To solve the simulation problems of infrared (IR) imaging guided missile in image fast identification and tracking algorithm,air vehicle image identification and tracking algorithm are proposed.Firstly,the image identification processes are divided into three parts:image preprocessing,image feature extraction and image identification,and real-time and efficient algorithms and models are established.Secondly,the efficient image tracking algorithms are proposed,and the images obtained by seeker are computed by the algorithms.Lastly,the recognition and tracking algorithms proposed in the paper are used to recognize the image in the specific IR scenes,and the simulation results are analyzed.