AIM-7
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- "An older semi-active radar guided medium range air-to-air missile. The missile requires a radar lock from launch until impact."
- ― Weapon Description
The AIM-7 Sparrow is a semi-active radar-homing Air-to-Air missile available for the F/A-26B, T-55 and EF-24G.
The AIM-7 is a lower tech version of the AIM-120C, used in missions where AIM-120Cs aren't available. Its maximum range and speed in the air are similar to the AIM-120C, making it a perfectly decent missile for attacking other airborne threats. When fired, it relies on the firing aircraft's built-in radar to calculate a lead-pursuit course to its target, allowing it to account for fast-moving aircraft and adapt more easily to flight maneuvers.
Usage
When firing the AIM-7 at an enemy radar contact, the deploying aircraft must maintain a hard lock on the designated target while the missile intercepts its target.
If the lock is broken, a target can be reacquired if within field of view of the missile seeker. An AIM-7's status will redisplay its Time-to-Impact indicator on the bottom left of the HUD if the reacquire is successful, otherwise it will remain as LOST and should be considered a miss.
Unlike the AIM-120C, which can pitbull indiscriminately on any target, the AIM-7 can safely be used against enemies with friendly aircraft in close proximity, making it a useful support weapon even when the more advanced missile is available.
The AIM-7 can also be fired in can be fired in Home-on-jam (HOJ) mode which allow it to home in on sources of noise jamming when the aircraft's radar is unable to locate the target normally.[1]
Deployment
- Enable the Master Arm switch.
- Open the RADAR page on an MFD screen and set it to SOI.
- Turn on the aircraft's radar.
- Select the AIM-7 as your current weapon.
- While holding the flight stick, use the thumb stick to slew the TAC over an air target. Click-in the thumb stick once for TWS on the target. Click it again to switch to STT.
- Note: The AIM-7 can only be fired using the STT tracking mode.
- Once in range, the Range Launch Authorization Lights will come on and the aircraft's Voice Warning System will announce: "Shoot!" Pull the trigger to fire the missile.
- When launched, the missile will display a Time-to-Impact indicator on the HUD, displaying the letter T next to the estimated time.
- The launching aircraft must maintain a constant radar lock on the target until the missile reaches its target.
- If the lock is dropped: use the thumb stick to attempt to re-lock the target. Check the Time-to-Impact indicator for confirmation that the target is reacquired.
Variants
- 1x AIM-7:
- Cost:$900
- Weight: 187 kg
