FIM-92 Stinger - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• Stinger missiles are referred to in the 1988 film, Rambo III.
• Stinger missiles are referenced in James Bond film Licence to Kill.
• A search for missing Stingers is a major plot point in the film Navy SEALs.
• Stringfellow Hawk in Airwolf Episode "Day of Jeopardy" uses 2 Stingers to destroy 2 F-4 (but referred to as F-16 in the dialogue) fighters after their damage to Airwolf had forced it down for repairs.
• In Miami Vice, an arms dealer shows that the Stingers he was selling on the black market were still viable, by destroying Sonny Crockett's sportscar with one. Later in this episode, a terrorist was shot before he could fire a Stinger at the Concorde taking off.
• Major Kawalsky in the Stargate SG-1 pilot episode uses a Stinger missile to destroy an alien aircraft.
• Multiple installments of the Metal Gear video game series feature the Stinger missile as a usable weapon.
• The Stinger missile is a usable weapon in the video games Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, as well as in Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 3.