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==Service==

==Service==

The AGM-65A went into service in 1972. It is carried by a wide variety of aircraft, including the [[A-4 Skyhawk]], the [[A-7 Corsair II]], the [[A-10 Thunderbolt]], the [[F-4 Phantom]], the [[F-15E Strike Eagle]], the [[F-16]] Fighting Falcon, the [[F/A-18 Hornet]], the [[F-117 Nighthawk]], the P-3 Orion, the AH-1 Cobra, the [[Panavia Tornado]], and others.<ref name=”FirstRef”>[http://www.harpoondatabases.com/Encyclopedia/Entry1032.aspx AGM-65 Maverick]</ref>  The AGM-65B was equipped with advanced optics and could be targeted from farther away; it replaced the AGM-65A in 1978. The current version, the AGM-65F, is still used today.

The AGM-65A went into service in . It is carried by a wide variety of aircraft, including the [[A-4 Skyhawk]], the [[A-7 Corsair II]], the [[A-10 Thunderbolt]], the [[F-4 Phantom]], the [[F-15E Strike Eagle]], the [[F-16]] Fighting Falcon, the [[F/A-18 Hornet]], the [Nighthawk]], the P-3 Orion, the AH-1 Cobra, the [[Panavia Tornado]], and others.<ref name=”FirstRef”>[http://www.harpoondatabases.com/Encyclopedia/Entry1032.aspx AGM-65 Maverick]</ref>  The AGM-65B was equipped with advanced optics and could be targeted from farther away; it replaced the AGM-65A in 1978. The current version, the AGM-65F, is still used today.

The Maverick first saw combat soon after its introduction, in the last months of the [[Vietnam War]], and proved to be an effective weapon.  Its most extensive use in American service was in the [[Gulf War]], where over 5000 rounds were fired, at a wide variety of targets.  Many of them were the then-new G-model, with a heavier warhead.  In a friendly fire incident during the [[Battle of Khafji]], one Maverick “went stupid” after launch and plunged straight down right on to an American APC, killing seven Marines.<ref>''Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War'', by William L. Smallwood, Potomac Books, 1993</ref>  It has since been used in the [[Kosovo War]], [[Operation Enduring Freedom]], and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]].

The Maverick first saw soon after its introduction, in the last months of the [[Vietnam War]], and proved to be an effective weapon.  Its most extensive use in American service was in the [[Gulf War]], where over 5000 rounds were fired, at a wide variety of .  Many of them were the then-new G-model, with a heavier warhead.  In a friendly fire incident during the [[of Khafji]], one Maverick “went stupid” after launch and plunged straight down right on to an American APC, killing seven Marines.<ref>''Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War'', by William L. Smallwood, Potomac Books, 1993</ref>  It has since been used in the [[Kosovo War]], [[Operation Enduring Freedom]], and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]].

==Foreign Service==

==Foreign Service==