AIM-7 Sparrow
Videos
The AIM-7 Sparrow is an American medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile operated by the United States Air Force, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and various other air
AIM-7 Sparrow at Hill Air Force Base Museum
Sparrow I's during tests on a Douglas F3D Skyknight in the early 1950s
Sparrow 2 Missile
F3H Demon launching a Sparrow III in 1958
AIM-54 Phoenix
Videos
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-7 Sparrow
…of the 1960s to equip the then under development missiles and their launch platforms with a datalink for track-via-missile guidance akin to that of AIM-54 Phoenix, which would enable multiple AIM-7 missiles to be guided simultaneously. As each missile would only need terminal illumination from the F-4's radar…
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