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A view of a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile immediately after launch from the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4)

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01/04/1982
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label_outline Explore Rim 7 Sea Sparrow Missile, Sea Sparrow Missile, Rim 7 Sea Sparrow

Flight deck crew members and ordnance crew members use an HLU-196 bomb hoist to load an AIM-7 Sparrow missile onto the pylon of an EA-6B Prowler aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

A Mark 29 box launcher aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) is elevated to a firing position prior to launching a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile

US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air-Cushion 74 (LCAC 74) craft from the Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5), attached to the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6), lands on a beach at Bellows Air Force Station (AFS), Hawaii (HI), during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. The exercise designed to increase the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined sea operations. RIMPAC 2006 brings together military forces from Australia (AUS), Canada (CAN), Chile (CHL), Peru (PER), Japan (JPN), the Republic of Korea (KOR), United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US)

A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is fired from a box launcher aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is launched during a missile firing exercise aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69).First view in a series of three

A starboard view of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Adelaide Class Guided Missile Frigate Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS) CANBERRA (FFG 02), as she sails past the Coronado Bridge, San Diego, California (CA) is in the background. The ship is participating in RIMPAC 92 (Rim of the Pacific Exercise 1992)

A starboard view of the Japan Maritime Defense Force (MDF) 2 Shirane Class Helicopter Destroyer Kurama (DDH 144), as it sails past the Embarcadero Marina park and the San Diego Convention Center is in the background. On the stern of the ship sits a pair of Mitsubishi HSS-2B Sea Kings. The ship is participating in RIMPAC 92 (Rim of the Pacific Exercise 1992)

An aerial bow view of the fleet oiler USS PLATTE (AO-186), center, participating in an underway replenishment operation with the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4), right. The amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1) is in the background

A flight deck crewman observes an AV-8 Harrier aircraft after its takeoff from the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4)

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) falls in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an aerial refueling while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

Ordnancemen aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) transport AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the flight deck. Behind them is an EA-6B Prowler aircraft from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 140 (VAQ-140)

An aerial port bow view of an RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile being launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Note: Third view in a series of Four

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