National Museum of Naval Aviation, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (AIM-26 A).Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Georgia (AIM-26 A).Warhead: W54 nuclear, explosive yield 250 t TNT equivalentīelow is an incomplete list of museums which have an AIM-26 in their collection:.When Finland bought Drakens, the license-manufactured Swedish Falcons were included. The AIM-26B was produced under license (and modified) in Sweden as the Rb 27, arming Saab Draken J-35F and 35J fighters. The conventional AIM-26B was exported to Switzerland as the HM-55, where it was used on Swiss Mirage IIIS fighters. The AIM-26 saw little widespread use in American service, retiring in 1972. From 1970 to 1972 the nuclear warheads of the AIM-26A weapons were rebuilt for the nuclear version of the AGM-62 Walleye TV guided bomb. The nuclear version became the AIM-26A, the conventional model the AIM-26B. Out of concern for the problems inherent in using nuclear weapons over friendly territory, a conventional version, the GAR-11A, was developed, using a 40 lb (18 kg) high explosive warhead.Īs part of a wider Army/Navy/Air Force renaming project, in 1963 the weapon was redesignated AIM-26. The GAR-11 used a sub-kiloton (250 ton) yield W54 warhead shared with the 'Davy Crockett' M388 recoilless rifle projectile, rather than the larger W25 warhead of the AIR-2 Genie. It used a radar proximity fuze and semi-active radar homing.

It entered service in 1961, carried by Air Defense Command F-102 Delta Dagger interceptors. The program was revived in 1959, now under the name GAR-11. Artwork on warhead of AIM-26A on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation.

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