Scaled down for display only, real size: 1500 x 1044 pixels. Right-Click the image, select "Save Picture As..." to save the image.
YAL-1A, a modified Boeing 747-400F known as the Airborne Laser, lands on Runway 22 here in its return to the Air Force Flight Test Center in December after undergoing modifications at Boeing's facilities in Wichita, Kan. Since the aircraft's return, the Airborne Laser began a long-term test phase that includes the test firing of the aircraft's low-power lasers in flight for the first time.