{"id":5756540,"date":"2026-07-16T14:43:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/yfq-44a-fury-cca-first-aim-120-missile-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:09:23","slug":"yfq-44a-fury-cca-first-aim-120-missile-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/yfq-44a-fury-cca-first-aim-120-missile-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Robot Wingman Fires Its First Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Somewhere over the Mojave Desert this month, an aircraft with no pilot, no ejection seat and no name stenciled under a canopy did something no American drone had ever done. It fired an air-to-air missile at a target. The jet was Anduril\u2019s YFQ-44A Fury. The weapon was an AIM-120 AMRAAM. And the moment marks the day the U.S. Air Force\u2019s robot wingman stopped looking like a science project and started looking like a fighter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force revealed the live-fire test on July 15. It was the first time any American Collaborative Combat Aircraft \u2014 the semi-autonomous drones being built to fly alongside crewed <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\">F-35s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\">F-22s<\/a> \u2014 has ever launched a live air-to-air weapon. Until now the Fury had flown, taxied and hauled inert shapes. Now it has pulled the trigger.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px;\">Quick Facts<\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\">\r\n<li><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Anduril YFQ-44A \u201cFury\u201d \u2014 an uncrewed, semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Milestone:<\/strong> First live air-to-air missile ever fired by a U.S. CCA<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Weapon:<\/strong> AIM-120 AMRAAM, launched at a digital target<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Where:<\/strong> Secluded airspace over the Mojave Desert<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Who ran it:<\/strong> 412th Test Wing\u2019s Air Dominance Combined Test Force<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Announced:<\/strong> U.S. Air Force, July 15, 2026<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>The catch:<\/strong> A human operator keeps sole authority to release any weapon<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">One Missile, One Very Big Milestone<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Air Force, the YFQ-44A fired the AMRAAM at a digital target in secluded airspace over the Mojave. The shot capped a deliberately unglamorous, step-by-step campaign that began earlier this year with inert captive-carry flights \u2014 the kind that check whether the aircraft even handles nicely with a missile bolted on \u2014 before moving to data-link trials that confirmed the drone did exactly what its operators commanded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work was run by the 412th Test Wing\u2019s Air Dominance Combined Test Force, a mix of active-duty aircrew, government civilians and contractors whose whole job was to make sure the first live shot was a controlled milestone and not a headline for the wrong reasons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7;\"><em>\u201cThis live-fire test is an important next step in the development of Collaborative Combat Aircraft. We\u2019re one step closer to delivering capabilities to the warfighter.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Gen. Ken Wilsbach<\/strong> \u2014 U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=1074475472  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/yfq-44a-fury-fires-aim-120-amraam.jpg\" alt=\"YFQ-44A Fury fires an AIM-120 AMRAAM over the Mojave Desert\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">A YFQ-44A Fury looses an AIM-120 AMRAAM over the Mojave Desert \u2014 the first live air-to-air shot by a U.S. Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Photo: U.S. Air Force \/ Jennifer Healy<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The Human Still Pulls the Trigger<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all the noise about autonomous killer drones, the Air Force went out of its way to draw a line. A foundational principle of the CCA program, the service says, is that these aircraft will not choose to fire on their own. The decision to release a weapon stays with a human operator, who keeps command and control of the drone at all times. The Fury flew the intercept and squeezed off the missile \u2014 but only because a person told it to.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7;\"><em>\u201cMoving from inert carriage earlier this year to this weapon release demonstrates program maturity. These tests provide operational validation that Collaborative Combat Aircraft can execute the weapon employment sequence autonomously within pilot-defined parameters, accelerating capability delivery to the warfighter.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Gen. Dale White<\/strong> \u2014 Department of War portfolio manager for Critical Major Weapon Systems<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Why It Matters<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Fury and its rival, General Atomics\u2019 YFQ-42A, are the first two aircraft in a program built on a simple bet: that the Air Force can field uncrewed jets in large numbers, at a fraction of the price of a crewed fighter, to carry extra missiles, jam enemy radars and absorb the risk of flying into contested airspace. A live AMRAAM shot moves that bet off the briefing slides and onto the range.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is still a long road between one scripted test over the Mojave and a drone that can hold its own in a real fight. But every fighter that ever mattered had a first missile shot. On July 15, the Fury got its own.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DRm0mbp_n1k\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sources: U.S. Air Force (af.mil); The Aviationist; The War Zone; Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Related Posts<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/air-force-cca-fq-42a-fq-44a-production-contracts\/\">America\u2019s Robot Fighters Cleared for Mass Production<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/yfq-42a-dark-merlin-cca-crash-return-flight-general-atomics-anduril-2026\/\">Dark Merlin Flies Again: The Robot Wingman That Crashed and Came Back<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhere over the Mojave Desert this month, an aircraft with no pilot, no ejection seat and no name stenciled under a canopy did something no American drone had ever done. 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