Ryan BQM-34 Firebee
Страна: США
Год: 1955
Беспилотный

Remotely-controlled jet target drone
В полете разведывательный БПЛА AQM-39 «Файрби». Вьетнам, середина 1960-х гг.
Teledyne Ryan Model 147SC (AQM-34L) shortly after launch from its DC-130E director aircraft
Разведывательный БПЛА AQM-34L «Файрби» в окраске периода Вьетнамской войны в экспозиции аэрокосмического музея в Пиме, США. Современное фото.
Среди послевоенных канадских Lancaster были два самолета модификации Mk 10DC - носители беспилотных летательных аппаратов. На этом экземпляре подвешен БЛА Ryan Firebee.
KDA-4
One of two Lancaster 10DCs modified to carry Ryan Firebee target missiles. The 10DC was a modification of the 10MR outfitted with wing pylons and missile operator's position in the rear.
BQM-34
Ryan BQM-34A Firebee target drone in ground-launch configuration
Ryan BQM-34A Firebee target drone in ground-launch configuration
BQM-34A Firebee I target drone dropping away from the launch pylon of a DC-130 Hercules carrier aircraft
US Navy BQM-34A Firebee I subsonic target, photographed shortly after separating from launch aircraft
Teledyne Ryan Model 124 Firebee I subsonic target drone of the US Air Force
Fuji-built Firebee I remotely-controlled target drone for the JMSDF
Fuji-built Firebee I target drone of the JMSDF
Ground launching of a Firebee I from the US Navy South Atlantic/Caribbean Sea Weapons Range at Cabras Island, Puerto Rico
MQM-34
US Army MQM-34D version of the Firebee I, taking off from ground launch pad with JATO bottle and fitted with Towbee targets for presentation to Chaparral infra-red missiles
US Army MQM-34D Firebee I with wingtip-mounted infra-red Towbee towed target
MQM-34D/MOD II version of the Firebee I, with General Electric J85 engine and nose Intake
MQM-34D/MOD II version of the Teledyne Ryan Firebee I, with General Electric J85 engine and nose intake
AQM-34
Teledyne Ryan 147NC (AQM-34H) drone with ALE-2 underwing chaff-dispensing pods, as used in USAF Combat Angel programme
Разведчик БПЛА AQM-34L "Файрби" в полете
Носитель беспилотных разведчиков DC-130E. Под крылом подвешен аппарат AQM-34L «Фаейрбее»
Teledyne Ryan 147SD (AQM-34M) RPV under the wing of a DC-130 Hercules director aircraft
Teledyne Ryan 147TE (AQM-34Q) RPV for medium-altitude communications intelligence-gathering. Note the data link antenna on top of the fin and the “mission score” on the fuselage
Teledyne Ryan Model 147TE remotely piloted vehicle (USAF designation AQM-34Q). Other versions of Model 147 are suspended from pylons of DC-130E launch aircraft in background
Teledyne Ryan AQM-34R (Model 147TF) being launched from a USAF Lockheed DC-130E control aircraft
YAQM-34U Update version of the Model 147SC
 
DP-2E - носитель радиоуправляемых мишеней "Файрби" с авиабазы "Барберс Поинт", май 1969г.
DP-2E с мишенями "Файрби".
Firebee I descending by recovery parachute
BGM-34
Teledyne Ryan 234 (BGM-34A) fitted with a HOBOS homing bomb under its port wing
Shrike missile (starboard) and Mk IV bomb fitted under the wings of a Teledyne Ryan Model 234 (BGM-34A) strike RPV
BGM-34A (Model 234) remotely piloted vehicle, carrying a Maverick missile, on wing pylon of a DC-130E
Lockheed DC-130E Hercules director aircraft of the US Air Force, carrying Teledyne Ryan BGM-34A strike RPVs, each armed with a Shrike missile and a Mk IV bomb
Remote-controlled BGM-34A launching a Maverick missile under command from carrier aircraft
Аппарат BGM-34 с различным вооружением
Rollout ceremony for the first BGM-34B version of the Teledyne Ryan Model 234, in February 1973.
Pathfinder version of the BGM-34B, fitted with Philco-Ford nose package containing laser designator and LLLTV camera
Pathfinder version of the BGM-34B, fitted with Aeronutronic Ford nose package containing laser designator and LLLTV camera
Firebee II
US Air Force BQM-34F version of the Firebee II, being positioned on ground launcher
Teledyne Ryan Model 166 Firebee II supersonic target, in production for the US Air Force and Navy
Rear view of BQM-34E Firebee II supersonic target drone under wing of a DP-2E Neptune launch aircraft. Note the jettisonable ventral fuel pod
US Navy BQM-34E Firebee II, launched from a Neptune control aircraft over the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range near San Juan, Puerto Rico
US Air Force BQM-34F Firebee II supersonic target drone, with ventral fuel pod still attached
Water pickup of a Firebee II. Note the inflated flotation bag at the rear of the drone
 
Под крылом Ту-4 беспилотный разведчик "Чанг Хонг I"
Хотя сверхзвуковые истребители МиГ-21 начали поступать на вооружение ВВС ДРВ уже в 1965г., в кампании того года они не сыграли никакой роли, а их первым трофеем стал сбитый 14 марта 1966г. американский ДПЛА "Firebee".
Американский беспилотный разведчик Firebee, сбитый зенитным огнем над Вьетнамом.
Сбитый высотный беспилотный разведчик, 10 июля 1970г.
Currently-identifiable range of drones and RPVs designed by Teledyne Ryan, including 24 members of the Model 147 family