I think those units were modificated to use this missile (so they are not normal A1A) with the avionic needed to use it. And the pod You mentioned could be a photograpic pod, but I’m not entirely certain, It could be as You say.
More research to be done lol
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I couldn’t believe he had equipped the A-Darter until I saw a photo.
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Possibly for study purposes, it was never adopted by the Air Force as an official missile
That is an Italian AMX with an IRIS-T