It began as one of the most unreliable missiles in U.S. history – plagued by malfunctions and failures in Vietnam. But ...
In August 1956, the U.S. Navy began what was supposed to be a standard test of its new AIM-7 Sparrow and AAM-N-10 Eagle air-to-air missiles over Southern California. The idea was simple: An unmanned, ...
A U.S. Air Force airman works on a Raytheon AIM-7 Sparrow. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo The Pentagon on May 31 announced a new batch of aid for Ukraine full of high-end air defense systems that have ...