General Information

Serial #

67-RO12896

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal body, and fasteners; synthetic nose cover (possibly plastic)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

201.0 cm

Width

52.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

16.0 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aviation armament

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Hughes Aircraft

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Arizona

City

Tucson

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Variants of the Falcon AIM-4D missile were used by nine countries. The Canadian Armed forces mounted missiles like these on its CF-101 Voodoo aircraft.

Function

A missile directed to its target either by pre-setting or self- reacting devices or by radio or wire command from outside missile.

Technical

The Falcon was the first anti-aircraft missile in the world to enter operational service, and was first produced in 1954. It was developed by Hughes Aircraft to a United States Air Force requirement issued in 1947 for a radar-based fire-control system and guided missile for the next generation of manned interceptor aircraft. It was small, fast and agile, but was developed over the years into many forms, either radar seeking or infra-red seeking, with different guidance systems. The OR-homing Falcons were missiles that homed on the heat emitted by enemy aircraft. Of the many versions produced, the final production Falcon was the AIM-4D of 1963. It was the only Falcon tailored for anti-fighter combat and combined the smaller airframe of earlier versions with the powerful motor and advanced IR seeker that allowed the previous AIM-4G version to lock-on to smaller targets at greater ranges. The result was a fast and effective short range missile. 4000 AIM-4D's were produced and 8000 other variants were re-manufactured to this standard.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Warning sticker at base on the proper front and back: "WARNING/ WHEN LOADING MISSILE:/ CONNECT JUMPER TO LAUNCHER -/ THEN TO MISSILE/ WHEN UNLOADING MISSILE:/ DISCONNECT JUMPER FROM MISSILE -/ THEM FROM LAUNCHER"/ MFR sticker on proper front, near the base: USAF MISSILE MODEL AIM-4D-8/ SERIAL NO 67-RO12896/ HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO FALCON/ MFR PT NO 248401-8 MFR SER NO 3-67-1-2612/ CONTRACT AF 36 600 21263 INSPECTED/ U.S."/ "INERT" stenciled on all sides/ Sticker on both proper front and back showing a symbol of a circle with alternating black and white quarters: "C.G. MISSILE"/ Sticker on proper front and back: HBX-1"/ Written in marker at the base of the white section on the proper front: "4/0090"/ Sticker on proper front and back: "THIS SIDE UP TO REMOVE COVER"/ Sticker on proper front between two forward fins: "MFR PT NO 248401-8 MFR SER NO 3-67-1-2612"/ Yellow sticker with a "DANGER" warning on front, near tip of nose: " EXHAUST PORT - DO NOT OBSTRUCT/ DANGER (within an arrow pointing down to a port)/ FIRING PRIMERS DISCHARGE PARTICLES"/ Three stickers around tip of nose, just below the IR sensor: "FRAGILE/ DO NOT TOUCH FORWARD/ OF THIS LINE"/ Four stickers around the end of the nose, perpendicular to the length of the missile: "NO LIFT FORWARD OF THIS LINE"/ Small sticker near nose end: "PRIMER (GAS SUPPLY)/ DATE 3-69"/ Sticker on proper left near base: "HYDRAULIC FILL ACCESS PLUG"/ Stickers around mid section of missile:"W/H FUZE TEST"/ "MAX TORQUE/ 50 IN LBS"/ Sticker with an arrow pointing counter-clockwise: "OPEN"/ Model sticker on proper left and proper right: "FALCON"/ Small stickers near end of nose section: "GUIDANCE UNIT NO. 3013371/ SERIAL NO. 69-1-20298"/ "W.T. DATE 4.78"/ "NO LIFT ON WINGS" sticker on the back on nose section/ Applied black label on the back, near the " NO LIFT" sticker: "SERIAL DGAMMO 83/85"/ On the proper right, there is a sticker a little past halfway up that says "HIGH VOLTAGE"/ Near nose: "CAUTION/ RUPTURED PLUG INDICATES/ DISCHARGED GAS TANK"/ "WIPE AREA CLEAN/ BEFORE OPENING"

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Missile is painted 2 colours; top half is white and bottom is orange

Decoration

N/A