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    The AIM-7 Sparrow (Air Intercept Missile) is an American medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile operated by the United States Air Force...
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    anti-ship missiles. The system was developed in the early 1960s from the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile as a lightweight "point-defense" weapon that could...
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    conflicts over Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, India, and Syria.[citation needed] The AIM-7 Sparrow medium range missile (MRM) was purchased by the US Navy from original...
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    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...
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    radar 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...
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    AIM-174's predecessor, the AIM-54 Phoenix BVRAAM was capable of employing this launch profile (along with certain AIM-7 Sparrow variants and all AIM-120...
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  • design AIM-7 Sparrow, an American air-to-air missile CallAir A-9 Sparrow, an agricultural aircraft Carlson Sparrow, an ultralight aircraft Corbin Sparrow, a...
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  • (Bureau Number : 159437) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The F-14 was piloted by Lieutenant Hermon C. Cook III and Lieutenant...
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    carried. 4× AIM-9 Sidewinders on wing pylons, Israeli F-4 Kurnass 2000 carried Python-3, Japanese F-4EJ Kai carry AAM-3. 4× AIM-7 Sparrow in fuselage...
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    semi-active radar homing seeker. It is very similar to the American AIM-7 Sparrow, using the same airframe, but uses an inverse monopulse seeker that...
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  • missiles such as AIM-7 Sparrow Authoring Instructional Materials, US Navy training management system Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 (AIM, AIMS), Model 63...
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    VFX's air-to-air missiles would be either six AIM-54 Phoenix or a combination of six AIM-7 Sparrow and four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. Bids were received...
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    medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile derived from the US AIM-7 Sparrow missile and carried by Royal Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms...
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    which itself is based on the American AIM-7 Sparrow missile. It was speculated the missile is a copy of AIM-7 when the system was revealed in the late...
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    Force. In particular, they wanted a platform capable of firing the AIM-7 Sparrow long-range missile. At the time, the US was in the process of opening...
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    Sparrow was an expedient design intended to provide short-range defensive fire in a system that could be deployed as rapidly as possible. The AIM-7 Sparrow...
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    China Lake in 1963 by mating a seeker head to the rocket body of an AIM-7 Sparrow. It was phased out by U.S. in 1992 and at an unknown time by the Israeli...
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    R-23 (missile) (redirect from AA-7 Apex)
    the R-24, replaced it in service. It is comparable to the American AIM-7 Sparrow, both in terms of overall performance as well as role. Design of a new...
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  • platforms.[vague] AAM-4 –  Japan AIM-7 Sparrow –  US AIM-54 Phoenix –  US AIM-120 AMRAAM –  US AIM-260 JATM –  US AIM-174B –  US Astra MK-1 –  India Astra...
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    Skyknight played an important role in the development of the radar-guided AIM-7 Sparrow missile, which led to further guided air-to-air missile developments...
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    Aeritalia flew on 30 December 1968. The F-104S was designed to carry AIM-7 Sparrow missiles (while deleting the Vulcan gun). In the attack role, the F-104S...
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  • 7M (redirect from 7-M)
    VO-7M, now named United States Marine Corps VMA-131 AIM-7M Sparrow, alternate name for the AIM-7 Sparrow 7M platform, alternate name for Volkswagen Group...
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    which gave the squadron the capability to fire the newly deployed AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile. VF-213 deployed next for a third cruise aboard USS...
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    equipping guided missiles in 1956, deploying the USAF's AIM-4 Falcon and the USN's AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder. Post-war research led the Royal Air Force...
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  • and RAF's Skyflash missile introduced in 1978, an adaptation of the AIM-7 Sparrow that replaced the original Raytheon seeker with a monopulse model from...
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    aircraft to carry the new AIM-9L Sidewinder infrared-guided missile (replacing the older AIM-9B) as well as the AIM-7 Sparrow and the Selenia Aspide radar-guided...
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  • Infrared homing Mach 2.2 AIM-7 Sparrow Semi-active radar homing Mach 4 AIM-9 Sidewinder Infrared homing Unverified (≈Mach 2.7) AIM-120 AMRAAM Active radar...
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    primary armament was to be missiles or rockets; four AIM-9 Sidewinders or two AIM-7 Sparrows, and/or a battery of spin-stabilized unguided 2 in (51 mm)...
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    was mounted in the F-4's left forward missile well, in place of an AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile. In 1979, the Royal Air Force acquired a number of...
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    in 1977. The XFV-12 design attempted to combine the Mach 2 speed and AIM-7 Sparrow armament of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in a VTOL (vertical...
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