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Airmen are finally about to receive their first new pistol in 35 years

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Airmen are finally about to receive their first new pistol in 35 years Task & Purpose The Air Force has officially begun procurement of the Army's Modular Handgun System to replace its existing pistol arsenal, the service announced. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Small Arms Program Office acquired approximately 125,000 M18 service pistols for $22.1 million to replace the M9 sidearms that airman have wielded since 1985. A compact variant of the striker-fired M17 that, based on Sig Sauer's P320, the Army adopted under the MHS program in 2017, the M18 delivery should wrap up by August 2022, the service said. READ MORE

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