Warhead: Continuous rod, 88 lbs.
The Sparrow was first used in the [[Vietnam War]], but had problems with reliability. Performance improved, and in the [[Gulf War]], 24 out of the 31 air-to-air victories scored by F-15s were brought down by AIM-7s.<ref>''F-15C Eagle Units in Combat'', by Steve Davies, Osprey Publishing, 2005</ref>
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