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 ...

Range: Maximum: 2,314 miles Crew: F-5N: 1; F-5F: 2 Armament: AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on wingtip launchers. The F-5N is a single seat, twin-engine, tactical fighter and attack aircraft providing ...

In the Tonkin Gulf in 1965, aviation ordnancemen of VF-194 load an AIM‑9 Sidewinder onto an F-8 aboard the Ticonderoga. Why did this RF-8G rocket skyward in a vertical climb? Because—with the ...