* AIM-54 Phoenix

The AIM-54 Phoenix is a radar-guided, long-range air-to-air missile ( AAM ), carried in clusters of up to six missiles on F-14 Tomcats, its only launch platform.

Both the missile and the aircraft were used by the United States Navy and are now retired, the AIM-54 Phoenix in 2004 and the F-14 in 2006.

The AIM-54 Phoenix, developed for F-111B fleet air defense fighter, had an airframe with 4 cruciform fins that was a scaled-up version of the AIM-47.

The pilot or Radar Intercept Officer ( RIO ) could then launch the AIM-54 Phoenix missiles when launch parameters were met.

AIM-54 Phoenix seconds after launch ( 1991 )

An AIM-54 Phoenix being attached to an F-14 wing pylon.

The AIM-54 Phoenix was retired from USN service on September 30, 2004.

Both the F-14 Tomcat and AIM-54 Phoenix missile continue in the service of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, although the operational abilities of these aircraft and the missiles are questionable, since the US refused to supply spare parts and maintenance after the 1979 revolution ; except for a brief period during the Iran-Contra Affair.

* Vympel R-33 ( AA-9 Amos ), the Russian air-to-air missile most similar to the AIM-54 Phoenix

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Grumman F-14 Tomcat firing an AIM-54 Phoenix long-range air-to-air missile.

** Air-to-air missiles: AIM-54 Phoenix, AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder

* 2004 – The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service.

The AIM-54 / AWG-9 combination was the first to have multiple track capability ( up to 24 targets ) and launch ( up to 6 Phoenixes can be launched nearly simultaneously ); the large missile is equipped with a conventional warhead.

: Because the AIM-54 ECCM / Sealed received no coolant, F-14 Tomcats carrying this version of the missile could not exceed a specified airspeed.

The U. S. Navy may require a Meteor-class missile to replace the capability lost with the retirement of the AIM-54 Phoenix in 2004.

A US Navy VFA-103 Jolly Rogers | VF-103 Jolly Rogers F-14 Tomcat fighter launches an AIM-54 Phoenix long-range air-to-air missile.

Gennadiy Sokolovski, general designer of the Vympel Design Bureau, said that the R-77 missile can be used against medium and long range air-to-air missiles such as the AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-54 Phoenix, as well as SAMs such as the Patriot.

The first air-to-air missile to introduce a terminal active seeker of its own was the AIM-54 Phoenix carried by the F-14 Tomcat, which entered service in 1972.

The very longest-range missiles like the Hughes ( now Raytheon ) AIM-54 Phoenix missile and Vympel R-33 ( NATO designation AA-9 ' Amos ') use this technique also.

* AIM-54 Phoenix ( retired )-- range missile once carried by the now decommissioned US Navy's F-14 Tomcat.

Engineering projects of historical or military significance developed at NSWC Dahlgren include the triggering device on the Hiroshima atomic bomb, the Norden Bombsight used on most American bombers such as the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator and B-29 Superfortress during World War II, the Standard missile used on modern United States Navy warships, and the warhead for the AIM-54 Phoenix.

The AIM-152 originated in a U. S. Navy requirement for an advanced air-to-air missile to replace the AIM-54 Phoenix.

The Phoenix was the United States ' only long-range air-to-air missile.

Before the introduction of the Phoenix missile, most other US aircraft relied on the smaller, less-expensive AIM-7 Sparrow ; classified as a Medium Range Missile ( MRM ).

Phoenix uses its high altitude to gain gravitational potential energy, which is later converted into kinetic energy as the missile dives at high velocity towards its target.

An AIM-54A " Phoenix " missile on display at Grumman Memorial Park in New York State.

The Sylvania parts were used in the controls of the Phoenix missile.

He constructed humanity's first warp-capable vessel, the Phoenix, in Bozeman, Montana, out of an old Titan II nuclear missile.

In later decades, it remained a major producer of missiles, among them the Patriot antimissile missile and the air-to-air Phoenix missile.

M ( voiced by Samantha Eggar ) believes that the party is a cover for the exchange of a missile guidance chip between Raphael Drake and Alexander Mayhew, who manages the Japanese branch of Drake's industry, Phoenix International, and had stolen the chip from the United States.

Among the missiles developed and tested there include the Sparrow family and the Phoenix air-to-air missiles and the Regulus surface-to-surface missile in addition to numerous prototypes of military rockets and sounding rockets.

The missile itself was depicted to be the launch vehicle for the film's Phoenix spacecraft.