM). The Air Force tells Aviation Week that the “Williams F107 engine is and continues to be very reliable,” with only...

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