File:F6F-5 Hellcat with XAAM-N-2 Sparrow missile at Point Mugu in 1950.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy XAAM-N-2 Sparrow missile on the wing launcher of a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat (BuNo 72933), on 13 January 1950 at the Naval Air Materiel Test Center, Point Mugu, California (USA). Note the radar instrumentation pod beneath the Hellcat.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-412766 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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