I remember (from a few decades ago) an old colleague of mine (was a MAWTS instructor among other things) telling me about some EVM work they'd done with Cobras to include test firing Sidewinders them on one of the ranges. IIRC the Whiskeys were IOC in the mid 1980's.
The Super Cobra was the first attack helicopter to qualify both the Sidewinder air-to-air missile and the Sidearm anti-radiation missile.
Both missiles can use the same LAU-7 rail launcher.
Sidearm has a range of more than 15km.
AIM-9L Sidewinder is an all-aspect, short-range, air-to-air missile produced by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
The missile has a range of 15km.
Nice to see the Viper carrying on that tradition.
