Naval Missile Thread

[dimsum]

This image is floating around and as I pointed out on X, there doesn’t seem to be a pilot or wso visible. Of course, they could be short pilots but I doubt it.
The 4 missiles appear to be SM6 modified for air launch and is designated AIM 174B by the USN.

I suppose next will be an F35B or C with similar configuration, or a drone.

VX-9 F/A-18F Spotted With Heavy Air-to-Air Load of AIM-174s and AIM-120s

The U.S. Navy is continuing to test the new AIM-174B missile, derived from the SM-6, aboard the Super Hornet, with a VX-9 jet carrying four AIM-174s,

theaviationist.com

It’s real, and the site has links to other Rhinos with AIM-174Bs. One was spotted at RIMPAC in the summer.

First Images Emerge Of U.S. Navy Super Hornet Carrying Two Air-Launched SM-6 Missiles

The two missiles sport the designation XAIM-174B (or NAIM-174B) and were carried by Super Hornets belonging to the VFA-2 and VFA-192 taking part in RIMPAC

theaviationist.com

U.S. Navy Confirms SM-6 Air Launched Configuration is 'Operationally Deployed'

The SM-6 Air Launched Configuration (ALC), known by its official designation as the AIM-174, is the longest range air-to-air missile ever fielded by the U.S. Navy.

www.navalnews.com

 

[SeaKingTacco]

This image is floating around and as I pointed out on X, there doesn’t seem to be a pilot or wso visible. Of course, they could be short pilots but I doubt it.
The 4 missiles appear to be SM6 modified for air launch and is designated AIM 174B by the USN.

I suppose next will be an F35B or C with similar configuration, or a drone.

The pilot and nfo are visible. Their white helmets are visible in the cockpit.

 

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VX-9 F/A-18F Spotted With Heavy Air-to-Air Load of AIM-174s and AIM-120s

The U.S. Navy is continuing to test the new AIM-174B missile, derived from the SM-6, aboard the Super Hornet, with a VX-9 jet carrying four AIM-174s,

theaviationist.com

It’s real, and the site has links to other Rhinos with AIM-174Bs. One was spotted at RIMPAC in the summer.

First Images Emerge Of U.S. Navy Super Hornet Carrying Two Air-Launched SM-6 Missiles

The two missiles sport the designation XAIM-174B (or NAIM-174B) and were carried by Super Hornets belonging to the VFA-2 and VFA-192 taking part in RIMPAC

theaviationist.com

U.S. Navy Confirms SM-6 Air Launched Configuration is 'Operationally Deployed'

The SM-6 Air Launched Configuration (ALC), known by its official designation as the AIM-174, is the longest range air-to-air missile ever fielded by the U.S. Navy.

www.navalnews.com

Thanks!

 

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The pilot and nfo are visible. Their white helmets are visible in the cockpit.

Long term side effects of DEI exposure … I can see right through the whiteness.