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    AIM-47 Falcon, originally GAR-9, was a very long-range high-performance air-to-air missile that shared the basic design of the earlier AIM-4 Falcon....
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    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...
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    The AIM-26 Falcon was a larger, more powerful version of the AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile built by Hughes. It is the only guided American air-to-air...
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    with the Hughes AN/ASG-18 fire-control radar and could be armed with AIM-47 Falcon (GAR-9) air-to-air missiles. Its maiden flight was on 7 August 1963...
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    and left the capable AIM-47 Falcon missile at a quite advanced stage of development, but with no effective launch platform. The AIM-54 Phoenix, developed...
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  • However, while the USAF had passed on the Phoenix and its own similar AIM-47 Falcon/Lockheed YF-12 to optimize dogfight performance, it still needed a multiple-launch...
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  • Look up falcon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A falcon is a small to medium-sized bird of prey. Falcon may also refer to: Millennium Falcon, a fictional...
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    missile radars in Vietnam. Using existing airframes from the cancelled AIM-47 Falcon heavy air-to-air missile project combined with the seeker head of the...
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  • Hughes AIM-47 Falcon missile, which also had a range of about 100 miles. While development work was done with the XF-108, the AN/ASG-18 and Falcon missiles...
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    Rapier had much better performance than the Missileer, although its AIM-47 Falcon and AN/ASG-18 radar, both from Hughes, were somewhat less advanced than...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2020–2022)
    the end of 2022, Falcon 9 was launched 117 times, all successful, and landed boosters successfully on 111 of those flights. Falcon Heavy was launched...
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    SM-64 Navaho cruise missile (cancelled 1957) W42 for MIM-23 Hawk SAM, AIM-47 Falcon AAM, AAM-N-10 Eagle AAM (cancelled 1961) W44 for RUR-5 ASROC SSM (1961–1989)...
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  • JASSM (USA) AIM-4 Falcon (USA) AIM-7 Sparrow (USA) AIM-9 Sidewinder (USA) AIM-47 Falcon (USA) AIM-54 Phoenix (USA) AIM-120 AMRAAM (USA) AIM-132 ASRAAM...
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    Hughes H-1 Hughes H-4 Hercules Hughes XF-11 AIM-4 Falcon AIM-26 Falcon AIM-47 Falcon AIM-54 Phoenix AIM-120 AMRAAM AGM-65 Maverick BGM-71 TOW Brazo HS-333...
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    1986, p. 51. Goodspeed 2000, p. 77. O'Connor, Sean (2004). "AIM-47: Hughes GAR-9/AIM-47 Falcon". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles. Retrieved...
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    interceptor version was capable of launching a Mach 4 version of the AIM-47 Falcon missile, capable of hitting bombers flying at extremely low altitude...
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    '17 '18 '19   Falcon 9 v1.0   Falcon 9 v1.1   Falcon 9 Full Thrust   Falcon 9 FT (reused)   Falcon 9 Block 5   Falcon 9 B5 (reused)   Falcon Heavy 5 10 15...
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    retired in 2004 AIM-47 Falcon AIM-7 Sparrow – medium-range, semi-active radar-guided AIM-9 Sidewinder – short-range, IR-seeking AIM-92 Stinger – short-range...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
    '23 '24   Falcon 9 v1.0   Falcon 9 v1.1   Falcon 9 Full Thrust   Falcon 9 FT (reused)   Falcon 9 Block 5   Falcon 9 Block 5 (reused)   Falcon Heavy 10...
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  • (India) AIM-4 Falcon AIM-7 Sparrow AIM-9 Sidewinder AIM-26 Falcon AIM-47 Falcon AIM-54 Phoenix AIM-68 Big Q AIM-82 AIM-97 Seekbat AIM-95 Agile AIM-120 AMRAAM...
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    The AIM-9 Sidewinder ("AIM" for "Air Interception Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile. Entering service with the United States Navy in 1956 and...
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  • Thumbnail for General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants
    A large number of variants of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon have been produced by General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and various licensed manufacturers...
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    A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX. The...
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  • HOT (Franco-German) antitank missile FC/ASW / FMAN/FMC (Franco-British) Falcon (IRIS-T SL missile) (Germano-Swedish-American) land-based SHORAD system...
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    and the Falcon 900 are the only trijets still in production, as of 2024[update]. Dassault launched the FNX at the 2001 Paris Air Show, aiming for a 10...
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  • Thumbnail for General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
    The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for...
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    Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX...
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  • Thumbnail for General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon operators
    non-NATO US ally, are the primary operators of General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. With the evolution of sales under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts...
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    Falcon is a combat flight simulator video game and the first official entry (not counting the 1984's F-16 Fighting Falcon) in the Falcon series of the...
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    electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A mannequin...
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