New AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II Missile

3/23/2009. The new version of the sidewinder gives pilots the edge in air-to-air combat.

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[hotrod4you2]

block 2

[SternLX]

@Battery9876 the targeting pods that I spoke of were for A/G weapons on 15E's. I didn't work on Targeting and weapons systems so I'm not familiar with their capabilities. I worked on the actual Munitions themselves. Would need to ask a Weapons Systems Tech. :)

[Battery9876]

@SternLX If I may ask, can the targeting pod be used as a irst and/or cued to the radar?

[Nielsenkc]

@rhblakeman also to answer the question about thrust vector nozzle on the engines on those fighters is we have done testing with that and decide it costed to much money and we dont have room in the budget for it because the f-35.

[Nielsenkc]

@hotrod4you2 we tried to make the f/a-22n anyway this would be a bad idea because we would have to modified it a lot and the f/a-22 needs a lot of maintenance and carrier aircaft take a lot of abuse. so yeah bad idea. but we have the f-35. the f/a-18e/f is better for the navy as far i am cornered more advanced avionics for better situlational awareness it can track 12 targets and destory 8 of them with the aim-120 that can the f-14 could not carry.

[kwg1]

I worked with AIM-9s & AGM-65s when I was in (73-77) at England AFB La. (gone now)

my AFSC was 31651L ... I miss those days and the guys I worked with ... todays generation of missiles and the younger generation who work on them are awesome.

BTW the aircraft at England AFB back then were A7D Corsairs!

KWG

[rhblakeman]

@SternLX My guess is that with the new version the weight is greatly reduced too. In shop (before ammo got the missiles in the early 80's) we would move Aim-9's, AIM-7's and AGM-45's with 2 people no problem and AGM-65's, LGB's and HOBOs would be moved with a bomb lift truck or on a trailer. AIM-9B with the round nose is what we had at Nellis when I got there first part of 77 then shortly after we got AIM-9E's. Flightline the knuckledraggers used 3 and any less got safety on their butts.

[SternLX]

@rhblakeman We used 2 people in the MMS all the time to go from box to test or assembly stand. But then again 3 people gets in the way when only lifting waist high. The guy in the middle on the flight line was more of a spotter anyway. I always noted the shortest Load Toad got stuck in the middle when mounting 9's. LOL

[SternLX]

@nbarile18 Would have to be saw loaded. I only maintained and delivered. Munitions Systems and Weapons Systems are different career fields in the USAF. But to answer the Question, Hauled full load outs to the flight line for F-15E's on OCA(Offensive Counter Air) sorties all the time. Pre-120 AMRAAM era that would be 4 - 7's and 4 - 9's with NAV and Targeting Pods. Between Operation Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom the OCA loadout changed to 6 - 120 and 2 9's with NAV and Targeting pods on 15E's.

[phantomTomcat1985]

@yoyoyoyoshua Its in the same family but a generation beyond the -9M. Generally the -9X is backwards compatible with most aircraft the -9M was on. At current the F-22 is not -9X capable, but should be eventually.