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Fireflash
Fireflash was the United Kingdom's first air-to-air guided missile to see service with the Royal Air Force. It was briefly deployed during the 1950s. Constructed by Fairey Aviation, the missile utilised radar beam riding guidance.
==Development==
Produced in response to a Ministry of Supply requirement for a guided air-to-air missile, the project began in 1949 under the name Blue Sky. It was initially developed under the designation Pink Hawk. Blue Sky itself was a de-rated version of the Red Hawk missile.
About 300 missiles had been produced by 1955, but the Royal Air Force soon decided not to retain the type in its inventory. Many of the 300 missiles were expended in testing by 6 JSTU at RAF Valley and Woomera, South Australia from 1955–1957 using Meteor NF11 trials aircraft and subsequently by the Supermarine Swift fighters of No. 1 Guided Weapons Development Squadron at RAF Valley. The Fireflash was deployed on a very limited scale by the RAF in August 1957,〔 and "had a limited capability against piston-engine bombers."〔(Boyne, Walter J, ''Air Warfare: an International Encyclopedia, Volume 1'' ), pub ABC-CLIO Inc, 2002, ISBN 1-57607-345-9 p267.〕 The RAF deployed the later and more effective de Havilland Firestreak infra-red missile from August 1958.〔
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