Editing AIM-120 AMRAAM (section)

===ACEVAL/AIMVAL===
The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] conducted an extensive evaluation of air combat tactics and missile technology from 1974 to 1978 at [[Nellis AFB]] using the F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Eagle equipped with Sparrow and Sidewinder missiles as the blue force and aggressor F-5E aircraft equipped with [[AIM-9L]] [[all-aspect]] Sidewinders as the red force. This [[joint test and evaluation]] (JT&E) was designated [[ACEVAL/AIMVAL|Air Combat Evaluation/Air Intercept Missile Evaluation]] (ACEVAL/AIMVAL).{{citation needed| date= July 2010| reason= Dead link removed}} A principal finding was that the necessity to produce illumination for the Sparrow until impact resulted in the red force's being able to launch their all-aspect Sidewinders before impact, resulting in mutual kills. What was needed was Phoenix-type multiple-launch and terminal active capability in a Sparrow-size airframe. This led to a [[memorandum of agreement]] (MOA) with European allies (principally the UK and Germany for development) for the US to develop an advanced, medium-range, air-to-air missile with the USAF as lead service.

====ASRAAM====
The MOA also saw an agreement to develop a replacement for the Sidewinder, specifically; an advanced ‘dogfight’ air-to-air missile, capable of better covering the range disparity that would emerge between such short-range missiles and the eventual AMRAAM. This task fell to a British-German design team, with the Germans leaving the project in 1989. The missile would emerge as the British [[ASRAAM|Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile]] (ASRAAM), entering service in 1998. While the U.S. never adopted the ASRAAM — instead opting to continue upgrading the Sidewinder — the ASRAAM did enter into service with the British, Indian, and Australian militaries. The UK has continued to upgrade the ASRAAM, with the ‘Block 6’ variant entering service in 2022.<ref name="BLOCK6b">{{cite journal |last=Allison |first=George |date=2 May 2022 |title=ASRAAM Block 6 enters service on Typhoon |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |url-status=live |journal=UK Defence Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502152133/https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |archive-date=2 May 2022 |accessdate=2 May 2022}}</ref>