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Dutch F-35As Shoot Down Target Drones with AIM-9X Sidewinders Over Baltic Sea
During an exercise with the Estonian Air Force, two RLAF F-35s employed AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles to shoot down a ...
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AIM-9 Sidewinder
Warhead: Annular blast fragmentation (conventional) weighing 20.8 pounds (9.36 kg) The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a family of short-range air-to-air missiles carried on a wide range of modern tactical ...
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AIN-9x sidewinders confirmed in Ukraine: A game changer
A crate with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles has surfaced online somewhere in Ukraine. This confirms the delivery of the latest ...
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NAVAIR Releases ‘New’ Rendering of Secretive AIM-260 JATM
The AIM-260 render shown alongside those of the AIM-9, 120 and 174. (Image credit: NAVAIR) The new render is peculiarly familiar. In fact, it is almost identical in shape to an unknown missile ...
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Florida-based F-22 instructor pilots got to fire live Sidewinder missiles for the first time
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida — The 43rd Fighter Squadron tested its combat capabilities this week during a live-fire exercise where five F-22 Raptor aircraft launched five AIM-9 Sidewinder ...
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Dutch F-35As Shoot Down Target Drones with AIM-9X Sidewinders Over Baltic Sea
Images released by the service on its Instagram profile show four F-35As parked on the ramp, each loaded with two AIM-9X Sidewinders on the external launchers on the outermost hardpoints.