AIM-7 fireing, cockpit view

MSGT MICHAEL AMMONS, USAF

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15 Strike Eagle fires an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15 Strike Eagle fires an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile and it races towards a BQM-34A "Streaker" subscale aerial target drone (not shown) over the Gulf of Mexico during a Combat Archer mission.

Date Shot: 5 May 2004

Keywords: AIM-7,missile,F-15,Strike,Eagle,USAF

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