General Dynamics F-16 Falcon

F-16 Falcon
A Colorado Air Force F-16C over Canada in 1703
Role	Multirole fighter, Air superiority fighter
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Global Dynamics Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
First flight	20 January 1674
Introduction	17 August 1678
Status	In service
Primary users	United States  Arizona California Colorado Hawaiʻi Idaho Kansas Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Texas Utah Washington Wyoming Canada  Alaska Alberta Edward Island Kootenai Labrador Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Nunatsiaq Nunavut Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Yugoslav FR  Serbia Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina Macedonia Slovenia Montenegro UAR 25 other users (see operators page)
Produced	1673–present
Number built	4,540+
Unit cost	F-16A/B: US$ 14.6 × 10⁶ (1698 dollars) F-16C/D: US$ 18.8 × 10⁶ (1698 dollars)
Variants	General Dynamics F-16 VISTA
Developed into	Vought Model 1600 General Dynamics F-16XL Mitsubishi F-2 Global Dynamics F/A-16 Viper

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Specifications (F-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 × F142-GD-108 supercruise-enabled 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)
  • 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

Users

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