Indeed, if there is a staple in the U.S. tactical air forces’ arsenal, it is the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The munition can defeat adversaries at very long ...

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 ...

Weight: AIM-120A/B/C-4 348 pounds; AIM-120C 5/6/7/D 356 pounds. The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range, Air-to-Air missile is a new generation air-to-air missile. It has an all-weather, beyond-visual ...

What You Need to Know: The AIM-54 Phoenix was a renowned long-range air-to-air missile used by the U.S. Navy from 1974 until 2004, notably carried by the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet. Originally ...

For several of them, this was their first time firing a live AIM-9 missile. "New pilots will often take simulated missile shots," said Capt. Robert McIntruff, 325th Operations Support Squadron ...