1. USAF Self-propelled Munitions
Col. Michael Leggett
Chief, ACC Advanced Programs

2. OVERVIEW AIR SUPERIORITY SUPPRESION OF ENEMY AIR DEFENSES INTERDICTION
CLOSE AIR SUPPORT
QUESTIONS

3. AIR SUPERIORTY
“Global Strike assets must be able to obtain first look first shot engagements against adversary aircraft.”
Global Strike CONOPS, 4 June 2003

4. AIM-7 Sparrow DESCRIPTION STATUS FUTURE 56 Kills in Vietnam
AIM-120 (AMRAAM)
DESCRIPTION
STATUS
FUTURE
Supersonic, medium range, radar guided missile
First employed in Vietnam (E variant)
AIM-7M- only variant still in operation
H-build-improved guidance
56 Kills in Vietnam
24 Kills in Desert Storm
AIM-7M phasing out of USAF inventory starting in 04
Replaced by AIM-120

5. AIM-9 Sidewinder DESCRIPTION STATUS FUTURE AIM-9X SIDEWINDER
Supersonic, heat seeking, air to air missile (A-X variants)
Carried by all tactical fighters
Most widely proliferated missile in NATO
72 kills in Vietnam
8 kills in Desert Storm
AIM-9M and AIM-9X are the USAF’s only variants in operation.
AIM-9X replacing AIM-9M
Fielded at Elmendorf
AIM-9X
Imaging Focal Plane Array (FPA) seeker
Thrust vectoring
High Off-Boresight capability
Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) is an enabler

6. Production/Sustainment Initial Operating Capability
AIM-9 Sidewinder
AIM-9X SIDEWINDER
TOTAL AIM-9M-7/9 AUR = 4400
TOTAL AIM-9X AUR = 4000
AIM-9X
4000
AIM-9M
4400
1982
1988
1994
2000
2006
2012
Production/Sustainment
Initial Operating Capability

7. AIM-120 (AMRAAM) DESCRIPTION STATUS FUTURE 5 Kills in Allied Force
Advance Medium Range Air to Air Missile
Fire and Forget
Carried on F-15, F-16, F-14, F-18, F-4, F/A-22, F-35
5 Kills in Allied Force
1 Kill 1992 Southern Watch
AIM-120C Phase 3 development effort progressing to Mar 04 completion
Improved Electronic Protection and lethality
85% missile success rate (within lethal radius); tests conducted Oct 02 – Dec 03 (214 test launches)
AIM-120D
Joint USAF/USN
Improved data link
Greater kinematics
Improved HOBS

8. Production/Sustainment
AIM-120 (AMRAAM)
AIM-120 (AMRAAM)
TOTAL AIM-120 AUR=8700
AIM-120D
AIM-120C
4250
AIM-120B
1250
AIM-120A
3200
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
Production/Sustainment

9. SUPPRESION OF ENEMY AIR DEFENSE (SEAD)
“Global Strike assets must be able to rapidly detect, locate, destroy, or suppress enemy air defenses using core capability residing on strike assets.”
Global Strike CONOPS, 4 June 2003

10. AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)
DESCRIPTION
STATUS
FUTURE
~7000 HARMs in USAF inventory including AGM-88B and AGM-88C
CAF’s only reactive SEAD weapon
Carried by HTS-equipped Block 50 F-16s and select Block 30 units
AGM-88B/C Block IIIA/V software fielded 2QFY00
Provides limited geospecificity
Improves performance against advanced emitters
In sustainment
AGM-88F
INS/GPS enables counter shutdown capability
Improved seeker

11. Production/Sustainment
AGM-88 HARM
AGM-88 HIGH SPEED
ANTIRADIATION MISSILE (HARM)
TOTAL AUR=7000
AGM-88F
AGM-88C
2000
AGM-88B
5000
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
Production/Sustainment

12. INTERDICTION
“Global Strike CONOPS requires the capability to attack a limited range of heavily defended high value assets with minimal risk to manned aircraft.”
Global Strike CONOPS, 4 June 2003

13. Joint Air-to-surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM)
DESCRIPTION
STATUS
FUTURE
>200 NM range, stealth and precision standoff, all weather
Autonomously attacks center-of- gravity targets under umbrella of next generation defense systems
Kills hardened and non-hardened, fixed & relocatable targets
Funded: F-16, B-52, B-2, B-1
Unfunded: F-117, F-15E, JSF
CAIV flagship OSD program
LRIP Dec 01 - initial buy 76 missiles
OT successfully completed Sep 03
FOT&E for F-16 M3+ underway
RAA (B-52H) complete Sep 03
JASSM-ER directed by SecAF
Baseline/ER Mix: baseline, remainder ER
CSAF interest in two-way communications capability on JASSM

14. Production/Sustainment
JASSM
JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE
STAND-OFF MISSILE (JASSM)
Total AUR = 4900
B-52
F-16
B-2
EMD
B-1
JASSM
JASSM-ER
2400
2500
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Production/Sustainment

15. Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM)
DESCRIPTION
STATUS
FUTURE
Single missile for Air to Ground and Air to Air
Enhanced capability
Increased standoff
Enhanced lethality
Enhanced propulsion and agility
F-35, F/A-22, UCAV, and legacy
A/C
Joint USAF and USN
Capabilities, integration, and development analysis process initiated
JDRADM is the future

16. CLOSE AIR SUPPORT
“Persistent operations will include fighters and weapons necessary to sustain full-spectrum joint and combined operations such as targeting mobile targets and Close Air Support (CAS).”
“Global Strike Task Force” 2001

17. AGM-65 Maverick DESCRIPTION STATUS FUTURE AGM-65 H and K MAVERICK
Precision air-to-ground missile
AGM-65 A/B TV Mavericks
AGM-65 D/G IR Mavericks (night)
AGM-65 H/K TV Mavericks (new)
85% success rate in Desert Storm
AGM-65A/B parts becoming obsolete
Being replaced by the AGM-65H/K TV Mavericks
New TV seeker
Greater ranges
First Combat Use in OIF
Integrated on A-10, F-16, F-15E
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Phase II
Internal Carriage
All weather seeker
Data Link
ATR by classification
Tracked vs wheeled

18. Production/Sustainment
AGM-65 Maverick
AGM-65 H and K MAVERICK
Total H/K AUR = 2490
K models
H models
D/G models
A/B models
1240
1250
23,700 TOTAL PROD
12,500 TOTAL PROD
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
Production/Sustainment

19. Self-propelled Munitions Roadmap Air Superiority
AIM-9M
AIM-9X
AIM-7M
AIM-120A
AIM-120B
AIM-120C
AIM-120D
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
Production
Sustainment
Event
Dec. Pt

20. Self-propelled Munitions Roadmap SEAD/Interdiction
AGM-88B
AGM-88C
AGM-88F
JASSM
JASSM-ER
JDRADM
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
Production
Sustainment
Event
Dec. Pt

21. Self-propelled Munitions Roadmap Close Air Support
AGM-65A
AGM-65B
AGM-65D
AGM-65G
AGM-65H
AGM-65K
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
Production
Sustainment
Event
Dec. Pt

22. SUMMARY
Matching the correct weapon with the target is a must!

23. QUESTIONS?