The AIM-9 Sidewinder ("AIM" for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile. Entering service with the United States Navy in 1956 and...
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the AIM-4's poor kill record rendering the F-4 ineffective at air-to-air combat, the fighters were modified to carry the USN-designed AIM-9 Sidewinder missile...
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Vietnam War, when early missiles like the AIM-4 Falcon and AIM-9 Sidewinder had success rates on the order of 9 and 14%, respectively. Much of this was...
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1988 video game for the Amiga Sidewinder (video game) or Mission Cobra, a 1989 action arcade game for NES AIM-9 Sidewinder, an air-to-air missile A mini-revolver...
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company Matra to compete with the American AIM-9 Sidewinder, and it was made backwards compatible with the Sidewinder launch hardware. Developed originally...
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Manfred Ramminger (section Theft of the Sidewinder)
playboy, and KGB agent. He is noted for his theft of an American AIM-9 Sidewinder Infrared homing air-to-air missile which he then brought to the Soviet...
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maneuverable close-range air-to-air missiles, such as the prolific AIM-9 Sidewinder. Rocket vehicles have also become another common application. During...
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homing missile (such as the AIM-7 Sparrow).: Fox two Indicates launch of an infrared homing missile (such as the AIM-9 Sidewinder). Fox three Indicates launch...
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is expected to ultimately replace the US AIM-9 Sidewinder. Developed as a successor to the AIM-9L Sidewinder, the AAM-3 improved target acquisition and...
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American-made self-propelled surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. The launcher is based on the M113 family...
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Lake Huron by order of U.S. President Joe Biden on February 12, by an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile fired from a Minnesota Air National Guard F-16. On February...
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dogfights. Together with the short-range, infrared-guided AIM-9 Sidewinder, they replaced the AIM-4 Falcon IR and radar guided series for use in air combat...
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Tomcat (Bureau Number : 160390) shot down a Sukhoi Su-22 using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The F-14 was piloted by Commander Lawrence "Music" Muczynski...
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the AIM-9 Sidewinder in use by some NATO member countries at the time. A goal of the program was for any aircraft capable of firing the Sidewinder to also...
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Air-to-air missiles: 6 × AIM-9 Sidewinder 6 × AIM-120 AMRAAM 6 × IRIS-T 6 × Python-4 6 × Python-5 2 × AIM-7 Sparrow and 4 × AIM-9 Sidewinder Air-to-surface missiles:...
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missiles: 2 × AIM-9 Sidewinder on wingtips and 8 × AIM-9 Sidewinder (with double-racks) or 4 × AIM-132 ASRAAM or 4 × IRIS-T (EF-18A/B) or 8 × AIM-120 AMRAAM...
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Tiger II, with the AN/APQ-153 radar and other changes to allow the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile to be fired from wing-tip rails. On 20 November 1970, Northrop's...
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and ordnance Missiles: Air-to-air missiles: 12 hardpoints AIM-9 Sidewinder AIM-120 AMRAAM AIM-260 JATM (To be integrated) Air-to-surface missiles: AGM-158...
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missiles, the AIM-9 Sidewinder, and the GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). Tests are underway to allow for the addition of the AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air...
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flight-tested in 2018. These missiles are planned to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM respectively on Turkey's crewed warplanes, and are also...
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German/Norwegian air-to-air missile project, intended to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder, in Luftwaffe service from 1975/76. The Viper was developed by Bodenseewerk...
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performance and carried the AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, USAF-tailored F-4Ds initially arrived in June 1967 equipped with AIM-4 Falcons. However, the Falcon...
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firing of missiles. Radar-guided AIM-7 Sparrows experienced high failure rates, and the short-range AIM-9 Sidewinder was ineffective in many dogfighting...
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missile based on the U.S.-built AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. Fatter is a short range missile which uses an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile body and Iranian avionics...
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pylon for a Sidewinder. Loading configurations: 2× AIM-9 + 6× AIM-54 (Rarely used due to weight stress on airframe) 2× AIM-9 + 2× AIM-54 + 3× AIM-7 (Most...
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the F-15E crew thought the bomb had missed and were about to fire an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile when the helicopter suddenly exploded. Both Lockheed...
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infrared-seeking missile with an external configuration similar to that of the AIM-9 Sidewinder, while the Tien Chien 2 (TC-2) is an active radar homing Beyond Visual...
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