U.S. Air Force Retires AGM-86C Cruise Missile

The U.S. Air Force has retired the AGM-86C more than 45 years after the original Global Positioning System (GPS)-guided conventional air-launched cruise missile (CALCM) entered development. A crew at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, downloaded the final AGM-86C for the last time on Nov. 20, according to...

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