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F-16 BLACKFALCON BLOCK70

240 AYBARSYGT54  8 months ago
Auto Credit Based on maxres's General Dynamics F-16 Block 70-72

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor General Dynamics F-16 Block 70-72
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 31.3ft (9.5m)
  • Length 51.2ft (15.6m)
  • Height 16.3ft (5.0m)
  • Empty Weight 8,920lbs (4,046kg)
  • Loaded Weight 20,769lbs (9,421kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 4.057
  • Wing Loading 46.1lbs/ft2 (225.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 450.8ft2 (41.9m2)
  • Drag Points 3529

Parts

  • Number of Parts 193
  • Control Surfaces 3
  • Performance Cost 988
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    On 15 February 2012, Lockheed Martin unveiled a new version of their F-16 at the 2012 Singapore Airshow. The F-16 will feature enhancements including an AN/APG-83 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, an upgraded mission computer and architecture, and improvements to the cockpit – all capabilities identified by the U.S. Air Force and several international customers for future improvements. The new variant is dubbed the "Viper", which is intended to better operate with fifth-generation fighters, and should not be confused with Lockheed's F-16IN Block 70/72 "Super Viper", which was offered to India for the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft competition and showcased at the 2009 Aero India Air Show. "The new F-16 will become the new F-16 baseline," said George Standridge, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' vice president of business development. On 16 October 2015, the F-16V flew for the first time with an APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar AESA, a new Center Pedestal Display, a modernized mission computer, Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System, and many other upgrades. This can be fitted on new production F-16s or retrofitted on existing ones. The first of these were for Taiwan F-16A/B Block 20s. The upgrade of its 144 aircraft fleet started in January 2017 and is expected to complete by 2023.In 2019, Taiwan and the United States signed an $8 billion deal that would deliver 66 new-build Block 70 aircraft.

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