Missile, Cruise, Air-launched, Flight Test, AGM-86B ALCM
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Boeing Aerospace Company
notes: label: Physical Description
content: Flight test model #2 of cruise missile designed to be air-launched from B-52 and B1B bombers.
label: Summary
content: This is the AGM-86B, the second version of the U.S. Air Force's air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) and built by Boeing. Launched from B-52 bombers, the missile had a nuclear warhead, a turbofan jet engine, a range of approximately 2,400 km (1,500 miles), and two navigation systems that enabled it to fly close to the ground making it difficult for enemy radars to pick up. First deployed in 1982, some of the missiles began to be converted in 1986 to the AGM-86C with a conventional warhead and a Global Positioning System-aided navigation system. This missile was the second flight model tested and was transferred to NASM by the U.S. Air Force in 1982.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
label: Location
content: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
label: Exhibit Station
content: Rockets & Missiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from the United States Air Force
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19820121000
objectType: label: Type
content: ARMAMENT-Missiles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Body - metal
label: Materials
content: Umbillical connector - plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 4 ft. 6 in. tall x 20 ft. 10 in. long, 1100 lb. (137.1 x 635cm, 499kg)