Tags: Aircraft.
The AQM-60 Kingfisher originally designated XQ-5 was a target version of the USAF’s X-7 test aircraft built by the Lockheed Corporation. The X-7’s development began in 1946 after a request from the USAF for a Mach 3 unmanned test vehicle. This unmanned test craft eventually evolved into the Kingfisher when the need arose for a target to test anti-missile systems such as the SAM-A-7/MIM-3 Nike Ajax SAM-A-25/MIM-14 Nike Hercules and IM-99/CIM-10.