Keywords: F-104A US Navy with AIM-9 NWC China Lake 1960.jpeg A U S Navy Lockheed F-104A-5-LO Starfighter USAF s/n 56-740 carrying a Sidewinder 1-C missile at the Naval Air Weapons Center China Lake California USA on 29 July 1960 The Sidewinder 1-C was developed into the Sidewinder 1C Mod 30 AIM-9C with an semiactive radar head SARAH and the Sidewinder 1C Mod 29 AIM-9D with an infrared alternative head IRAH seeker <br>The F-104A 56-740 crashed into a mountain north of Los Angeles on 22 September 1960 The pilot Capt Harold O Casada Jr was killed http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 26329 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 488 022 019 1960-07-29 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Lockheed F-104 AIM-9 Sidewinder Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake |