Event Brief
AIM-260 JATM first public photos emerge from test jet
Filed: May 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM ET
Summary: First public images show the U.S. AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile on a VX-31 test aircraft departing Eglin AFB.
WHO: U.S. Navy test squadron VX-31 and photographer Jonathan Tweedy
WHAT: Public photos of a U.S. test jet carrying the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) appear, showing its external design.
WHEN: May 15, 2026 at 1:39 PM ET
WHERE: Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
WHY: The missile’s design was photographed during test-jet departures used for U.S. aerial weapons testing staging.
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