Navy Retires AIM-54 Phoenix Missile
After 30 years of highly accomplished service, the U.S. Navy retired its first long-range air-to-air missile, the AIM-54 Phoenix, Sept. 30.
Lt. West McCall, an F-14 �Tomcat� pilot from Deland, Fla., and Lt. Kimberly Arrington, a Radar Intercept Officer from King, N.C., both assigned to the �Jolly Rogers� of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103), test fire a Phoenix air to air missile as part of the annual proficiency test during Exercise Mediterranean Shark. U.S. Navy photo by Capt. Dana Potts.
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