General Dynamics F-16C/D Fighting Falcon
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
Multirole fighter, air superiority fighter
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| Manufacturer(s) | General Dynamics,
Lockheed Martin |
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| Prototype first flight | 20 January 1974 (F-16A), June 1984 (F-16C) |
Introduction | 17 August 1978 (F-16A) September 1984 (F-16C) |
| Produced | 1973–2017, 2019–present |
Number built | 4588 (25 April 2019), all models |
| Status | In service |
Crew | 1 (C-Model), 2 (D-Model) |
| Variants | |||
| YF-16 | Prototypes of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. 2 exemples. | ||
| F-16A/B | The F-16A (single seat) and F-16B (two seat) were initial production variants. 475 produced. | ||
| F-16C/D | The F-16C (single seat) and F-16D (two seat) variants entered production in 1984. | ||
| F-16E/F | The F-16E (single seat) and F-16F (two seat) are newer F-16 Block 60 variants based on the F-16C/D Block 50/52. | ||
| F-16N | The F-16N was an adversary aircraft operated by the U.S. Navy. It is based on the standard F-16C/D Block 30. | ||
| F-16V | At the 2012 Singapore Air Show Lockheed Martin unveiled plans for the new F-16V variant with the V suffix for its Viper nickname. It features an AN/APG-83 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, a new mission computer and electronic warfare suite, automated ground collision avoidance system, and various cockpit improvements. | ||
| QF-16 | In September 2013, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force tested an unmanned F-16, with two US Air Force pilots controlling the airplane from the ground as it flew from Tyndall AFB over the Gulf of Mexico. | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 15.06 m |
Empty Weight | 8573 kg |
| Wingspan | 9.96 m |
Loaded Weight | 12020 kg |
| Height | 4.9 m |
Max takeoff weight | 19187 kg |
| Wing area | 28 m² |
Wing loading | 431 kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Guns | 1 × 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1
Vulcan 6-barrel rotary cannon |
Ammunition Carried |
551 |
| Hardpoints | 2 × wing-tip air-to-air missile
launch rails, 6 × under-wing, and
3 × under-fuselage pylon (2 of 3 for sensors) stations with a capacity of up to 7700 kg of stores |
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| Rockets | 4 × LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each
with 19/7 × Hydra 70 mm/APKWS[295] rockets, respectively) 4 × LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19 × CRV7 70 mm rockets) 4 × LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4 × Zuni 127 mm rockets) |
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| Missiles | Air-to-air missiles: |
2 × AIM-7 Sparrow 6 × AIM-9 Sidewinder 6 × AIM-120 AMRAAM 6 × IRIS-T 6 × Python-4 6 × Python-5 |
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| Air-to-surface missiles: | 6 × AGM-65 Maverick 4 × AGM-88 HARM AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) 4 × AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) |
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| Anti-ship missiles: | 2 × AGM-84 Harpoon 4 × AGM-119 Penguin |
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| Bombs | 8 × CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition 8 × CBU-89 Gator mine 8 × CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon 4 × Mark 84 general-purpose bombs 8 × Mark 83 GP bombs 12 × Mark 82 GP bombs 8 × GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) 4 × GBU-10 Paveway II 6 × GBU-12 Paveway II 4 × GBU-24 Paveway III 4 × GBU-27 Paveway III 4 × Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) series Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) B61 nuclear bomb B83 nuclear bomb |
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| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 1 ×
General Electric F110-GE-129 afterburning turbofan engine or
1x Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 / 220E / 229 |
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| Dry thrust | 7777.778
kgp (76.31 kN) 79 kN (PW-229) |
Thrust with afterburner | 12946 kgp (127 kN) 130 kN (PW-229) |
| Thrust/weight | 1.095 (1.24 with loaded
weight &
50% internal fuel) |
Fuel Capacity | 3200 kg internals |
(*) Up to 3 × 300/330/370/600 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 2124 km/h
(Mach 2) at high altitude 1472 km/h (Mach 1.2) at sea level |
Cruise Speed | ? km/h |
| Rate of Climb | 370 m/s |
Service ceiling | 18000 m plus |
| Combat Range | 546 km with 4x454 kg bombs |
Ferry Range | 4217 km with drop-tanks |
| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | aviationsmilitaires.net | ||
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