Fluidr / columbia107's ""Airborne Missiles"" set

850_3953 copyright 3a Sidewinder: "USAF Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder Air to Air Missile (CATM variant)"

A Nikon D850 — 1/800s ƒ/8 ISO 200 at 300 mm

N 10 B 954 C 0 E Feb 22, 2022 F Mar 21, 2022

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DSC_8111 copyright 1: "USAF Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder air to air missile (CATM variant)"

A Nikon D500 — 1/800s ƒ/6.3 ISO 100 at 24 mm

N 8 B 672 C 0 E Feb 22, 2022 F Mar 21, 2022

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DSC_4584 copyright:"North American Aviation AGM-28 Hound Dog nuclear armed air launched cruise missile"

A Nikon D500 — 1/125s ƒ/22 ISO 100 at 24 mm

N 12 B 520 C 0 E Oct 14, 2022 F May 3, 2023

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The North American Aviation AGM-28 Hound Dog was a supersonic, turbojet-propelled, nuclear armed, air-launched cruise missile developed in 1959 for the United States Air Force. It was primarily designed to be capable of attacking Soviet ground-based air defense sites prior to a potential air attack by B-52 Stratofortress long range bombers during the Cold War. The Hound Dog was first given the designation B-77, then redesignated GAM-77, and finally AGM-28. It was conceived as a temporary standoff missile for the B-52, to be used until the GAM-87 Skybolt air-launched ballistic missile was available. Instead, the Skybolt was cancelled within a few years and the Hound Dog continued to be deployed for a total of 15 years until its replacement by newer missiles, including the AGM-69 SRAM and then the AGM-86 ALCM.