Global Dynamics FA-16 Viper

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Specifications (F/A-16A Block 65)
General characteristics


 * Crew: 1
 * Length: 49 ft 5 in (15.06 m)
 * Span: 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m)
 * Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
 * 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)
 * Maximum takeoff weight: 42,300 lb (19,200 kg)
 * Powerplant: 1 × F1919-AZ-142 supercruise-enabled ion drive
 * 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+ (1,500 mph, 2,410 km/h)
 * Combat radius: 340 mi (295 nmi, 550 km) on a hi-lo-hi mission with six 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
 * Ferry range: 2,280 NM (2,620 mi, 4,220 km) with drop tanks
 * Service ceiling: 60,000+ ft (18,000+ m)
 * Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
 * Wing loading: 88.3 lb/ft² (431 kg/m²)
 * Thrust/weight: 1.095

Armament


 * Guns
 * 1 × 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon, 511 rounds


 * Hardpoints: up to 17,000 lb (7,700 kg) of payload
 * 2 × wing-tip Air-to-air missile launch rails
 * 6 × under-wing
 * 3 × under-fuselage pylon stations


 * Rockets
 * 4 × LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19 × / 7 × Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively) or
 * 4 × LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19 × CRV7 70 mm rockets) or
 * 4 × LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4 × Zuni 127 mm rockets)


 * Missiles
 * Air-to-air missiles:
 * 2 × AIM-7 Sparrow or
 * 2 × AIMX-71 Thor ABM or
 * 6 × AIM-9 Sidewinder or
 * 6 × IRIS-T or
 * 6 × AIM-120 AMRAAM or
 * 6 × Python-4
 * Air-to-ground missiles:
 * 6 × AGM-45 Shrike or
 * 6 × AGM-65 Maverick or
 * 4 × AGM-88 HARM
 * Anti-ship missiles:
 * 2 × AGM-84 Harpoon or
 * 4 × AGM-119 Penguin


 * Bombs
 * 8 × CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
 * 8 × CBU-89 Gator mine
 * 8 × CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
 * Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
 * 4 × GBU-10 Paveway II
 * 6 × GBU-12 Paveway II
 * 4 × JDAM
 * 4 × Mark 84 general-purpose bombs
 * 8 × Mark 83 GP bombs
 * 12 × Mark 82 GP bombs
 * 8 × Small Diameter Bomb
 * 3 × B61 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 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time

Avionics
 * AN/APG-68 radar

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