Joint Service Small Arms Program: Difference between revisions

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In 1962, the Air Force adopted the [[Smith & Wesson Model 15]] revolver over the [[M1911A1]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLs4CwAAQBAJ&q=air+force+smith+wesson+model+15&pg=PA76|title=Bunker Hill and Grissom Air Force Base|last=Kelley|first=Tom|date=2016-05-09|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439656044|language=en}}</ref> By 1977 their inventory was wearing out, and the USAF requested special ammunition for the M15 to improve its effectiveness due to malfunctions it suffered.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rogers|first=Patrick F.|year=1983|title=The Service Pistol Controversy|url=http://americanhandgunner.com/1983issues/HMJ83.pdf|journal=American Handgunner| issue=May/June |pages=56–58, 88, 91}}</ref>

A Congressional investigation revealed that the USAF had 25 different handguns in inventory.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} Congressman [[Joseph P. Addabbo|Addabbo]] from New York said, "The current proliferation of handguns and handgun ammunition in Air Force inventory is intolerable." Congress encouraged DOD to select a standard handgun and phase out all others.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

This task was assigned to the newly created Joint Service Small Arms Program (JSSAP).