Jalopnik

Iraq's F-16s Have A Cool Paint Job But Antiquated Weapons

Post-Saddam Iraq's first tactical fighter aircraft has taken flight. Lockheed flew the Block 52 F-16D for the first time just a couple days ago, and deliveries of the first batch of four jets are said ...
The Aviationist

[Photo] F-22 Raptor stealth fighter fires AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

You don’t happen to see such photos too often. Most of the images you can find online showing a F-22 stealth fighter firing a missile either depict a Raptor prototype or the air-to-air missile is an ...
Charter97.org

The AFU F-16 Aircraft Shot Down Shahed With An AIM-9L Missile

The rocket flew for four seconds. A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet has used an air-to-air missile while hunting a Russian Shaked kamikaze drone. The AIM-9L Sidewinder missile traveled in an arc following ...
The Providence Journal

Diehl-Raytheon Missile Systeme GmbH captures $30 million international Sidewinder missile sale

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Diehl-Raytheon Missile Systeme (DRM) GmbH was awarded a contract of more than $30 million for the sale of AIM-9L/I-1 tactical Sidewinder missiles, training ...
The National Interest

Pakistan’s F-16s Battled Soviet Jets—and Shot Down the Future Vice President of Russia

This meant Pakistani Falcons needed to get up close to their opponents to use their AIM-9P and more advanced AIM-9L Sidewinder heat-seeking missiles—or their 20-millimeter Vulcan cannons. In 1986, the ...