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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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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produced the Hughes H-4 Hercules aircraft, the atmospheric entry probe carried by the Galileo spacecraft, and the AIM-4 Falcon guided missile. Hughes...
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dogfights. Together with the short-range, infrared-guided AIM-9 Sidewinder, they replaced the AIM-4 Falcon IR and radar guided series for use in air combat by...
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AIM-4 Falcon, first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force AIM-26 Falcon, a U.S. nuclear capable air-to-air missile AIM-47...
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operate it, and a new weapons bay using a rotating door that held its four AIM-4 Falcon missiles or two AIR-2 Genie rockets hidden within the airframe until...
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made clear during the Vietnam War, when early missiles like the AIM-4 Falcon and AIM-9 Sidewinder had success rates on the order of 9 and 14%, respectively...
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shares the same configuration as Hughes' AIM-4 Falcon and AIM-54 Phoenix, and measures more than 7.9 ft (2.4 m) in length and 12 in (30 cm) in diameter...
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without a gun or provision for carrying bombs, instead carrying its AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missiles within an internal weapons bay, its clean exterior...
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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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'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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gigajoules). The weapon had two distinct versions: a warhead used in the AIM-26 Falcon air-to-air missile and in the Davy Crockett recoilless gun, and another...
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was the third heat-seeking missile to enter service, after the US AIM-4 Falcon and AIM-9 Sidewinder, both of which entered service the previous year. In...
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operated by SpaceX, the Falcon 9 family includes the retired versions Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, and v1.2 "Full Thrust" (blocks 3 and 4), along with the active...
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developed for the program would become common on US designs, including the AIM-4 Falcon missile and a variety of Hughes Aircraft–supplied radar and fire control...
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Venezuela Qatar Related development: Super 530 Similar weapons AIM-4 Falcon AIM-26 Falcon AIM-7 Sparrow (initial variants) K-8 (missile) Citations "R.530...
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rockets in missile bay doors Missiles: ** 6 × AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missiles or 3 × AIM-4 Falcon 1 × AIM-26 Falcon with conventional or nuclear warhead Avionics...
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Ruhrstahl X-4. The US Navy and US Air Force began equipping guided missiles in 1956, deploying the USAF's AIM-4 Falcon and the USN's AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder...
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Crockett was initially developed for both the Davy Crockett and the AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile under the designation of XW-51. However, the development...
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name Falcon. IR and semi-active radar homing (SARH) versions both entered service in 1956, and became known as the AIM-4 Falcon after 1962. The Falcon was...
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ICBM (1962–1987) W54 for Davy Crockett recoilless rifle, AIM-26 Falcon AAM, and AIM-4 Falcon AAM (1961–1972) W55 for UUM-44 SUBROC SSM (1965–1989) W56...
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Fighter aircraft (section 1990s–2000s: 4.5-generation)
course of the war. The AIM-4 Falcon used by the USAF had kill rates of approximately 7% and was considered a failure. The AIM-9B Sidewinder introduced...
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the AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile (Swiss designation of the SAAB Licence built Robot 27 (Rb27), which is similar to the Hughes AIM-26 "Falcon"). Radar...
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flare tracking, using an internally-designed IR sensor based on their AIM-4 Falcon efforts. McDonnell's entry did not attempt to control the spin of the...
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made clear during the Vietnam War, when early missiles like the AIM-4 Falcon and AIM-9 Sidewinder had success rates on the order of 9 and 14%, respectively...
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(although in reality it had no external modifications to the Bell 222). Season 4 also featured a similar copter to Redwolf, known as the Scorpion, though the...
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carried the AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, USAF-tailored F-4Ds initially arrived in June 1967 equipped with AIM-4 Falcons. However, the Falcon, like its predecessors...
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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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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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