The Royal Air Force, R.A.F.
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Meteor NF 11's of R.A.F. 87 Squadron north
of Cologne 1955
(Part of the Second Tactical Airforce 2nd TAF)
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JAVELIN MK.8's All Weather
fighters, of 41 Squadron.
(Equipped with AI 21 radar,
four 30mm Cannons & four Firestreak
air to air Infra Red homing missles.)
Based at R.A.F. Wattisham, & photographed during 1962.
Less than a second of cine film from gunsight camera showing...
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Firestreak Missile fired from Lightning Mk4 at 40,000 ft.
flying at a speed of Mach .95, on the Aberporth firing range (Cardigan
Bay, Wales), on 13th May 1964.
Target was an infra red heat source towed behind a Jindivik
.radio controlled drone aircraft.