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a3_documentation:cvwp:k13_aa2 [2025/11/21 04:54] – [K.13 aka AA-2] rocka3_documentation:cvwp:k13_aa2 [2025/11/21 04:56] (current) – rock
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 ====== K.13 aka AA-2 ====== ====== K.13 aka AA-2 ======
  
->The K-13 missile was used by North Vietnamese MiG-21 pilots.<sup>[32]</sup> Due to the NVAF's very limited number of MiG-21s, their common tactic was to approach an American formation at maximum reasonable speed, fire their missiles in volleys, and exit the area at maximum speed to avoid engagement. +>The **Vympel K-13** (NATO reporting name: AA-2 **"Atoll"**) is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. 
->Some of these missiles were seized by Israel during the Six-Day War in the Sinai Peninsula. They were used during the War of Attrition, by Squadron 101<sup>[33]</sup> (Mirage IIICJ) and probably also by 117 and 119 squadrons, all Mirage squadrons of the Israeli Air Force. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Israelis shot down dozens of MiGs – but there had been no success in using this missile, as Israeli pilots preferred to use cannons or indigenous missiles such as Shafrir 1 and Shafrir 2. +>\\ The K-13 is a reverse engineered copy of the American AIM-9 Sidewinder, hence the similar appearance. Although it since has been replaced by more modern missiles in front-line service, it saw widespread service in many nations.
->K-3 or K-13 missiles were also used during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 by the Indian Air Force; they were integrated on MiG-21FLs and used to shoot down at least two to four Pakistani F-104 Starfighters. They were used during the Yom Kippur War by the Arab Air Forces in 1973, and during the Iran–Iraq War by the Iraqi Air Force between 1980 and 1988. +
->On 19 August 1981, during the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident, a Libyan Air Force Su-22 fired a K-13 missile head on at approaching US Navy F-14As; the missile was evaded. +
  
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