F-16 Fighting Falcon

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon

Specifications (F-16C Block 50)[edit]

Testing of the F-35 diverterless supersonic inlet on an F-16 testbed. The original intake is shown in the top image

F-16C block 52 of the Hellenic Air Force with conformal fuel tanks and AIFF.

M61A1 on display

Weapons Storage and Security System vault in raised position holding a B61 nuclear bomb, adjacent to an F16. The vault is within a Protective Aircraft Shelter

Data from USAF sheet,^[2] International Directory of Military Aircraft^[61]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• 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)
• Airfoil: NACA 64A204 root and tip
• 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)
• Powerplant: 1 × F110-GE-100 afterburning turbofan
  • 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)^[61]
  • At altitude: Mach 2^[2] (1,320 mph, 2,120 km/h) clean configuration
• Combat radius: 340 mi (295 nmi, 550 km) on a hi-lo-hi mission with four 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
• Ferry range: 2,280 nmi (2,620 mi, 4,220 km) with drop tanks
• Service ceiling: 50,000+ ft^[2] (15,240+ m)
• Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
• Wing loading: 88.3 lb/ft² (431 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 1.095
• Maximum g-load: +9.0 g

Armament

• Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barrel Gatling cannon, 511 rounds
• 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 17,000 lb (7,700 kg) of stores
• Rockets:
  
  • 4×LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19× /7× Hydra 70 mm 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)
• Missiles:
  
  • Air-to-air missiles:
    • 2× AIM-7 Sparrow
    • 6× AIM-9 Sidewinder
    • 6× AIM-120 AMRAAM
    • 6× IRIS-T
    • 6× Python-4
  • Air-to-ground missiles:
    • 6× AGM-65 Maverick
    • 4× AGM-88 HARM
    • AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
  • Anti-ship missiles:
    • 2× AGM-84 Harpoon
    • 4× AGM-119 Penguin
• 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
  • 4× AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
  • Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD)
  • B61 nuclear bomb
  • B83 nuclear bomb

• Others:
  • SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or
  • AN/ALQ-131 & AN/ALQ-184 ECM pods or
  • LANTIRN, Lockheed Martin Sniper XR & LITENING targeting pods or
  • up to 3× 300/330/370/600 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time or
  • UTC Aerospace DB-110 long range EO/IR sensor pod on centerline

Avionics

• AN/APG-68 radar
• MIL-STD-1553 bus [1]