AIM-54 Phoenix
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The AIM-54 Phoenix is an American active radar-guided, beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, carried in clusters of up to six missiles on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, its only operational launch platfor
AIM-54A on an F-14 at NAS Patuxent River, 1984
An AIM-54A launched from the NA-3A-testbed in 1966
AIM-54 Phoenix seconds after launch (1989)
An AIM-54 hitting a QF-4B target drone, 1983
AIM-120 AMRAAM
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The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. It uses active transmit-receive radar guidan
AIM-54 Phoenix
…States' only operational long-range AAM during its service life; its operational capabilities were supplemented by the AIM-7 Sparrow (and later, the AIM-120 AMRAAM), which served as the primary medium-range AAM and the AIM-9 Sidewinder, serving as the primary short-range or "dogfight" AAM. The combination of Phoenix…
On display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
First successful test at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 1982
Grumman F-14 Tomcat carrying an AMRAAM during a 1982 test
AIM-120 AMRAAM (right) fitted in a weapons bay of a F-22 Raptor