RDAF pilot fires AIM-9L air-to-air missile from F-16 <br /> <br />Royal Danish Air Force pilot Thomas Kristensen (call sign MET) fires an AIM-9L ("Sidewinder") air-to-air missile from an F-16 Fighting Falcon over the North Sea during an exercise in October 2012. <br /> <br />The missile was fired at a flare, dropped by an RDAF Challenger aircraft. <br /> <br />An AIM-9L missile costs approximately 575.000 Danish Kroner. In order to keep their training intact and up to par, active pilots have to fire one every third year. <br /> <br />More videos from Flyvevåbnet here : <br />http://www.youtube.com/user/flyvevaabnet?feature=watch
