![Perhaps why we are not getting the Aim-7E-2 on the US tree is because the US F-4E can use the Aim-7F... Which coincidentally is what 4th gen us planes can carry. : Perhaps why we are not getting the Aim-7E-2 on the US tree is because the US F-4E can use the Aim-7F... Which coincidentally is what 4th gen us planes can carry. :](https://i.redd.it/ogn1oq2aicl71.jpg)
Perhaps why we are not getting the Aim-7E-2 on the US tree is because the US F-4E can use the Aim-7F... Which coincidentally is what 4th gen us planes can carry. :
Strategic Journal Reloads - >> Fox Codes Fox is a brevity code used by NATO and majority of airforce pilots to signal the simulated or actual release of an air-to-air munition or
![Air Power on X: "Vietnam was the first “true” AAM war. During the conflict US Forces fired 1,066+ AIM-7 and AIM-9 missiles to achieve 137 kills, a dismal kill probability rate of Air Power on X: "Vietnam was the first “true” AAM war. During the conflict US Forces fired 1,066+ AIM-7 and AIM-9 missiles to achieve 137 kills, a dismal kill probability rate of](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9g99XEWsAEj2Ya.jpg)
Air Power on X: "Vietnam was the first “true” AAM war. During the conflict US Forces fired 1,066+ AIM-7 and AIM-9 missiles to achieve 137 kills, a dismal kill probability rate of
The Sidewinder's history dates back to 1950, when the development of the XAAM-N-7 (later known as AIM-9A) began at the NOTS (Naval Ordnance Test Station) - later renamed as NWC (Naval Weapons
![A view of an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile, top, and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile mounted beneath the wing of a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft on display at an open house A view of an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile, top, and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile mounted beneath the wing of a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft on display at an open house](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1990/09/23/a-view-of-an-aim-9l-sidewinder-missile-top-and-an-aim-7-sparrow-missile-mounted-ff0c71-1024.jpg)