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AGM-65 Maverick

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The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile designed for close air support, effective against armor, air defenses, ships, ground transportation, and fuel storage facilities, and it is the most widely produced precision-guided missile in the Western world. Development began in 1966 at Hughes Aircraft Company, and it entered service with the United States Air Force in August 1972, going on to be exported to more than thirty countries and certified on twenty-five aircraft. The Maverick saw combat in the Vietnam, Yom Kippur, Iran-Iraq, and Persian Gulf wars, and later versions used electro-optical, laser, and imaging infrared guidance. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Air-to-surface missile 1
Introduced Year
1972 2
Classification
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 1
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Operated By

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Used In

Iran-Iraq War, Wars
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Iraq War, Wars
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Kosovo War, Wars
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Vietnam War, Wars
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Yom Kippur War, Wars
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1. Wikipedia: AGM-65 Maverick
  • Infobox, type
    Air-to-surface missile
  • Lead, paragraph 2
    It entered service with the United States Air Force in August 1972.
  • service-status
    service = 30 August 1972, present
  • Used In: Vietnam War, infobox wars field: 'Vietnam War'
  • Used In: Yom Kippur War, infobox wars field: 'Yom Kippur War'
  • Used In: Iran-Iraq War, infobox wars field: 'Iran?Iraq War'
  • Used In: Kosovo War, infobox wars field: 'Kosovo War'
  • Used In: Iraq War, infobox wars field: 'Iraq War'
  • Operated By: United States Navy, Wikipedia article text
    Deployed by the United States Navy (USN), the AGM-65F is optimized for maritime strike roles.
  • Operated By: United States Air Force, Wikipedia article text
    It entered service with the United States Air Force in August 1972.
  • Operated By: United States Marine Corps, Wikipedia article text
    Due to high cost, the version was not procured by the USAF, and instead entered service with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) as the AGM-65E.
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2. Wikidata: AGM-65 Maverick
Wikidata Q292553, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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