The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed, (formerly Airborne Laser) weapons system now sits decommissioned at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The YAL-1 was primarily designed as a missile defense system to destroy tactical ballistic missiles with an airborne laser system. (Credits: U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)
