The Hughes AIM-4 Falcon was the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force. Development began in 1946; the weapon was first tested in 1949. The missile entered service
AIM-4A Falcon
White Sands Missile Range Museum GAR-1 Falcon display
119th Fighter Wing weapons handlers with an AIM-4C, 1972.
AIM-9B and J next to HM-55 and HM-58 All used by the Swedish Air Force
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the
The McDonnell F3H-G/H mockup, 1954
Key figures in the F-4 development: David Lewis, Robert Little, and Herman Barkey
An F4H-1F aboard Independence, April 1960