AIM-9B kills
Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:47 am
Greetings all,
AIM-9B is not built in many samples and it have some limitations which was normal for this early design. I would like to ask you did this missile make air combat air kill?
Cheers
AIM-9B is not built in many samples and it have some limitations which was normal for this early design. I would like to ask you did this missile make air combat air kill?
Cheers
Re: AIM-9B kills
Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:36 am
Wasn't it a 9B fired by a ROC F-86 @ a Chicom Mig that hit the Mig but didn't detonate, that lead the Russians to reverse engineer their Atoll A2A missle?
Re: AIM-9B kills
Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:11 pm
Wiki doesn't specify a B, but it shows 270 kills. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder
Mgawa wrote:Greetings all,
AIM-9B is not built in many samples and it have some limitations which was normal for this early design. I would like to ask you did this missile make air combat air kill?
Cheers
Re: AIM-9B kills
Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:28 pm
It look too much 270 kills for B model. Story for unexploded missile is interesting
Re: AIM-9B kills
Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:40 pm
Just find this on dedicated page on Facebook:
The original version was built in 3 almost identical versions, with the majority of missiles produced being of the 9B variant. 80,900 were built by Philco (later Ford) and Raytheon, and a further 15,000 were built by a European consortium. The AIM-9B FGW.2 is a modification made to the European missiles in the late 60s, incorporating a new seeker head designed by BGT with silicium nose dome (silicium is - at infra red wavelengths- more transparent than glass), a cooled seeker and solid-state electronics.
The original version was built in 3 almost identical versions, with the majority of missiles produced being of the 9B variant. 80,900 were built by Philco (later Ford) and Raytheon, and a further 15,000 were built by a European consortium. The AIM-9B FGW.2 is a modification made to the European missiles in the late 60s, incorporating a new seeker head designed by BGT with silicium nose dome (silicium is - at infra red wavelengths- more transparent than glass), a cooled seeker and solid-state electronics.