The flight test collected data on drag and vibration impacts on the weapon and the B-52 Stratofortress carrying it. This image of a B-52 Stratofortress is from April 20, 2011. (Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin/U.S. Air Force)
Business Insider: One of America's oldest bombers just took flight with the Air Force's newest hypersonic weapon for the first time
* A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber took flight with the service's new hypersonic weapon for the first time on Wednesday.
* The AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) being tested was an inactive prototype that the Air Force used to evaluate effects on both the weapon and the aircraft.
* The new weapon, one of several hypersonic systems being developed by the Air Force, is expected to be operational by fiscal year 2022.
America's longest-serving bomber just took flight with a new air-launched hypersonic weapon for the first time, the US Air Force announced on Thursday.
A B-52 Stratofortress heavy long-range bomber took to the skies over Edwards Air Force Base in California on Wednesday with an inactive, sensor-only prototype of the new AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), one of a handful of hypersonic weapons the Air Force is developing for the B-52s.
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