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Description: A series of four views showing, from the top, a U.S. Air Force General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft launching a Hughes AIM-120 AMRAAM past an McDonnell F-4 Phantom II chase plane; the missile approaching and then exploding a Convair QF-102A Delta Dagger target drone; and the target going down in flames. The photos were taken in 1982 at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico (USA). It was the first time an AIM-120 was tested successfully.
Title: AIM-120 first kill
Credit: This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6343078.
Author: U.S. Air Force
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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