Ryan AAM-A-1 FIREBIRD air-to-air missile on wing pylon of Douglas DB-26B INVADER drone-controller aircraft at Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
The AAM-A-1 Firebird was an early American air-to-air missile, developed by the Ryan Aeronautical Company.
The first air-to-air missile program developed for the United States Air Force, the Firebird was extensively tested in the late 1940s; although it proved successful in testing, it was soon obsolete due to the rapid advances in aircraft and missile technology at the time and did not enter production.