The Hill News

In the Cold War years following World War II, the United States established the strategic goal of combat air superiority. It was achieved through the design and production of advanced aircraft and, equally important, advanced armaments.
 
This air superiority was established beginning with the introduction of the Sidewinder missile in the 1950s and followed by the radar guided Sparrow and the AIM-120, the best anti-aircraft missile to date. The AIM-120 is a ‘fire and forget’ radar-guided, all-weather missile worthy of its nickname, “Slammer.” Deployed on F-15 fighter jets, these missile systems amassed an astonishing combat kill ratio of more than 100-to-zero.

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