Already in the year 1947 the US Navy required a new guidance system for the unguided 12.7 cm HVAR missile (High Velocity Aerial Rocket), to make a guided air-to-air missile of it. The former designation of this missile was KAS-1, later, in September 1947, it was renamed AAM-2 and finally, in 1948, it was renamed AAM-N-2. During development it was realized that the HVAR missile was simply too small, so that a 20.3 cm missile was developed. First unpowered flight tests took place in the year 1948 and first launches were made in 1952. Introduction began in the year 1956 and they were used by the F3H-2M Demon and F7U Cutlass fighter aircraft
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| - Already in the year 1947 the US Navy required a new guidance system for the unguided 12.7 cm HVAR missile (High Velocity Aerial Rocket), to make a guided air-to-air missile of it. The former designation of this missile was KAS-1, later, in September 1947, it was renamed AAM-2 and finally, in 1948, it was renamed AAM-N-2. During development it was realized that the HVAR missile was simply too small, so that a 20.3 cm missile was developed. First unpowered flight tests took place in the year 1948 and first launches were made in 1952. Introduction began in the year 1956 and they were used by the F3H-2M Demon and F7U Cutlass fighter aircraft
- The AIM-7 Sparrow is an American, medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile operated by the United States Air Force, United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, as well as various allied air forces and navies. Sparrow and its derivatives were the West's principal beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile from the late 1950s until the 1990s. It remains in service, although it is being phased out in aviation applications in favor of the more advanced AIM-120 AMRAAM. The Self-Defence Forces of Japan also employ the Sparrow missile, though it is being phased out and replaced by the Mitsubishi AAM-4. NATO pilots use the brevity code Fox One in radio communication to signal launch of a Semi-Active Radar Homing Missile such as the Sparrow.
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| - AIM-7C/D:
- AIM-7E/E2:
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| - AIM-7A/B: Mach 2.5
- AIM-7C/E/F: Mach 4
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| - Medium-range, semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile
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| - A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle fires an AIM-7 Sparrow missile in January 2005.
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* McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
* McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
* General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
* Grumman F-14 Tomcat
* F/A-18 Hornet
* JA-37 Viggen
* F-104S Starfighter
* Tornado F.3 ADV
* F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
* Mitsubishi F-2
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| - Australia, Canada, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
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| - Hercules MK-58 solid-propellant rocket motor
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| production date
| - AIM-7D: 1959
- AIM-7F: 1976
- AIM-7M: 1982
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| Variants
| - Sparrow I: AIM-7A
- Sparrow II: AIM-7B
- Sparrow III: AIM-7C, AIM-7D, AIM-7E, AIM-7E2/Skyflash/Aspide, AIM-7F, AIM-7M, AIM-7P, RIM-7M
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| - Already in the year 1947 the US Navy required a new guidance system for the unguided 12.7 cm HVAR missile (High Velocity Aerial Rocket), to make a guided air-to-air missile of it. The former designation of this missile was KAS-1, later, in September 1947, it was renamed AAM-2 and finally, in 1948, it was renamed AAM-N-2. During development it was realized that the HVAR missile was simply too small, so that a 20.3 cm missile was developed. First unpowered flight tests took place in the year 1948 and first launches were made in 1952. Introduction began in the year 1956 and they were used by the F3H-2M Demon and F7U Cutlass fighter aircraft
- The AIM-7 Sparrow is an American, medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile operated by the United States Air Force, United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, as well as various allied air forces and navies. Sparrow and its derivatives were the West's principal beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile from the late 1950s until the 1990s. It remains in service, although it is being phased out in aviation applications in favor of the more advanced AIM-120 AMRAAM. The Self-Defence Forces of Japan also employ the Sparrow missile, though it is being phased out and replaced by the Mitsubishi AAM-4. NATO pilots use the brevity code Fox One in radio communication to signal launch of a Semi-Active Radar Homing Missile such as the Sparrow. The Sparrow was used as the basis for a surface-to-air missile, the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, which is used by the United States Navy for air defense of its ships.
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