F-16 Fighting Falcon

F-16 Fighting Falcon (Multirole fighter) – 1241 in Air Force and ANG

Manufacturer: General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

First flight: 20 January 1974

Introduction: 17 August 1978

Produced: 1973-present

Number built: 4,540+

Unit cost:

F-16A/B – $14.6 million (1998)

F-16C/D – $18.8 million (1998)

Crew: 1

Length: 15.06 m

Wingspan: 9.96 m

Height: 4.88 m

Wing area: 27.87 m²

Empty weight: 8,570 kg

Loaded weight: 12,000 kg

Max. takeoff weight: 19,200 kg

Powerplant: 1× F110-GE-100 afterburning turbofan

Dry thrust: 7,780 kgf (76.3 kN)

Thrust with afterburner: 12,950 kgf (127 kN)

Maximum speed:

At sea level: Mach 1.2 (1,470 km/h);

At altitude: Mach 2 (2,120 km/h) clean configuration

Combat radius: 550 km on a hi-lo-hi mission with four 450 kg bombs

Ferry range: 4,220 km with drop tanks

Service ceiling: 15,240+ m

Rate of climb: 254 m/s

Wing loading: 431 kg/m²

Thrust/weight: 1.095

Maximum g-load: +9.0 g

Armament

Guns: 1× 20 mm 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 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 GP (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