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 ...

The fighter jets can also utilize AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, AGM-88 Harm, AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-84D Harpoon and Penguin anti-ship missiles, and even CBU-87, CBU-89, GBU-10, GBU-12 ...

Service: USMC Armament: 20 mm M197 Gatling cannon; Hydra 70 rockets; 5 in Zuni rockets; TOW missiles; AGM-114 Hellfire; AIM-9 Sidewinder. Speed: 170 knots Range: 58 nm Propulsion: 2x GE T700-GE ...

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 ...