File:F-104A US Navy with AIM-9 NWC China Lake 1960.jpeg

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Description A U.S. Navy Lockheed F-104A-5-LO Starfighter (USAF s/n 56-740) carrying a Sidewinder 1-C missile at the Naval Air Weapons Center China Lake, California (USA), on 29 July 1960. The Sidewinder 1-C was developed into the Sidewinder 1C Mod 30 (AIM-9C) with an semiactive radar head (SARAH), and the Sidewinder 1C Mod 29 (AIM-9D) with an infrared alternative head (IRAH) seeker.
The F-104A 56-740 crashed into a mountain north of Los Angeles on 22 September 1960. The pilot, Capt. Harold O. Casada Jr., was killed.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.022.019
Author U.S. Navy

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