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F-16 Fighting FalconLockheed Martin's Multirole Fighter, USA
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Introduction The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-
engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United
States Air Force (USAF).
The F-16 and the F-15 Eagle were the world's first aircraft able to withstand higher g-
forces than the pilots.
The Fighting Falcon has key features including a frameless bubble canopy for better
visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while maneuvering, a seat reclined 30
degrees to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot, and the first use of a relaxed static
stability/fly-by-wire flight control system helps to make it a nimble aircraft.
The Fighting Falcon entered service in 1979 with more than 2,000 in service with the
USAF and 2,000 operational with 25 other countries.
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Design The aircraft is powered by a single engine: the General Electric F110-GE-129 or Pratt and
Whitney F100-PW-229.
The fuel supply is equipped with an inert gas anti-fire system. An inflight refueling probe is
installed in the top of the fuselage.
Advanced equipment being fitted on the current build of the F-16 includes Honeywell
colour flat-panel liquid crystal multifunction displays, digital terrain system, modular
mission computer, colour video camera to record the pilot's view of the head-up display
(HUD), a colour triple-deck video recorder and an enhanced programmable display
generator.
USAF F-16 aircraft are scheduled to receive the Boeing joint helmet-mounted cueing
system (JHMCS).
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Features The F-16 was the first operational US aircraft to receive a global positioning system
(GPS). The aircraft has an inertial navigation system, either a Northrop Grumman (Litton)
LN-39, LN-93 ring laser gyroscope or Honeywell H-423.
The F-16 Fighting Falcon carries the Lockheed Martin LANTIRN infrared navigation and
targeting system.
The Northrop Grumman AN/APG-68 radar provides 25 separate air-to-air and air-to-
ground modes, including long-range, all-aspect detection and tracking, simultaneous
multiple-target tracking, and high-resolution ground mapping.
Lockheed Martin has completed developmental flight testing on new conformal fuel tanks
(CFT) for the F-16, which will significantly add to the aircraft's mission radius.
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Weapons The aircraft has nine hardpoints for weapons payloads: one at each wing tip, three under
each wing and one centre line under the fuselage.
The ordnance is launched from Raytheon LAU-88 launchers, MAU-12 and Orgen bombejector racks.
The port wing is fitted with a 20mm General Electric M61A1 multi-barrel cannon and thegun sight is interfaced to the cockpit HUD.
Air-to-surface missiles carried on the F-16 include Maverick, HARM and Shrike missiles,manufactured by Raytheon, and anti-ship missiles include Boeing Harpoon andKongsberg Penguin.
The F-16 can be fitted with Lockheed Martin wind-corrected munitions dispenser (WCMD),which provides precision guidance for CBU-87, -89, and 97 cluster munitions.
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SpecificationsGeneral characteristics
Length: 49 ft 5 in (15.06 m)
Wingspan: 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m)
Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
Wing area: 300 ft² (27.87 m²)
Empty weight: 18,900 lb (8,570 kg)
Loaded weight: 26,500 lb (12,000 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 42,300 lb (19,200 kg)
Dry thrust: 17,155 lbf (76.3 kN)
Thrust with afterburner: 28,600 lbf (127 kN)
Performance Maximum speed:
At sea level: Mach 1.2 (915 mph, 1,470 km/h)
At altitude: Mach 2 (1,320 mph, 2,120 km/h) clean configuration
Combat radius: 340 mi (295 nmi, 550 km) on a hi-lo-hi mission
Ferry range: 2,280 nmi (2,620 mi, 4,220 km) with drop tanks
Service ceiling: 50,000+ ft (15,240+ m)
Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
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References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-
16_Fighting_Falcon
http://www.lockheedmartin.co.in/us/products/f16.ht
ml
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/f16/
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