The F-16S Phantom Viper is a single seat, stealth multirole fighter jet designed and built by FlightArms CAC for the Tactical Forces Military and for export.

A Phantom Viper with NCS colors aboard TFNS Admiral Farhberg off the eastern coast of Wright. This is a naval version as it possesses folding wings and a tailhook

The Phantom Viper is a heavily upgraded and improved version of the TFMGAC's standard F-16G Mamba Viper. All aspects of this combat aircraft have been drastically changed compared to it's original iteration.

As with all 5th and 4.5 generation fighters that the TFM flies, the Phantom Viper is equipped with better, if not the best, avionics and systems that FlightArms installs into fighting airframes. The integration of stealth greatly increased this jet's already high lethality, granting it high survivability in intense combat. One feature that stands out is it's tailless design, which was first used on the YF-23 Black Widow of Northrop Grumman. This further improved the stealth aspect of the fighter, as the angled vertical stabs can deflect residual radar waves that had not been absorbed by the stealth skin and paint.

An F-16S bearing the colors of the TFMGAC's Strike Force wing, the military's special forces combat aviation group.

The Phantom Viper was originally conceived to replace the controversial
F-35C of the Tactical Forces Navy. As the latter was too expensive to maintain aboard the boats and carried very little ordnance compared to other fighters on deck such as the F/A-18E Buzzer Hornet, but are not fit for sustained dogfights as they were more strike-oriented. The TFN wished to maintain stealth capability in their advanced fleet defending fighters but also needed the airframe to be comparatively cheaper to maintain. And so the Phantom Viper program was put into place.

A Phantom Viper of the 51st Combat Wing. Though the F-16S was made originally for the Naval Combat Squadrons, the TFM Global Air Combat, or Air Force, showed alot of interest in this fighter.

Several combat wings operate the F-16S in the Air Force as well, but their variant of the Phantom Viper does not possess the capability to fold wings unlike the naval version. Their tailhooks are also different.

ARMAMENTS

As with every modern multirole fighter in today's era, the F-16S can carry a wide range of ordnance. From regular bombs and missiles to more specialized weaponry such as dual purpose explosives, mine dispensers, cluster bombs, and more.

But the standard weapons equipped on all fighter jets of the Tactical Forces are the AAFF-20R Seeker BVR multirole missile, AIM-9X Siewinders, and at least two GBU-500 Precision Strike Bombs. Two Seeker missiles are mounted in it's internal bays each, 4 in total. Though the underwing pylon mounted weapons somewhat increase it's radar cross section, but that is of no big problem.

And instead of the standard M61A2 Vulcan gatling cannon equipped in almost all TFM fighter jets, this particular jet is armed with a prototype Pulse Phaser Autocannon that's powered by it's internal Starcore F506 energy cell.

An F-16G Mamba Viper next to it's stealthy brother, the F-16S Phantom Viper. Note the size and design differences

The F-16S is available for export to allied and friendly countries; albeit with a little less capable stealth ability. Regardless, it's performance remains the same. Unit cost per jet is 25-37 million USD. Quite a cheap price for such an advanced fighter. Though not comparable to the bigger skydogs such as the F-22 Raptor and Su-57.

INSTRUCTIONS

AG1 for Afterburner/Reheat
AG2 for Leading Edge Flaps override
AG3 for tailhook**

AG7 for AOA limiter
AG8 to fold wings