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QF - 16 arrived for the test, 53rd mission advances WEG

2012-12-10T08:42:00.001-08:00

"Work before today and the test work that is to come will allow the Air Force to transition from a 3rd generation, performance of air-war targets of Viet Nam to the 4th generation threat replication and beyond," said Lieutenant-Colonel Lance Wilkins, Commander of the 82nd aerial targets Squadron.

The QF-16 is a reusable supersonic large-scale aerial target drone changed from an F - 16 Fighting Falcon. At this time, the 53 WEG uses QF - 4s, made from the 60 F - 4 Phantoms, to conduct their missions of aerial targets on a large scale. Objectives enable the Air Force and allied countries to have a realistic idea of what they face on the battlefield.

"In the imminent future, the QF-16 will be air - air testing and evaluation of a notch," said Colonel Wilkins. "It will make our U.S. and allied, crews of aircraft and more reliable and more deadly weapons. It will serve a new generation of warriors. »

Boeing service and Support will carry out test the QF-16, according to a Boeing press release.

QF-16s will be approximately six months of tests to validate their abilities and ensure compatibility with the system of control of the Drone from the Gulf Beach, explained the officials group. Then the aircraft will deploy to Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. for about four months more than integrated tests. When all test steps are complete, the unit permanently returned to the 53 WEG to complete a transition period in order to achieve initial operating capability in Tyndall.

The first production QF-16 is scheduled to be delivered in 2014.

The Air Force is about 5th generation fighters such as the F - 22 Raptor and the F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter for the next field of battle, the Group acts as a safety net for our weapons capability is fully evaluated and understood prior to use in combat, said Col. James Vogel, 53rd Commander WEG.

"It is a great day," said Colonel Vogel. "We are 100% behind the road to the IOC for the QF-16."

The colonel said that the day is possible with the work of many organizations such as team Tyndall and entrepreneurs.

The 53 WEG, which is part of the 53rd wing at Eglin, Fla. Air Force Base provides the staff and infrastructure to test and evaluate weapons used by aviation combat of the United States and its allies. The Group operates only in large scale aerial drones in the Department of defense.

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The aircraft was identified as a QF - 16 c

2012-12-10T08:33:00.001-08:00

Located at Tyndall (53 WEG) 53rd weapons evaluation group will take possession of the airborne target full QF-16s (TASF) scale and will be used for testing development and compatibility with the Gulf Beach Drone control system. It is anticipated that this process will take up to six months.

The drones are able to fly unmanned missions, but officials say training is necessary before they use ultimately drones during pilot training.

"At one point in four or five months from now, will fly us some unmanned missions that we will shoot with aerial targets so we are very excited about it," said retired Colonel Michael MacWilliam which struck the QF - 16 Tyndall Monday.

The intent is to QF - 16 replace it older QF-4 fleet, which have been the mainstay in this current role. The F - 16 drone is an upgrade or more manageable and easier to control than the ex-Viet Nam era warhorse.

The air force is not the only customers who intend to train and use the QF-16. The Navy, Marine Corp, army want to test with the new drones, to assess their own weapon systems.

Boeing has been the price of the contract in March 2012, modify and develop the QF-16, with the first six jets based at Cecil Field, Jacksonville for the updates. All must be delivered to the 53 WEG in December of this year. If all goes well the Army Air has an option to purchase up to 126 TASF.

"We take the gun out of it and replace it with electronic control boxes," said Bill Higginbotham, the Director of the development testing of the QF-16 program at Boeing. "You have a box that will act as a pilot in the seat back."

The QF-16 can be used by a driver or via remote control, said Higginbotham. He also said that eventually a bomb would be placed on board the aircraft so could be destroyed if necessary.

F-35 Lightning II

2011-07-22T04:55:00.000-07:00

F-35 Lightning II News
USAF to base 36 F-35A's at Nellis

July 19, 2011 (by Charles Ramey) - The U.S. Air Force has a record of decision for all the F - 35A Lightning II aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base.

The decision to proceed with an alternative to the fighters, 36 F - 35 at Nellis AFB between 2012 and 2020 for evaluation of forces and weapons schools. This operation is successful, according to the environmental impact statement, the final release in May 2011.

beddown of F - 35 missions at Nellis will result in an increase of 412 personnel; Require the construction of new facilities, as well as changes and decommissioning facilities at Nellis AFB in aviation activity takes place at Nellis AFB and Nevada Test and Training Range.

The effect may be related to the implementation of alternatives to analyze during the Environmental Impact Statement. Any impact on the final opinion of the people and agencies that have been in the statement of environmental impact draft as well as to respond to comments EIS finals was made available during the waiting period. at 30 days (14 May to 14 June 2011).

F-22 Raptor News First ever deployed PMP performed on Andersen

2011-07-22T04:50:00.000-07:00

F-22 Raptor News
First ever deployed PMP performed on Andersen

August 6, 2010 (by A1C Anthony Jennings) - History, 4 August, the first maintenance plan filling up, or PMP, and F - 22 Raptor in the environment to come to a conclusion.

Members of the 27th Aircraft Maintenance travel, work here from Langley AFB, Va, to finish what has been done by the aircraft of the fifth before the PMP is a long-term maintenance of heavy fighter aircraft, the operator. every 300 flight hours.
"It's like your car," 2nd Lt. Lauren Chaffee, Squadron 27, said the trip. "Every few thousand miles, you will lead the hike. It's a good fighter at all hours of flight 300.. "
This board · process normally takes months to complete. The unit was assigned to the accelerated PMP in 10 days.
"A team of 16 staff who work shifts of 12 hours around the clock to get the job done to make this possible," 1 liter Ikedinachi Akagha, 27 EAMU said: "It's incredible just about able to get this plan does. only. But the action. Everything fell into place so that these better than the past ten day ".
The project has been in operation since January. Agencies to the scenario to try and predict what might go wrong, it's not true.
"We are, in essence, trying to create a plan that is perfect for jet-ever examination of this size," said Tony Akagha said: "The plane was relatively new, an engineer and still are. discovered the problem, as with any new aircraft. "."You are going to have to address some changes that are needed so that you can use those lessons learned to a new aircraft," he added.
To meet their goal, they started by making a table of all time.
"Usually we have a team on a separate plane in the" Master Akagha "With our accelerated PMP, we try to include everything. We have to figure out how many different departments or teams, we have the jet in one. "
The team observed a panel at any of the inspection team may need to get into the PMP. Inspection team then ran through a list of checks to make sure that everything is operational. They then re-board the plane and hand it back to the team that was so low that they can be re - layer jet.
"Despite the crunch, high ops tempo and stress of the operation, just a month long investigation in such a limited time, we pulled it off with a very large," said Lt. Akagha.
When planes arrive within 30 to 40 hours of scheduled flights to the PMP to be a reason, and will not be allowed to fly until they are verified as appropriate. There are different criteria to the 300, 600 and 900 is the jet, especially at the hour of 900, which can detect the most severe and extensive, Tony Akagha said.
"The threat potential and the potential for conflict in this region, we need to ensure that plans are in place in case we need to send a jet to fight when there is too little during the next flight. PMP and the next, "he said.
"It is good to send a jet that is fresh and has been inspected and ready to fight for a long period of time. This is kind of an experiment to see if it might in fact be made and we have not. ".

F-22 Raptor News Air Force announces F-22 fleet consolidation

2011-07-22T04:42:00.000-07:00

F-22 Raptor News
Air Force announces F-22 fleet consolidation

July 29, 2010 (by the assistant secretary of defense) - Department of the Air Force announced today that its actions will include F - 22 Secretary of the Navy and Air Force Chief of Staff of the Air Force the most powerful. basing for the F - 22.

This requires the aircraft. redistributing its aging F - 22 to the base unit F - 22 squadron will move to the F - 22 available.
The affected.
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico: disable a fleet of F - 22s and distribution of aircraft fleet and to the F - 22 other airlines have moved to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.

     Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska - receive six additional aircraft.
     Langley Air Force Base, Va - receive six additional aircraft.
     Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. - Receive two additional aircraft.
     Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla - receive one additional fleet.

"This plan will increase the aircraft and the service obligation," Kathleen Ferguson, deputy assistant secretary for installations, said. "Overall, the existing aircraft and the flexibility of the F - 22 operations will increase."
The team surveyed the four F - 22, to evaluate the possibility of them for a period of time, cost and planning to accept F - 22 additional aircraft. Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force to carefully consider the findings and decisions of the military factor in determining that these These actions will then conclude with the completion of the appropriate environmental analysis.
F - 22 Raptor combines stealth, Super - cruise, maneuverability and integrated with air support, improve and demonstrate the exponential leap in war fighting capability.

F-16/101 Derivative Fighter Engine

2011-07-22T04:28:00.000-07:00

F-16/101
Derivative Fighter Engine

A series of four 30,750 lb.st General Electric F101 turbofans the powerplants of the Rockwell B - 1A Lancer strategic bomber in the long run, President Jimmy Carter decided to cancel the B - 1A in 1977, after completing just four examples.

In search of new customers for the engine turbofan of the F101, its electronics are reworked engines for fighter aircraft under engine fighter derivative (DFE) program, the USAF / Navy participated in the survey powerplants alternative to Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan. In F - 16 and for the TF30 turbofan F - 14 TOMCAT new engine was designated F101X, and featured some of which were derived from the F404 engine used in the F/A-18 Hornet, these include a fan and head up. injection and the afterburner.Test the soil.
Engine before reaching full power on December 30, 1979, the first day of testing ground. During the following months, it clocked up 60 hours of work at all levels of power. By the autumn of 1980, the F - 101 has completed 430 hours of Accelerated Mission testing - equivalent to 1,000 hours of F - 16 aircraft.
Since the start of the experiment, the maximum force has been reduced to less than two per cent while the consumption of fuel in the afterburning mode has only increased by one percent. The engine was stripped down for the inspection found to be in good condition will receive the new test is intended to simulate the 1,000 hours of flying in the F - 14.

The first FSD F - 16A (# 75-0745) has been installed F101X DFE engine and flew for the first time on December 19, 1980 General Electric engines that perform better than the F100, which is also experiencing problems. teething But the amount of air that has a problem with high-frequency vibrations at the entrance of the engine and an example of a leak of fuel that must be corrected with minor modifications.
The test flight goes smoothly, all-purpose F-16/101 experiments were done by May 29 of next year in 58 sorties and 75 flight hours - 25 hours less than planned. Twelve pilot flying in the program was developed which include the support of the strike missions and air - to - air, especially the events that marred the program had moved quickly and successfully gain access. dead stick landing in January 1981 due to the leakage of fuel.
In the case of engine F101 is not used for the F - 16 and F - 16 is still powered by a Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan, a few years more, until the advent of the General Electric F110 turbofan, which developed the DFE F101X F - 110. were later used as an alternative powerplant for the Fighting Falcon.

RF-16/F-16(R) Recce Versions

2011-07-22T04:21:00.000-07:00

RF-16/F-16(R)
Recce Versions

Due to the use of the F - 16 is a multi - role combat platforms are also used as a dedicated reconnaissance platform. The Air Force was the first to the F - 16s to patrol the sensor was replaced RNlAF Dutch F - 104G Starfighters of them come with a reconnaissance system developed by the company Oudedelft 'battle with the Falcons F - 16.

Instead of building these sensors within the aircraft and cause a 'battle cruiser' they chose to develop a pod to house the equipment. In turn, arose from the need to RNLAF F - 16s to their platform. reconnaisance. They do not lose with the removal of F - 104G.

At the end of the eighties and early nineties, the number of Air Force, so that the F - 16 as a platform to espionage, as in the present, and their platforms to the espionage Express (USA: RF - 4C, Belgium: Mirage VBR. Denmark: ,...). J35XD.
RF-16/F-16 (R).

The 16s - F Dutch (F - 16A Block 15 from 306 Sqn at Volkel AB) has to Oldelft the "Orpheus" pods, cameras, salvaged off the left F - 104G is not really that different, too. pod is controlled through the cockpit panel. The Dutch espionage 16s - F is defined as the time RF - 16A, and sometimes it is F - 16A (R), which will be officially

F espionage 16s - all in the 15 Block A and will be operated by a fleet of 306, Volkel AB RNLAF does not use the F - 16B mission for espionage, even though Sqn 306 has one or two-seaters, the study will be carried out. Currently, the pod may be used to replace Orpheus ATARS.

Three Belgian 16s - F is also modified in 1995 to take the Orpheus pod (on loan from Sqn 306, RNLAF) pending a decision to buy pods espionage from the Danish company Udsen three. Aircraft operated by the two wings at the official Florennes AB espionage aircraft to qualify as a F - 16 (R) Falcons struggled F - 16.

F-16 FSX/F-2 F-16 Inspired Japanese Fighter

2011-07-22T04:16:00.000-07:00

F-16 FSX/F-2
F-16 Inspired Japanese Fighter

The origins of the FS - X can be traced back to the beginning of 1980, and a laboratory for advanced three-pile research techniques of the Japanese Research and Development Institute (TRDI) study was conducted to examine the options for the design of traditional, as well. long-term fluency to meet the specific needs of the Japanese self-Defense Force (JASDF).

It is clear that the pursuit of the design of the Native Americans were completely unrealistic, and help to get foreign In October 1987, the Japanese government announced that it is possible to develop a derivative version of the F 16C FS - X, to replace the JASDF Mitsubishi F - 1 fighters support, which will be phased out of active service. In the second half of 1990.
The program was launched in November 1988, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Japan and the United States and marked the first participation in a program that was developed between Japan and the United States. Aircraft is to be used by the Japanese forces with air defense and development has been fully supported by Japan. The primary mission of the new aircraft that will be channeled to protect the sea, beach protection and intrusion prevention.
FS - X (Fighter Support Experimental) is being developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is the prime contractor with Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries as main contractor. The development has been split about 60/40 with a Japanese partner that is responsible for a large share.And aircraft structures.
FS - X is somewhat similar in appearance to the F - 16 However, structural modifications, including:.

    Japanese-designed co-cured composite wing of greater span (1.7M wide) and the chord root and a slightly less swept leading edge. Composite wing to add strength while reducing weight;
    Increase in the tailplane;
    Radome little and changed the face and body to go ahead. (Length can be increased by 0.5);
    Little change, leading - edge root extensions (LERX).

Model FS - X seen from below. The wings expand and tailplanes (JASDF photo).
Overall, FS - X is much larger than F - 16 resulting in a weight off of £ 49,000 compared to the F - 16C of £ 42,000, although both are driven by a 129kN same (£ 29,000) thrust. Push the General Electric F110 - 129 turbofan engines, and other structural changes FSX designing radar absorbing materials, including warranty repair (RAM) that is applied to the nose of the aircraft wing leading edges and engine inlet, the use of titanium. In addition, the tail and body of the brake parachute and two roof pieces. Supplemented with a large bird strike.
The primary difference is less clear, although the structure of the FS - X and F - 16 that are in use in Japan for much of the avionics system as well.

    New Mitsubishi Electric (Melco) into an array radar designed to contain 800 3W gallium arsenide - Send / receive modules;
    Yokogawa LCD multi-function display (MFD);
    Holographic display Shimadzu Head - Up Display (HUD);
    Mitsubishi Electric system integrated electronic warfare.
    Japan Aviation Electronics Laser inertial system - with four secondary navigation Gyros plain;
Japan has been forced to develop software fly - by - wire itself by rejecting the U.S. government to release the F 16s - the source code of computer software, FS - X is dependent on the control MHI configuration of the vehicle (CCV) research project to fly in early 1980, using the trainer Mitsubishi T - 2.

F-16N F-16 for the US Navy

2011-07-22T04:11:00.000-07:00

F-16N
F-16 for the US Navy

In the mid-eighties, the USNavy was eagerly looking for a training aircraft to replace the agressor and F - 5 and A - 4 was in service during that time. Navy planes that are not longer satisfied forfilling this lack of development of these aircraft flying around, and they have become obsolete soon, with extensive maintenance was required. The lack of high maneuverability and fast jet training performe agressor was feeling very badly. The decision was taken to develop a customized version of the F - 16 Te fill this gap.

F - 16N is based on block F - 16C / D 30 standards and is powered by General Electric F110 - GE - 100 engine, the F - 16N wings are strong and capable in air combat operations. Instrumentation maneuvering (ACMI) pod on the starboard wing.
ACMI pod allows details of the mission, air is sent to ground stations, even if (T) F - 16N is based on the early years of the blocks Inlet 30 aircraft, F - 16C / D, they The radar APG - 66 of the F - 16A / B, but they had no artillery or ASPJ and carry no weapons I EW, they are notified radar ALR - 69 (RWR) and ALE - 40 Air chaff flare / (T) F - 16N tailhook standard air pressure and suspension, and certainly not the provider has the ability.Manufacturing
Producing a total of 26 aircraft, 22 of Singel Seat F - 16N and 4 two-seat TF - 16N aircraft were in service between 1988 and 1998, while cracks have been detected in several bulckheads Navy. do not have the resources to replace them so that the aircraft was placed in storage at AMARC has been replaced by the embargoed EX - Pakistani 16s - F in 2003.
Spec.
Engine: One General Electric F110 - GE - 100 turbofan, rated at 28,984 lb.st 17155 lb.st dry with afterburning.
Performance: In short, the maximum tolerance: Mach 2.02 (1,333 mph) at 40,000 feet the highest sustained speed Mach 1.89 (1,247 mph) at 40,000 feet.
Dimensions: wingspan 31 feet 0 inches, length 49 feet 4 inches, height 16 feet 8 1 / 2 inches, wing area 300 square feet.
Flying under £ 18,000 under £ 40,000 the maximum empty weight.

F-16X The Tailless Fighter

2011-07-22T04:04:00.000-07:00

F-16X
The Tailless Fighter

Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems Aircaft proposed an improved version of the F - 16, F - 16X, a multirole fighter to the U.S. Air Force. It will depend on whether the new wing of the F - 22 and the vertical tail. It will have two sessions of the F/A-18E/F, the two-thirds of the cost.

Interim improvements to the F - 16X may be introduced on the F - 16C / D Block 50 aircraft plus the mixed color of cockpit lighting, artificial terrain reference navigation systems, radar and missile warning systems after the latency. Block 60 aircraft will be within the LANTIRN system, APU and fuel within the spinal cord.
Production of F - 16X to about 2010 if it has ever been before.
LMTAS studied recently for the launch of NASA research aircraft F - 16XL to demonstrate there is no tail. However, there are plans to implement the changes due to lack of funds.Studies to determine the vertical tail and the direction by the engine. thrustvectoring and a new wing and wingtips, every movement, and higher rates of flaps leading edge of the wing will have more and swept planform triangle instead of F - 16XL planform cranked-arrow as an alternative low-cost engineers LMTAS yet. Keeping the wings of F - 16XL and the ailerons.
Of six months, $ 250,000, starting in the autumn of 1995, as NASA tried to find "X - plane" contenders. In many categories, including high-performance fighter aircraft. The benefits to be gained weight and reducing drag and stealthier low radar cross - section, is flexibility to meet the standards of the Battle of Lockheed Martin F - 16 regardless of the angle of attack.
F - 16 will be driven by thrust vectoring version of the Pratt & Whitney F100 - PW - 229 engines, which are now being used in NASA's F - 15 applications. It has a round head of the ordinary to achieve a vectoring.
ailerons designed F - 16XL was solved by the foot for 1-2, and the area outside the front of the hingeline.
Since LMTAS has been awarded a contract to develop F - 35 as a multirole fighter aircraft to the Air Force and its many partners to further development of this model is not expected anymore.

F-16 ADF Air Defense Fighter

2011-07-22T03:41:00.000-07:00

F-16 ADF
Air Defense Fighter
In October 1986, the U.S. Air Force announced that it blocks the 15 F - 16A / B aircraft will be converted to an aircraft air defense for the Air National Guard will take over the combat mission to thwart the defense of North America. with bombers and cruise missiles.

The first F - 16A ADF conversion was completed in February 1989, while the contract was placed for the improvement and modification of 270 F - 16A / B of the Ogden Air Logistics in Utah. John Block 15 aircraft for the ADF program, meaning all that was needed to prevent a run on both standard and 15OCU. Ogden ALC for ADF aircraft are needed to be blocked, the net effect is that all the systems, avionics 15OCU body aircraft ADF ADF 15OCU last blog left Ogden in 1992.

And aircraft structures.

Modifications, including Bendix King (now Allied Signal) radio AN/ARC-200HF/SSB. A quick word with the security module II and Teledyne / E Mk.XII the Advanced IFF (APX - 109) radar APG - 66 Modified (the APG - 66A) to look down / capabilities. the shooting down to a small target detection and optical CW (continuous wave) to the aIM - 7.

150,000 candle night spotlight ID is already installed on port side of the nose. (Below and in front of the cockpit) to aid in the identification of intruders at night. Planes were fitted to the 600 (US) gallon (2271 liter) tank, the external and the six BVR missiles such as AIM - 7 Sparrow or AIM - 120 AMRAAM.

F-16 SFW Swept Forward Wing

2011-07-21T07:54:00.000-07:00

F-16 SFW
Swept Forward Wing

In 1976 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Agency project) has been awarded funds to General Dynamics, Rockwell, and Grumman under Wing Forward - Swept wings sweep forward, drag the poor and to improve low-speed characteristics. manage But they are very difficult to produce using conventional techniques. The use of advanced composite materials to make the wings rigid enough to withstand the stress brought on by the same aerodynamic and weight avoid punishment.

General Dynamics engineer who designed many of the studies is one with wing Canards and aft. Final design submitted to DARPA at the wheel and parts of the body most of the F - 16 but it was long and slightly stronger for the wing-forward sweep is attached to the wing, new. slightly larger. The traditional wing.
SFW/F-16 be rejected by DARPA in January 1981 in favor of the Grumman 712 (F-5/F-20 derivative) to determine the X - 29A decision is mostly political, a lot of thought experiment. scenes at NASA has been heavily dominated by Dynamics F'16s - (AFTI, CCV, F - 16XL) more at syllogism that "one can learn so much from the same body," but in retrospect. returned, the trial continued with the F - 16 that seem to prove this wrong. It is interesting to note that the design is selected, X - 29A consists of approximately 16% of the components of F - 16 and the Fly - by - wire flight control system.
The F - 5 of the body were chosen for this project, developed in all this stop.

F-16 MLU Mid-Life Update

2011-07-21T07:41:00.000-07:00

F-16 MLU
Mid-Life Update

When F - 16 entered service in 1979 is expected to be replaced in 1999 due to several reasons, both economic and political F - 16 will not be replaced by a successor. (Which is not available at this time) and not be divided until the year 2010 to maintain the same level of capability and operational efficiency in the operation of aircraft in the next ten to twenty years. the world of modern technology to increase the application range has been developed that later became known as the Mid - life Update or MLU.

WhThe when the project started in 1989 with a two-year feasibility study to upgrade F - 16 May 1991, a development that continued until early 1997.The integrity of the aircraft structure.
Airframe F - 16s to the more heavily than expected in 1979, this caused cracks in several unpredicted me in some of the bulkheads of the fuselage before the aircraft will be available for the MLU modification status. Currently, aircraft will monitor the aircraft structure in a wide range of Integrity (SLIP) in this program to modify the bulkheads of the aircraft will be inspected and repaired. (Using the method of the evening), if necessary after SLIP horses, airplanes, we will be able to at least 5000 million flight hours and completed the life expectancy of 30 years.
Note that the cracks are not uncommon in aircraft design. To predict the number of acceptable types of cracks, aircraft manufacturers, which use data that reflects the ability of certain of the plane F - 16 is designed as an aircraft lighter and more maneuverable, which can withstand 9G and The minimum lifetime of 8,000 hours of flight data will be recorded in the spectrum of the load on the aircraft. (Kind of like a mission), I predict the number of aircraft and landing.Participating countries.
The first five countries to participate in improving the life; Four EPAF (European Participating Forces) Country: Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands and Norway, the United States. Each country has one of the lead Fleet (LTF) F - 16 factory company Lockheed - Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, is the aircraft used for editing. At the start of the program, it is estimated that the Air Force, it will convert about 223 A / B MLU version, under the end of the Cold War. However, as part of this program is finished and has the support of the United States issued after the program development.
In 2001, Portugal announced that it too was considering the upgrade to the MLU of the Portuguese starting in late 2002, the aircraft's first (LTF) will be delivered in early 2003, the first 16 generations and 4 B. version of the Peace Atlantis II will be upgraded. This was followed by another 20 F - 16s.

Each country participating in the program EPAF MLU:.

    Belgium: Gosselies SABCA;
    Denmark: issues, Aalborg;
    Netherlands: Fokker aircraft carrier and the Air Force's inventory DMVS Woensdrecht;
    Norway: Finance at Kjeller.
Each aircraft will take longer to 2,500 hours, which is approximately equal to 5 months.Default behavior.
Five verification, testing and installation of aircraft (TVI) is stripped of the body and re - assembled in the stadium at a later date to perform all kinds of functions, including the replacement of hundreds of wires. (Cockpit only consists of one hundred new wiring harness).
The aircraft will be complete again and they will be transported to Edwards Air Force Base to conduct flight tests. After the Dutch and Norwegian aircraft these flights will be moved to Leeuwarden Air Base for flight tests next. One of the tests include testing for new fire control radar system that is subject to weather conditions in Europe. In a stadium in Belgium following the TVI aircraft. While the software is started.Is it worth all the effort and money?.
Because of F - 16s unpredicted loads of body weight than in the Royal Netherlands Air Force's fleet of aircraft will be repaired in addition to improving the lives of the middle to give the body a complete 3500 hours of storage. aircraft in operation until the 5000 th hour flight, the expense involved in aircraft maintenance / overhaul and is not acceptable, the airframe is expensive, "RE. Check the "unnecessary. The cost of aircraft repair, overhaul / only a quarter of the costs involved in improving the lives of the middle.
The cost involved in the maintenance of ASIP program is in operation, increased life expectancy increased for aircraft F - 16 These costs are lower than the price of new aircraft. After living in the middle 16s - F-to-date updates, F - 16 can compete with the most advanced fighter in the world. The increase in life span both technical and economic adjustment programs for mid-life update.
The structure of the air channels of the block 10 aircraft will be modified due to the fact that the entrance to Block 10 aircraft currently do not allow the operation of the device difficult to transport such forward-looking infrared (FLIR) pod.Structure and the flight / flight upgrades.
Hardware, most of the airlines to install the MLU is that there is a change for the F - 16 computer tasks Modular is designed especially for the F - 16 This will undoubtedly be one of the computers. Most importantly, the F - 16 MLU when finished.Modular mission computer.
The most important item of the package to improve the central mission computer, Texas Instruments Modular (MMC), which is the key to providing new capabilities such as sensors and weapons, the pilot vehicle interface details of the increase. and the pilot. Subcontractor to Terma, Nea Lindberg and Signaal computer consists of modules - line change (LRMs) by several MIPSCO R3000 32-bit RISC microprocessor, which will use high ADA - order object-oriented design will reduce the time adopted for the new software and improve software maintenance. Other features include a module bus multiplex, the processing system, avionics displays, control display and power supplies, the MMC will be the key to driving the commonality fleetwide mode systems and software.
It will replace the three elements of the computer currently in use for a computer to control the expansion (XFCC) Head up electronics (HUD EU or HUD symbol generator) and a management system for store Trade with the Central (XCIU) MMC will take up less volume than 42% in a plane that weighs less than 55%, and consumes less power than 37% of the 24 channels available on the computer, ten will be. for future growth.Fire control radar.
Westinghouse AN/APG-66 (V2) fire control radar (FCR), it comes with a completely new processor, a data signal. It allows a monitoring mode while scanning the target is six to ten - on - six in the AMR AAM AIM - 120 Other features include a 25% improvement in monitoring and tracking the increase. mode beam Doppler sharpening (DBS), add air, ground and ground modes of mapping as a medium with a resolution of DNS, ECCM enhancements and compatible color display MLU kit and receiver to be reliable. 40% better than previous versions.
Physical parameters.

    Quantity: 3.43 CU ft.
    Weight: £ 261.5.
    Voltage: 3285 V / AC (peak), 155 watts DC (Nominal).
    Cooling: £ 11.3 / min 27degr C.
Advanced IFF.
Hazeltine APX - 111 (V1) to identify friend or foe Advanced (AIFF) has increased during the performance (100 Nm) is carried out through four. (Rather striking) antennas mounted on the upper forward fuselage in front of the canopy. These "Slicer Birds", known more formally as a body on the antenna array Interogator (FMA) is the most obvious external changes to improve the lives of the middle.
The advantage of this system is AIFF support for BVR weapons delivery in excess of the limits of radar / missile and increased situational awareness, which will reduce the chance of fratricide.Cockpit displays and indicators.Conventional wide-angle head-up display.
Head angle is a new display (WAC HUD) manufactured by GEC Marconi airport will increase the readability and convenience, the pilot has a wider field of view rather than the current HUD and the ability to add visual and support for The night is also the FLIR and HUD EEGS compatibility.Multi-function display.
Multi - Function Display Settings (MFD), manufactured by Honeywell, including two 10cm 10cm x display (4in x 4in) crystal using a liquid matrix, multi-function, which will replace the current radar, black and white, like Electro /. Optical unit indicator (REO - unit) and stores the Control Panel (SCP) - stores the management system. Both will increase the pilot's situational awareness considerably and thus gives rise to flight safety.Shown to improve power supplies to upgrade.
Generator upgrades to the program (EUPDG) manufactured by Honeywell and Nea Lindberg in Denmark to support the two color MFD's, which allows pilots to be set up to display two programs. One of them includes a horizontal situation display, which will provide pilots with a view of God's eye, if the tactical situation within a 20MHz, 32-bit Processor Intel 80960 display and 256K battery-backed memory. RAM of system memory, graphics controller is based on the TI TMS34020 raster graphics chipset.Audio / video recording.
In addition, the new TV system is produced by the Cockpit Telemetrics video recorders to tape the Airborne (AVTR) is replaced by the sound TEAC video taped Head Up Display, including pictures of the display, multiple functions. length is selected for saving the best for the mission debriefing.

F-16 ES Enhanced Strategic

2011-07-21T07:36:00.000-07:00

F-16 ES
Enhanced Strategic

Proposed to extend the range of F - 16ES (Enhanced Strategy) version of the Fighting Falcon was originally developed for the Israeli strike fighter. In order to increase the fuel tanks, conformal, which is £ 3,200 of fuel will be installed together with the 320's tank and two 600 - Gal tanks underwing, F - 16ES radius mission unrefueled of 1025 miles. bear the burden of the strike of the two £ 2,000 - bombs and missiles for the four - to - air, which represents an increase of 40% in the range of the block, U.S. the air Force's 50 F - 16C, and is roughly equivalent to that of F -. 15E to this project, however, lost out to Lockheed Strike Eagle McDonnell Douglas in the race.

There is also a fuel tank, conformal, F - 16ES also features the forward-infrared (FLIR), which generally are not capable of navigation and the LANTIRN targeting without the drag associated with the sheath. external Following the loss of the war of Israel against the F - 15I Strike Eagle (the export to Israel of F - 15E), and Lockheed has raised the following expression. interest by several other Gulf countries, Lockheed protected F - 16 to 60 (sometimes referred to as F - 16U) to the United Arab Emirates. This will include conformal fuel tanks and the FLIR.Flight testing.
Lockheed Martin Ft Worth Co. began flight testing on the block for 30 F - 16C (# 83-1120 ED) with a shape that is representative of the conformal tanks, FLIR turret, and one of the two parties (the lower turret. ) aircraft will make its first flight on November 5, 1994, and has completed a test flight in January 1995 of the Flight Test 21 was conducted after the program to rapid prototyping to gather information about the aerodynamic exterior. F - 16ES Seventeen flights were focused on the evaluation of the handling characteristics of the aircraft with two conformal fuel tanks 24 feet, according to these tests, resistance to travel. recoverability. Changes seem minimal. The remaining four tests focusing on the impact on the flow of air flowing in and the engine of the turret ball over for a nose, installed inside the FLIR F - 16ES also has a turret ball on the system. The FLIR will be evaluated in earlier programs.

F-16E/F block 60

2011-07-21T06:59:00.000-07:00

F-16E/F
block 60

Block 60 was reserved to the original back in 1989, F/A-16, which sported a 30 mm cannon and the strength of the wing structure for anti-tank weapons, such as the pod, this aircraft was 7.62 mm min. in short, to replace the Warthog A - 10 blocks, the "original" 60. Not in the production and the end of the floor of the addition of other blogs.

Block "new" 60 F - 16 shows the evolutionary step ahead of the current block 50 aircraft in the first Block 60 was developed with a delta wing design. Through the process of development, LMTAS strategic change and decided to just start from the F - 16 Basic without having to change too much in their design.And aircraft structures.Block 60 features an enormous amount of new capabilities. For one thing, the Fighting Falcon Block 60 'is extended with the addition of fuselage mounted conformal fuel tanks and wing tanks, similar to the F - 16ES and Block 50/52 Plus.
Secondly, Northrop Grumman AN/ASQ-28 IFTS (FLIR Systems, and I expected), the pods in the aircraft earlier. With state of the art components and packaging technologies, the FLIR system, within the meaning of the backpack (IFTS) is composed of highly versatile FLIR / laser system into the nose, F - 16 to improve mortality and survival, and weight loss. and drag-and-laser and fixed as expected. Pod mounted under the fuselage. The removal of a large pod also enhances stealthiness.
Thirdly, the integrated electronic warfare suite with Northrop Grumman 'Falcon Edge' internal electronic countermeasures system Northrop Grumman AN/APG-80 "Agile Beam Radar" with the AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array), an electronic warfare system. A. Fiber optic avionics system bus and up to eight chaff flare dispenser / with a friend or foe to date. Of modern aircraft flew a series of room for improvement in the future. The mission of the Block 60's modular computer with the processing of 12.5 million instructions per second, and the integration of sensors and weapons.

The first image of the UAE Block 60 F - 16 taking a formal roll-out (LMTAS picture).
ALQ - 165 electronic countermeasures system, also known as the air of self-protection Jammer (ASPJ) is a complex of high-power jamming system developed to meet the U.S. Navy and Air Force requirements - although the USAF abandonned the program. a while ago. warning missile in 60 Block, the warnings of advanced rockets close to the pilot can activate countermeasures in time to block 60 F - 16 can accommodate both active and passive missile warning now. development.
Any pilot, F - 16 can operate a mission with the head up and his eyes, he looked out of the cockpit and with his hands in the flight control 60 blogs added to this interface, the pilots great aircraft. The combination of the three 5-inch by 7 inch color display with aircraft wiring and space for a helmet mounted cuing system that can be added to improve pilot situational awareness.
Block 60 F - 16 is still a weapon full of 50 blocks and add new capabilities to the basic design of the Block 60 and the weapon is compatible with the weapon, predicted in the future, including missile air. into the air, such as AIM - 132 short of advanced missiles, air - to - air (ASRAAM) The aircraft will also support the all-weather, standoff weapons, such as weapons Standoff - 154 shareholders and (JSOW), and Standoff Land shares. Shareholders - 84E missile attack (SLAM).
Block 60 F - 16 was developed by improving the growth of planning and technology advances in virtually all major areas, including engines, avionics and weapons systems.Manufacturing
The Block 60 will only be sold to the United Arab Emirates. All orders for the aircraft stand at 80 55 losing a single seat version E - 25 and two-seat F - Deliveries will begin in 2004 and run through 2007.Spec.
Engine: One turbofan General Electric F110 - GE - 132, rated at 19,000 lb.st dry and 32,500 lb.st with afterburning.
Performance: In short, the maximum tolerance: Mach 2.02 (1,333 mph) at 40,000 feet the highest sustained speed Mach 1.89 (1,247 mph) at 40,000 feet.
Dimensions: wingspan 31 feet 0 inches, length 49 feet 4 inches, height 16 feet 8 1 / 2 inches, wing area 300 square feet.
Weight: Approximately 22,000 £ £ 29,000 at normal loaded (air-to-air mission), £ 46,000 run up.

F-16 LOAN Low Observable Asymmetric Nozzle

2011-07-21T06:56:00.000-07:00

F-16 LOAN
Low Observable Asymmetric Nozzle

In late 1996, USAF F - 16C, and F100 - 200 engine is modified by Lockheed Martin / Pratt & Whitney team injected the loan. (Less notice is not symmetric), the Office of the JSF Program (Strike Fighter Joint) is installed on a testing ground for the implementation of a prototype two-day fast. 94-2 BAA'Strike Fighter program developed under a joint assessment of progress on JSF technology at an affordable price of the loan to a significant reduction in radar cross section and infrared signature of greenhouse gas emissions from the engine, just like that. potential for reduced maintenance costs.

During the test, the maximum afterburner, an infrared camera to measure the temperature of the nozzle, and the nacelle inlet pressure and wind speed. Head has also been successfully tested in the Pratt & Whitney JTDE FX650 (engine technology with a demonstration) for the JSF.
The credit can be achieved by a combination of stealth technology. These include the creation of geometry, advanced cooling system and special coating on the inside and outside. Because of the effectiveness of advanced cooling systems in the lives of different nozzle flaps that will more than double the savings in maintenance costs significantly.
The loan is available for both retrofit and new production aircraft. The use of the injection may be related to aircraft Strike The next generation a world fleet of aircraft F - 16 at the Carl McMurry, project manager of the Ejector F - 16 of Lockheed Martin's head. integration "exhaust system incorporates a technology that will make the loan more survivable, and affordable JSF. However, there is now a fielded weapon systems such as F - 16. ".
Testing ground, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems of low observable axisymmetric nozzle (loan), was completed in November 1996, the next step in the loan program is a demonstration flight, which is currently in the planning stage.

F-16 GCAS Ground Collision Avoidance System

2011-07-21T06:42:00.000-07:00

F-16 GCAS
Ground Collision Avoidance System

GCAS F - 16 is a block to 25 F - 16D to perform flight tests of the automatic ground collision avoidance. This system has demonstrated that the use of modern computer technology can reduce the number of accidents attributed to flight control to terrain (CFIT) U.S. Air Force has gone 4-5 since the early CFIT aircraft per year. Swedish Air Force in 1990 and has about twice the rate of CFIT. The GCAS system now being developed to reverse those trends.

USAF, Lockheed Martin, NASA and the Swedish Air Integrated Enforcement Technology Fighter (AFTI) team has completed flight tests of the automatic ground collision avoidance or GCAS automatically on the block U.S. Air Force to upgrade 25 F -. 16D in the fall of 1998, 29 flights in a team that has more than 350 test maneuvers - such as diving on the floor and sides of the mountain - to meet the important objective of the program.

Shows that the GCAS automation significantly reduces mishaps fighters are caused by pilot areas, loss of situational awareness, the loss of G - induced consciousness (G - LOC) and gear up landing.

Identify any areas that GCAS Auto - may hinder the performance of the pilot of a tactical mission standards.
In the series 1 - HR demonstration flight is clear that these are the main objectives have been satisfied. The system is not mature enough to be installed in aircraft production, but about 95% ready.
No program has the support in place now. The Air Force will field the type of GCAS some automation on the F - 16, F - 22 Strike Fighter and the aerial combat that have evolved as the official appears to be very interesting. the top level in the CFIT accidents cut trees that the research team will be relegated to the AFTI dusty shelves, a senior U.S. Air Force.
Swedish Air Force, the mission of the flies down to 100 feet above the terrain is mountainous, may be the first to install the production of GCAS when JAS 39 Gripens of them in Sweden Forsvarets Materielverk (FMV) and Saab in the vehicle development GCAS. and flight test program and cofunded the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under the military cooperation agreement. Four Swedish Air Force pilots and flight demos Profile Auto - GCAS Edwards AFB, and the evaluation of the viability of the system is very positive.

I found a system that is sophisticated and complex - but very strong and effective - way to rescue the pilot who was "unaware" or the consciousness of LMTAS and Saab engineers combined GPS / inertial inputs to the state. radar altimeter and digital terrain AFTI F 16s - ฟg transformer at the response of the aircraft model (ARM) to create an envelope full of ground collision avoidance system automatically blocks 50 F - 16. The terrain referenced navigation system, a "position" to allow the entry of new algorithms to decide whether nearby terrain can be hazardous to aircraft. Depending on the attitude of the aircraft while avoiding any of the specific areas of the country as a "scan" and height is compressed to form 2D.
ARM is a complex model of the F - 16, at the rate of real-time. "It is a fairly complex algorithm that tracks the burning fuel to be used to store data from the system. [About the weight of the arms and drag], and even accounting for delays in the processing system, "Mark A. Skoog, USAF, director of the AFTI F - 16 who said that" the current status of the aircraft, ARM calculations. six degrees of freedom simulation of a full roll of the wing at the wing level [switch ARM] to recover the 2D - - category model, the second order. The response of the courts of the jet. To calculate how much [the movement] will be able to trade power for elevation to the jet up to speed on the zoom climb - and then holding at that. "
The computer will determine how much time is available before the aircraft is destroyed, the pilot selected the minimum descent altitude (MDA) and then invoke the transformer ฟg - defensive maneuver commander. Typically, the chevrons (> <) will appear in the heads-up display for 5 seconds before the automatic flight - up to warn pilots Auto - GCAS is about to take over. If they take does not cover the move to each other until they find a point of flashing the "divide - X" symbol will appear in the HUD and aural warnings. annunciates, "Fly - up! Fly - up!".
At that instant, the Auto - GCAS some of the most aggressive tournament was an eye-watering EX - USAF flight-test engineers and pilots who have experienced civilians.
If you turn (bank angle greater than 90 degree) and a nasal spray to remove the pilot 1g push "up" into his shoulder straps and lap belts to get the plane's nose toward the sky as 180-deg./sec. tea roll into account the aircraft to a wings level, right side up. After a certain point, 90-degree bank, a 5g pull-up is starting to estimate the system 4g/sec order to recover the maximum angle of attack flight conditions, will not keep pulling up on routes 5g point above the terrain. The threat Auto - GCAS disengages and announced, "Cunman."
If the speed of the aircraft was not adequate enough to pull up the system will announce "Fire! Power, "urging the pilot to push the throttle forward and the wind speed.
Skoog's briefing before the flight, I focus on the speed of these transformers ฟg of the tournament - and the reason for the aggressiveness of them. "Roll with the details of the attack very quickly. It will impress the point on the side of your head. The pilot will be hitting their heads against the sky. However, for the sole purpose Auto - GCAS has reason to be sensitive about not roll [the]. Let's get the wings level as fast as we can, "he said.
"Roll the attack rate is faster than any pilot can," Prosser added. "There is no way you can move your hand quickly to the attack are not clear. It was so fast that you will get the roll rate is higher than it is. ".
The pilots are adamant about having more power to their test team AFTI the first to pilot the ability to replace a Auto - GCAS the extensive testing and consultation with the F - 22 pilot test, the changes. attitudes.
"During testing we found that all types of terrain, even a few of GCAS ฟg transformer in a direction not to blow you through the [MDA]," Skoog said, "trying to do the upgrade. Aviation - G - ups, we see hundreds of feet, loss of height increase of 0.3 seconds. replace out of the program that we want to be protected a little by the pilot of the transformer function. instead of [power]. So we lock out the pilot roll and yaw. He was able to increase the volume depending on the limits of the angle of attack, "and can usually disable the Auto GCAS by pressing the" paddle "switch at the base. The control of the forces pushing for £ 19.
For our flight Prosser Auto GCAS set in the "active" or "low" mode to "standby" on the HUD when the wheel is moved to the gear down. He turned on the system after takeoff from Edwards AFB in the series F - 16D, we have # 81176, Block 25 aircraft with avionics improvements for the 40/50 block is the first testbed F - 16 model. Digital's body was carried out under the Restriction of the many that are quite narrow escape.
Prosser began to demonstrate response rates GCAS by setting snorkeling, then pull the gun trigger on the controller sidestick 16s - F to initiate a pilot using aircraft (PAFU) I'm not sure. PAFU to close down, 30 degrees - the nose-down attitude, ensuring that the gun fall back seat to the statement made by Air. This technique has been used throughout the auto-GCAS PAFU flight test program to instantly pull up the order for any reason related to safety.
If these engineers of the ground in the mobile phone to check wind speed, the Black, the State Bank Auto - GCAS is to fly - up and distance from the TV telemetered from the jet in the computer's display. In the control room to activate it immediately, called "Cancelled" If an aircraft engineer, the parameters of any preset limits.
The pilot test also can start, if he PAFU "beyond his comfort level," Prosser said. Extensive testing showed that the pilot initiated a pull-up is usually about 1.5 seconds before they hit the ground.
"We have a pretty tight tolerances for these tests work," Prosser said. One model is a pilot blacked out in a steep dive, "which means that we only. However, diving 10 degree, 20 degree bank, and 50 - kt. Wind [patience]. When you are pointing straight down. That's pretty hard to nail. "
During the demonstration, Prosser's last revival of PAFU - commanded aggressive from the start, 120 - degree bank, 17 deg - the nose-down attitude, spare parts, data transfer, our digital ink (stowed in the cockpit in front), which has. smashed through the map because of the sharp negative 1g push the cartridge - a much larger and heavier than the video cassette tape VHS - hit the roof, flying to my boat during a draw - G - up. slammed on the panel between the cockpits of it is unexpected and graphics acceleration and high forces, commanded by AFTI F - 16 ฟg of the transformer.
After the detection level of the system in the black water and run the un-or two-Prosser model mishaps serious pilots flying in the glasses, night vision (NVG) and loss of situational awareness and replication. first time Auto - GCAS altitude, minimum descent at 500 feet AGL (a condition where the intermediate-risk), rolled in Prosser on 5G back some, then back to 90 degrees - the bank. Prior to relax the grip on his stick. Pilots victims have gone back the horizon and think about the wings level, nose down. He was not aware of ground water related to NVG similar accidents kill F - 16 and Pilot A - 10.
Rosamond Dry Lake in the flat while running up to us to fill in the roof of my field, I look back, look at my seat against HUD and saw two large chevrons move to the center of the display. Arrows point at which they touch, and we immediately rolled the wings level and a snap to quickly pull up about 10 degrees nose up, "Cunadgrabman" We have blown the announcement, climbing at about 317 kt. and 2940 feet, about 600 + feet over the lakebed - artificially high established for security reasons.
"[GCAS Auto -] just saved your life," Prosser said.

USAF F - 16D Block 25, # 83176, for a combination of the US - Sweden GCAS was held in 1998 (U.S. Air Force photo).
Simulation of the accident to the pilot, low drag bomb in 20 - degree water, then pull up to 5g, rolling to 135 degrees - the left and look over his shoulder to watch the explosion. Instead of climbing to cruise. The pilot inadvertently allowed the aircraft to nose down about 20 degrees below the horizon
We started to test the functionality of a base elevation of 8300 feet, to simulate the explosion at 375 kt CAS, and 5500 feet and started pulling up 5g Prosser rolled 135 degrees - left and leaving the nose. But the water's rapid rise to 28 degrees, I have known from ground controllers and pilots who started flying through the switch PAFU about 1 second before the conflict in air traffic, local precluded run. repeatedly
Prosser set to Auto - GCAS MDA to 50 feet, a speed of "ground" for display on the HUD, and descended a preplanned tactical level courses. To avoid distractions, he cut off the HUD, including Chevron, we flew about 200 feet above the ground at 520-560 kt., Popping over the high voltage power lines, hills and small mountains. Slipping through the cut in the mountains, deserts, rolling back down the back of the ridge, and carved around the sides of mountains, Prosser has shown that pilots can fly as low-level missions, tactical without. The only annoyance was flying.
"So far, [Auto - GCAS] does not interfere with our mission at all," he noted.
When we are lost altitude radar data, the location of the aircraft to double-check by comparing the shape of the ground along the flight path to an archive of digital terrain data. However, a complex algorithm to automatically compensate for the inertia GCAS the height of the system when needed.
Pilot test the new setting of the MDA 200 feet and fly at altitudes that range to demonstrate a "speedbump" The effects of grazing at an altitude of lowest descent - Auto - GCAS ". fly - up "is very short and humble - just enough to allow the pilot knew he was close to the band with the height to prevent the separation of aircraft and terrain. Prosser has been restored to their normal chevron 5 seconds, the nature prefly - up to remind us of the "people" are emerging as the peak approached.

F-16 VISTA / MATV / NF-16D

2011-07-21T06:36:00.000-07:00

F-16 VISTA / MATV / NF-16D
Variable-stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, Multi Axis Thrust Vectoring

F - 16 Multi-Axis Thrust Vectoring Program (MATV) originally began as a joint venture, General Dynamics Electric / common programs, private support for the force - vectored the Fighting Falcon U.S. Air Force initially refused to support. project so that the two companies agreed to cooperate with the Israeli Defense Force / air Force, which is highly interested in the program for self-16s - F's.

Under the terms of the agreement, the IDF / AF is to supply F - 16D for a test with the two American companies to do the conversion. However, in 1991, the U.S. Air Force Wright Laboratory became interested in the project, and Air Force are now considered to play an important role. Israel withdrew from the program in 1992.
TAC's USAF loaned to Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth (LWFC) F - 16D 30 blocks (# 86-0048) for vectoring aircraft to push the research. The security of the Lockheed F - 16 variables in the flight simulator test aircraft (Vista) over five times in 1992 and was placed in flyable storage because of lack of funding.Windows VISTA.
In 1988, a contract has been awarded General Dynamics, Fort uncover the development of Vista (the stability parameters of the flight test model) Calspan, a subcontractor to GD is installed on the computer center, and integration needed to. the flight variable stability aircraft, Wright Labs in 1988 and from 1988 until 1992 VISTA/F-16 program has been successful. There is a connection between the thrust vectoring VISTA/F-16 and not now.
The Vista F - 16D was redesignated NF - 16D, a prefix that does not have a plane that has been tested and that the change was significant enough that it is impractical to restore the plane to its original state, NF. - 16D, there are two sticks that variable.
sidestick with more on the center console, while mounted on a pedestal between the pilot's knee. Advance and must be taken to put a zero in the research airplanes, but since Vista is not acceptable to lose the battle. The bar can be a force or movement that has complete control of the gradient force, the creation and range of motion.
Three Rolm Hawk computer installed in the dorsal fin of the aircraft, the function of the variable stability in flight simulators and VISTA. Computer system to monitor inputs from the pilot and the aircraft's control surfaces to produce the necessary movement. Controlling access to a computer to change the flight characteristics and control of the front seats to be installed in the back seat. Variable Stability System (VSS) the movement of the horizontal tail, symmetric and asymmetric, symmetric and asymmetric movements flaperon, rudder and throttle control. The surface is not controlled by VSS and the edge flaps speedbrakes.
Other, including adjustments to the total weight of VISTA gear, a heavy landing and the capacity of pumps, hydraulic and large lines to accommodate the movement of the surface, increasing the need for model aircraft. other
The purpose of the program itself, including how to use the tactical utility of thrust vectoring in close-in aerial combat and to take control of an integrated push vectoring in flight. The aircraft was shown to be the constant attacks by as much as 86 degrees and the angle of attack, temporarily up to 180 degrees, in other words, aircraft that can fly backwards for a short time, vectoring drive to take advantage. important in terms of bringing weapons to bear on the threat more quickly and to avoid the risk of departure from controlled flight during violent maneuvers. However, using really high AoA maneuvers should only be performed again in aerial combat, in view of the increased risk of the aircraft when in a low power state.Program MATV.
PC stable and variable centerstick was omitted from Vista for the MATV, which began test flights in July, 1993 aircraft operated six flights a plant in Fort Worth in early July and it was. ferried to Edwards AFB on March 15 the rest of the flight test is more stringent that the thrust vectoring in flight was first used on July 30, many of the core thrust of the program Vectoring - an investigation. high angle of flight attack, above 20,000 feet computers stability variable is put back in place when the MATV concluded in March 1994 in January 1995 it returned to Ford before they flew to Wright - Patterson. AFB, where it is sent to the Air Force flew more than 130 hours have been accumulated with 95 missions.

Program Aven.

Sole NF - 16D, # 86048, is still used in MATV / Vista the installation of a tail-spin chute fairing chin, the dorsal fin and ballast (LMTAS picture).
Vista is the heart of the Vectoring Nozzle exhaust axisymmetric (Aven), which is attached to the exhaust of the plane of the General Electric F110 - GE - 100 Aven engine thrust vectoring to achieve the distinction.of the ring is positioned by three hydraulic actuators for the period of 120 degrees, has the power to organize independently.
The exhaust nozzle can be deflected in any direction through the angle to 17 degrees of axial and lateral forces imposed by the jet exhaust nozzles that are transferred into jetpipe and thus back into the engine. The advantage of Aven is that it may be adapted for any F - 16 to be powered by F110 engines and a flight control system.
The movement of the three actuators is commanded by a vector electronic control (VEC), which is a modified version of the full power of digital engine control used by the F110 - GE - 129 engine in order to balance the weight. of Aven, the weight of the spin chute and hardware. (Which is quite heavy), 700 pounds of ballast were added to the inlet hardpoints to the center of gravity forward on the order of 38% of the chord. To avoid the possibility of a deep stall thrust vectoring system should fail. As an additional security measure, the recovery parachute is installed above the rear of the aircraft to assist in the recovery from deep should they arise.Multi-directional driving applications vectoring -.
Multi-directional nozzle thrust vectoring - and its Pratt & Whitney PYBBN the setting of the engine F100 - PW - 229 has been installed on NF - 16D combines injection engine, designed and manufactured by P & W, is not secure. System operators dual - redundant features full axisymmetric vectoring nozzle to remove a 360-degree deflection angle of twenty degrees. Nozzle can be adjusted and tailored to any form of engine F100.
Six months testing the air with this combination, the engine of the body is to be carried out in 1997 and the Air Force and Calspan has a plane ready for customers in 1998, but P & W program vectoring thrust was. canceled. The aircraft will be converted to use the engine F100 - PW - 229 standard and is returned to the Calpsan (aircraft carrier) in June of 1997.

F-16C/D Block 30/32

2011-07-21T05:51:00.000-07:00

F-16C/D
Block 30/32

The Fighter Engine is a program (AFE), the U.S. Air Force has decided to adopt the engine of choice for the F - 16, order the engine to distinguish between Pratt & Whitney and General Electric under the original plan for each fiscal year. Anyway, a new series of engine orders to leave. Competition between the two companies hope to make the price drop and a second source would help to ensure a steady supply of engines.

Two candidates for the U.S. Air Force General Electric F101 DFE (redesignated the F110) and Pratt & Whitney F100, also known as the F100 - 220 in February 1984, the USAF announced that General Electric has won 75 percent. of the engine for the fiscal year 1985 of the fighter F - 16, while still remaining in fiscal 1985 F - 16s to use the upgraded Pratt & Whitney F100 F110 is a break in the line of General Dynamics as soon as the engine. production became available. It was agreed that each of the USAF F - 16 should not operate a mix of different types of engines, a choice of engines that have been made in the wings.And aircraft structures.
Block 30/32 (sometimes referred to as MSIP Stage III) aircraft, the first 16s - F appears with the engine bay can accept either the F100 (block 32) or the F110 (Block 30).
F110 to F100, driven more than £ 5,000 and require a large amount of air. This in turn required that the amount of air that is rising. However, this change is not the first and the beginning of the F - 16C / D Block 30 with a "small leg" flights. (Eg, the U.S. Navy F - 16N's) entrance to the Falcons became the standard for large-scale battle of the F110 powered F - 16C, the block # 86-0262 30D (the so-called "Big Mouth"), a large inlet called ". The air ducts are "Pratt & Whitney and block 32 aircraft, each with a small so-called" normal shock inlet "exception known to govern the VISTA F - 16 Unfortunately, the air volume, shape, probably not. standards in production, due to the lower thrust F100 engine is capable of air.

'Beer can' RWR. On the leading edge of the starboard wing of the 510 FS'AV'F - 16C Block 40, seen here behind the head - end of AIM - 9 (image F - 16.net).
Block 32 F - 16C of the P & W engines, F100 - 220, which is the thrust of £ 23,770 is slightly less powerful than the F100 - 200 is more reliable and less prone to weak gravity. In addition, the entrance of the two variables is often a major contributor to the F - 16s to the radar (RCS), has been treated as a material to absorb the radar for many (RAM) at the surface, which reduces the severity of detectability.
Level IV is a full multiple targets for AIM - 120 added in the spring of '87; These aircraft are assigned to the memory block 30B to generate the impression that the program and data memory block 30/32 also introduced electronic and voice chat for security, communication, and is equipped with a seal. fueltanks bonds in August 1987, the provisions in the shareholders' power - 45, and the shareholders of birds - 88 damage was done with the installation of voice and the flight - survivable data. Start with a mini-block D, twice as many cabinets chaff / flare has been carried out. Also, in block 30D, RWR antenna has been moved forward to the leading edge flap. Dubbed the "beer can" antennas for obvious reasons, these have since been adapted to all previous F - 16C / D's.Modifications and upgrades.
30 Block F - 16C of Virginia and the gold is in the pod, digital espionage. Plan to Block 30/32 aircraft, CAS / application capabilities. (Redesignated F/A-16) was abandoned in January 1992 to develop supporting industries LED (for Greek and Turkish aircraft) to the integration of AIM - 7F - 7M Sparrow, and in 1998, Fielding of Tars (study theater system. I air) with a block of 30 - equipped ANG units will begin.Manufacturing
Production of the block 30/32 series began in January of 1986, with the first delivery of 733 that occurred in July 1987 ended production in 1989, the block 30/32 aircraft were delivered to the Air Force. U.S., USNavy, Turkey, Israel, Greece, Egypt and South Korea.Spec.
Engine: One Pratt & Whitney F100 - PW - 220 turbofan, rated at 23,770 lb.st 14590 lb.st dry or with afterburning General Electric F110 - GE - 100 turbofan, rated at 28,984 lb.st 17155 lb.st and dry with afterburning.
Performance: In short, the maximum tolerance: Mach 2.02 (1,333 mph) at 40,000 feet maximum sustained Mach 1.89 (1,247 mph) at 40,000 feet radius Tactical (No Hi - Lo - Hi about the fuel within six bombs. £ 500) 360 km ferry range 2450 miles with maximum external fuel up.
Dimensions: wingspan 31 feet 0 inches, length 49 feet 4 inches, height 16 feet 8 1 / 2 inches, wing area 300 square feet.
Weight: £ 18,238 £ 26,463 empty the load (air-to-air mission), £ 42,300 run up.

F-16 AFTI Advanced Fighter Technology Integration

2011-07-21T05:13:00.000-07:00

F-16 AFTI
Advanced Fighter Technology Integration

In assessing control, unconventional aircraft in flight Dynamics Laboratory of the Air Force to support the Fighter Technology Integration (AFTI) on 26 ธันวาคม 1978, General Dynamics won the contract to convert six. FSD F - 16A (# 75-0750) to the AFTI aircraft's capital with the experience gained with the F - 16 CCV (control of a vehicle) (# 72-1567) the aircraft was delivered to the company. of March 1980.

AFTI F - 16 was fitted with a pair of Canard Surface mounted below the air Canards CCV/F-16 CCV derived from The aircraft was also equipped with a bulged spine which is located on the electronics. It has full authority digital Triplex Flight Control System (DFCS) and dodge the attack, an automated system (AMAS) to six independent degrees of freedom. It has been designed to be a mistake, so that no single failure should affect correct operation. In the case of the two systems will be able to revert to a standby condition to allow a safe flight to continue. To prevent unexpected failure modes, which may bring the system into a digital flight control system consists of a simple backup system for analog flight control -.- Voice control of interactive devices.
Unusual piece of equipment that is the cockpit - Voice interactive control device (VCID); By Lear - Siegler, the system volume control (32-256 dictionary words) is used to control the flight of the AFTI VCID in the first phase of testing is only one command to be used, such as' menu ','. information ', the point of the compass, numbers and letters, pronunciation, but the function is not as important as the navigation system is controlled by the VCID in the test at a later stage to conduct a feasibility of the complex. Multiple orders are accepted.
The problem lies not with the hard or software. But the fact that the system will be trained specifically for the sound and performance quickly deteriorates the quality of speech. The pilot is able to mention on the 5 + G's (as shown by studies conducted by GD in a centrifuge; Even if one person is supposedly the grunting orders even at 9G) and noise level F - 16 to the cockpit during the height of the preparation of G easily reaches 120dB in the study, the more likely it is that system. has managed to respond correctly to a staggering 90% of the order of speaking.I see the helmet to the mean.
Testing techniques in the AFTI F - 16 caps, is also attached to the eye. In place of the traditional throttle mounted cursor control means for a pilot to determine the AFTI I just want to look at it and goals consistent with the cross hairs 0.5in (12.7) in his hat. By depressing the lock button, the goal is to achieve and how slight modifications can be made by using the cursor to the FLIR and radar are automatically slaved to the movement of the head.
The relative position of the head of the pilots in the cockpit is determined by the magnetic field generated by a transmitter mounted on the roof directly behind the pilot's head with a helmet and 0.113kg. The system has the ability to tell a pilot that is looking for his target. This is achieved by using four video (up, down, left, right), which (when lit) tell the pilot which direction to turn his head.Program AFTI.Phase.
AFTI took to the air for the first time that Ford, 10 กรกฎาคม 1982, General Dynamics Canada pilot Alex Wolff is the control The following manufacturers were carried out at Carswell AFB, Texas AFTI/F-16 moved to Edwards AFB (California) for a two-year program of 275 test flight The process of testing, I have devoted primarily to evaluate the DFCS and the related demonstration of the ability to avoid a direct translation. This test was completed on July 30, 1983.Phase II.
In 1984, the second test starts with a FLIR operating the robot and then installed in the wing roots of F - 16C aircraft were fitted and dodge the attack automatically be installed. During Phase II testing, which lasted until 1987, which enabled the AMAS AFTI/F-16 to translate in all three axes at a constant angle of attack, and it points to six degrees to the flight vector.
The aircraft was used to test and evaluate a variety of forms, if only the cockpit and systems. The pilot of Heads - up and head down the audio warning system, the interaction of synthetic speech, audio and touch-sensitive display screen. This aircraft is also trying out products from the Air Force's application of computer graphics and interactive communication (magic) Project, which studies the model for the situations in all three axes.
In September of 1987, the team that is F-16/AFTI Air Force Association's Theodore von Kármán Prize 1987 for outstanding achievements in science and engineering.

Advanced research projects.The study of air support more closely.
During the years following AFTI/F-16 become involved in close air support (CAS) to study some of them operated by NASA. These studies were in favor of proposal A - 16 or any future air support / battlefield air off the air I was fine with AFTI/F-16 F - 16C Block 25 and Block 40 wing of F -. 16C, such as radar, APG - 68 LANTIRN and interface it through the five stages of the CAS Program over the 1988 to 1991, such testing techniques to be low in the cockpit as a target handoff system. (In which the target was moved from ground stations or other aircraft to AFTI/F-16), and the Pave Penny laser pod, the weapon techniques, open and close the digital world.The GPWS and GCAS.
As a U.S. Air Force wanted to reduce the "flight into terrain that control" (CFIT), which remains a major cause of crashes, military tactics, they begin to develop a system from the ground. ground collision. Significant progress has been made with the launch of a ground proximity warning system (GPWS) in 1970 greatly reduced the rate of accidents, CFIT.
The last line of defense against a ground collision avoidance system (GCAS), the pilot was not aware of the warnings of his current situation so it will take to recover. Technological development and demonstration of the AFTI F - 16 test-bed over the last decade to determine whether it is possible to avoid the terrain.

AFTI flight between A - GCAS testing (NASA image).
Advanced or AFTI ground collision avoidance system (Auto - GCAS) relies on terrain databases and digital inputs that are required to navigate. It also goes a step beyond the alert pilots; It is the resurgence of aggressive flying through F - 16 ฟg the transformer. The relationship between the aircraft and terrain digital databases is based on a radar record time, altimeter, although the Global Positioning or inputs, the inertia may be to use an algorithm GCAS and digital data with the terrain. The current flight parameters to predict the details of the recovery and to prepare to escape through the transformer ฟg. Maneuver to escape a rotary wing aircraft for testing in 5g AFTI, GCAS only enable the minimum terrain clearance is expected to be 50-150 feet of terrain clearance minimum distance. It was chosen arbitrarily to any of the usual minimum of 150ft and 50 feet for a buffer to strafe right.
In 1995 AFTI F - 16 who have performed more than 1,000 tests, automatic recovery. In its November 1996 AFTI test F - 16 established criteria alarm Auto - GCAS by defining the appropriate level of activation. Researchers are sensitive to the system and have it too high, he became annoyed at the way the pilot is normally about 20 flights have been carried out.
In January 1997, a two-year program that aims "to migrate software into hardware AFTI production" has begun. On the test track Auto - GCAS has been done to prevent the production of 25 F - 16D in 1998.

F-16C/D block 25

2011-07-21T05:06:00.000-07:00

F-16C/D
block 25

Production of the F - 16C / D to start with 25 blocks (also known as MSIP Stage II) first F - 16C (ID # 83-1118) flew 19 June 1984 and was delivered to the Air Force a month later. the new variables used in the production line in December. Flight testing of the new issues F - 16C, most of which are related to software problems. Time to develop a step by a hardware problem has now become a fast software bugs and shortage of people who understand both computers and airplanes.

Following the initial delivery to the foreign TFTS 312st stationed at Luke AFB in Arizona became the first unit of the Americas will be F - 16C / D is a plane for the first time in a month. April of 1986, and became fully operational in October 1988.
25 Block F - 16C / D is powered by the Pratt & Whitney F100 - PW - 200 turbofan, but they have since been the standard - 220E.And aircraft structures.
Implementation of the MSIP II stage in the production line F - 16 resulting in the second generation of aircraft F - 16 beginning with Block 25, F - 16C and F - 16D (a strain to another. seats and two seats are assigned), features several improvements.

    Northrop Grumman ESSD (known previously as. Westinghouse) AN/APG-68 (V) radar, presents a more extended range of operating modes, improved ECCM capability and resolution, sharper AN/APG-68 (V) is the most progressive in the range. APG - 66 of the F - 16A / B array plane, the nose is on the air - to - air mass, as well as during the search uplook and find the speed to track a single target, the resolution to attack the group and track while scan. The 10 goals the ability to see beyond the increase in the monitor mode PRF to high continuous-wave (CW) light for the introduction of the AIM - 7 Sparrow semi-active missiles back home. radar For the air-to-ground mode, with fixed as well as permanent and the sail is moving, mapping the surface, Doppler beam sharpening, ranging, beacon, and freeze the target. Mode is used for navigation and to fix compensation for the bombing. Mode of shipping and real beam mapping, sea search, target tracking, fixed and ground moving target indication and tracking. There is also a mode of freezing. I expected the ground to determine the mode that includes a real-mode beam ground mapping mode, FTT, the display mode and Doppler beam mode resolution. I mean the mode of land transport as well as the real beam ground mapping, GMTI or TMTT, display, expanded and frozen.
    Glass cockpit with two MFD and GEC Marconi Avionics, wide angle holographic HUD, control Up - front, FLIR video, and mission of the Fairchild unit of data transfer.
    The capacity increasing environmental controls and electrical systems.
    The MIL STD - 1760 bus / weapon interface that allows the use of shareholder Maverick - 65D, and AIM - 120 AMRAAM missiles.
    Computers, fire control has been improved.
    Improving the management of computer stores.
    USAF standard inertial navigation system (INS).
    Radar altimeter.
    Anti - jam radio, UHF.
Changes in weight gain up to Take - Off to £ 43,300 (19,640 kg), they have improved the ability of the Falcon for BVR missions and night missions, the accuracy / attack aircraft. Shortcomings of the F - 16A capability, these profiles are an obvious task, especially in its operations throughout Europe, the weather is generally not a good time.
Outside, F - 16C, is almost identical to the F - 16A, just outside the main difference is the introduction of the F - 16C of the base of the triangle to expand or "island" on the back of the body that lead to the vertical fin. with a small blade antenna protruding up from it. This space was originally intended to house the Westinghouse / ITT AN/ALQ-165 ASPJ (Self - Airborne Anti-Jammer) used in the Navy's aircraft programs USAFs ASPJ become mired in controversy in 1989-90, followed by the withdrawal. U.S. Air Force in January 1990 as a result of a project that was never installed in ASPJ USAF F - 16s.Modifications and upgrades.
ANG and AFRC F - 16C / D's are scheduled to be installed on the Termal Bath / Udsen pids (antenna integrated payment systems), EWMS Terma of Elektronik (Electronic Warfare Management System).ManufacturingTotal of 209 blogs, 25 C 35 D models and models have been delivered to the Air Force. U.S. Air Force will be used. The sole of this blog. Get a regular unit of the Air Force to get it the first time. With the availability of the block after the 30/40/50 edition came off the production line from 1986 onwards, all of these aircraft now operating in the shops.Spec.
Engine: One Pratt & Whitney F100 - PW - 220 turbofan, rated at 23,770 lb.st 14590 lb.st dry with afterburning.
Performance: In short, the maximum tolerance: Mach 2.02 (1,333 mph) at 40,000 feet maximum sustained Mach 1.89 (1,247 mph) at 40,000 feet radius Tactical (No Hi - Lo - Hi about the fuel within six bombs. £ 500) 360 km ferry range 2450 miles with maximum external fuel up.
Dimensions: wingspan 31 feet 0 inches, length 49 feet 4 inches, height 16 feet 8 1 / 2 inches, wing area 300 square feet.
Weight: £ 18,238 £ 26,463 empty the load (air-to-air mission), £ 42,300 run up.

F-16 XL Cranked-Arrow Wing

2011-07-21T05:02:00.000-07:00

F-16 XL
Cranked-Arrow Wing

In February of 1980, General Dynamics made a proposal for a fight with a hawk with wings, a severe correction, which was originally proposed for a supersonic airliner. This project is known, are cheaters (Cruise Supersonic and avoidance), and later as F - 16XL wing delta accuracy of a cranked-arrow, with a total surface of 633 square feet (more than twice the area of wing F - 16 standard).

The purpose of this research is to explore innovation and the wing planform shape of the curve in order to efficiently cruise at higher efficiency, while providing flexibility in the opening battle of the transonic and supersonic speeds. The design is intended to provide low drag at high supersonic SubSonic without loss of maneuverability at low speeds.And aircraft structures.
The program is funded initially by the manufacturer and with the conversion of the FSD F - 16A of the end of 1980, the U.S. Air Force and General Dynamics agreed in the cooperative with the Air Force, the third and fifth FSD F. 16s - (A - 3 (# 75-0747) and A - 5 (# 75-0749)) for editing in the original F - 16XL.
The body length is about 56 inches (142 cm) to 54 feet, 1.86 inches, a '2. The new body is at the crossroads between the main body of the third: one 26 inches (66 cm) which was separate to the back of the insert, and 30 inches (76 cm), the next one, however, the 26in. The latter is not continuous from bottom to top. Below the wing to 26 inches is inserted just aft of the wing above the main landing gear, which is still 26 inches long, but put 26 inches beyond the bottom end of the wing. This makes it look like a backward "Z" body length to enable the tail to be canted by 3 degrees is necessary to prevent the nozzle of the engine featured in the runway during take off and landing.

XL has no reason for belly fins as well. I obviously do not need them, since XL is in general more than the stability of the F - 16.
Inlet of the engine is affected by the rear extension at lower body 26in the extension of the body forward, 30in is applied to the body on the resulting F - 16XL engine 26in. longer than the standard F - 16A.
wing planform has changed in the cranked - Arrow right-wing (120% larger than the wing, F - 16 old) with extensive use of carbon composites. (In the upper and lower layers of the skin) to save weight. Weight savings of 600 £ flank one or several 272kg wing spar was designed with leading edge sweep angle from 50 º to 70 º and a 2800-pound (1,179 kg.) Heavier than the original. increase in the amount of internal (Both by the length of the body and its wings) are allowed for an increase of 82% of the capacity of the fuel in the wing area increased to allow incorporation of up to 27 stations to store it. It is clear, the length of the body associated with the XL does not stand for "extra large".
Through improved planform wing, and the optimization of the curve, setting the final offer of 25% in the ratio of lift to drag up more F - 16 supersonically and SubSonic update 11% of the management of the F - 16XL, which was reported to be quite different. from that of the standard F - 16 presented a much smoother ride at high speed and low altitude. Setting has matured into a powerful fighter with large wings that allowed the large number of weapons, including low external
The first of two F - 16XL's (# 75-0749) to amend, A - 5 (5th full - scale development F - 16A) has a single seat and is powered by turbofan F100 - 200 on its first flight. 3 กรกฎาคม 1982, McKinney for the control of James F - 16XL two (# 75-0747) is the power supplied by the 29000 lb.st General Electric F110 - GE - 100 turbofan aircraft was converted from FSD 3 (A - 3) has. been severely damaged in a landing accident. (Failure of rubber nose) during the Edwards Open House in August of 1980, the aircraft will be removed and a rubber nose and blow it into the case. The decision was taken to land with gear up Once the nose gear touched down, it dug into the lake bed and out. This is due to the end of a Radome at the leading edge of the bay, the device forward and scooped intale to carry the load consumption in the lake. In the process, it was ground off the line, despite the forward bulkhead. (Antennas, radar hangs and rubber gear, main) Radome was trashed and the equipment bay was ripped up when the plane arrives at Fort Worth for use in XL, it is. According to a new front end and the front two seats are created for this aircraft XL No 2 was first flown on October 29, 1982, piloted by Alex Wolf and Jim McKinney.

F-16/CCV Control Configured Vehicle

2011-07-21T04:55:00.000-07:00

F-16/CCV
Control Configured Vehicle
YF - 16 New (# 72-1567) was created in December 1975 to become controller for the U.S. Air Force Dynamics Laboratory, the configuration of the vehicle (CCV) CCV aircraft are an independent or "separation" ground. flight control surfaces, which makes it possible to maneuver the plane without movement in another - for example, a change without going to the bank.

YF - 16 CCV is installed vertically with Canards the amount of air and flight controls were modified to allow the end of the wing flaperons edge acts in combination with the stabilator to move all the fuel system was modified so by the transfer of fuel from the tank to another location of the aircraft center of gravity can be adjusted.
YF-16/CCV first flight on March 16, 1976, piloted by David J. Thigpen on June 24, 1976, it was seriously damaged in a crash landing. While still more than half a mile, the engine suffered from a loss of energy in a crash landing, the landing gear collapsed. The repair takes more than 6 months and the flight test program was back in the spring of 1977 the last flight on June 31, 1977 YF-16/CCV after 87 sorties and 125 hours of air gets into the system.
A few years later F-16/AFTI program will take advantage of the experience gained from this program, CCV.

F-16A/B

2011-07-21T02:41:00.000-07:00

F-16A/B
Block 1/5/10/15/15OCU/20

The F - 16A / B is the initial production of the Fighting Falcon is a single seat, and B is a two-seat version. Apart from the seat of the second generation A and B are identical and have the same performance envelope, and full of weapons.

Unfortunately, the Air Force decided not to use shorthand, tried and true for a little change in The Falcon combat used in the production of F - 16s are referred to by the rather the confusion of numbers that are blocked, the MSIP and OCU's MSIP acronym stands for "project staged across the nation" and a blanket for the changes to be included in the F - 16s as they come off the production line. Rather than marry a multi-step improvement program. As was done for the F - 15 Eagle abbreviations are the same. But how these two very different programs.

Block 1

Both YF - 16s and eight FSD F - 16A was soon followed by the first operational F - 16s, the Block 1 Block F - 16A first one, # 78-0001, made the first flight in August 1978 and the. delivered to the Air Force in the same month. It was assigned to a wing Fighter 388 tactical Hill AFB, Utah, a total of 94 Block 1 aircraft rolled off the production line at the plant in Fort Worth, they were all sent to the U.S. Air Force and 4. Customers in Europe, starting (Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands and Norway) 1 Block F - 16s (and aircraft FSD) can be different from all the Falcons struggled to a Radome color between late 1981 and mid 1984, but the planes are. This was brought up to standard under the 10 projects Pacer Loft I (starting 1982) and Pacer Loft II (1983) These upgrades involve the gray of the radomes on the block (1 and 5, 10) was originally there. The horizontal tailplane, and one UHF antenna under the air. Large tails are modified in the future.

Block5

Pilots flying Block 1 from the F - 16A of complaining that Radome black stick out like a sore thumb during a fight in the air - to - air modeling and make it easy for enemies to get the F - 16 in anti-5, Radome. gray was introduced, which became the standard for all later fighting Falcons. Block the production of 5, totaling 197 aircraft were upgraded to Block 10 under the terms of the Pacer Loft I and II 5 blocks F - 16s to have a UHF antenna with the consumption of the block 1. , as well as the stabilator a small difference with blogs that are featured on a mission to improve the reliability and availability rates.

Block 10
312 Block 10 aircraft were built through 1980 16s - F continues to have a UHF aerial and a small tail. The difference with the block 5 aircraft are again internal improvements and modifications to aircraft seats, a few blocks later USAF 10 (1987-1993) to prevent the modification of standard 15OCU 24 F - 16A / B Block 10 aircraft. Flights from New York shops have been modified for a short time to the GPU - 5 / Gun 30mm pods (see CAS 16s - F) after seeing the limited services in Operation Desert Storm, which is converted back to 'normal'. Block 10 aircraft.Block 15.
In November 1981, the blocked stage, MSIP 15 lead changes at the F - 16A / B, starting with the subblock 15Y and continuing through the subblock 15AZ more than a year earlier, in February 1980, to modify them. This has been effective in producing the F - 16C / D to change its growth potential, 16s - F provides significant improvement in air-to-ground missions, and BVR.
One important aspect is to modify the addition of two hardpoints (and the strengthening of the structure of) the chin of the incoming hardpoints, the 5L and 5R to compensate for changes in the center of gravity of the weight of the two hardpoints. We (and most stores attached to them), the horizontal stabilator expansion (so-called "big tail" increased 30% in area) to be installed. The tail also provides better stability and more power for the situation getting out of control. It turns out the speed of rotation and allow for stable flight at higher angles of attack.
AN/APG-66 radar in the prevention of 15 Falcons to fight for the start of a track while scan mode for greater air defense capability of the F - 16s is also equipped with this. I'm safe, radio, UHF and provisions in for AIM - 7 have been made to strengthen the framework for further action to provide additional £ 1000 of the weapons to be carried in the underwing Last but not least, the comfort of the pilot added. by improving the air-conditioned cockpit.

blocks 15
Production of the 15 blocks, the production of 983 aircraft over 14 years time, and place it on the third line of the first block 15 F - 16 (# 80-0541, an F - 16 to 330) is rolled out. In 1982, in the 1996 block of 15th was sent to the country, blocking customers from Block 15 11th USAF 15 aircraft later (1987-1993) retrofitted to Block Policy 15OCU.

F-16/79

2011-07-21T02:04:00.000-07:00

F-16/79
FX Export Fighter
In February of 1977, in a good definition. The most effective president Jimmy Carter announced a new policy on transfer of arms in an attempt to reduce the spread of weapons around the world. Under this policy, American manufacturers can not sell to the Air Force combat aircraft of any foreign equivalent of those in the U.S. inventory.

There is an important exception to this rule as well. The use of four NATO F - 16 as a special exception, the people of Israel. Exceptions were made for the delivery of weapons to Iran so that Iran was continuing to act as a bastion against Soviet expansion in the Persian Gulf region.
South Korea's first request for the F - 16s was turned down under the new rules. It was approved after a dry environment for the Pro in the process of withdrawing U.S. troops from Korea. However, countries such as Jordan, Taiwan, and Venezuela have been denied access to the F - 16 to meet for 'embargoed' air forces, the FX Fighter export demand for aircraft has been satisfied the following criteria.

    The performance and capabilities should be between those of F - 5E and F - 16A.
    Multirole design (but tailored to the air - to - air), and the ability to limit the intentional strike.
    The performance of the payload / range will be much lower than that of the contemporary struggles in the U.S. inventory.
    Deployment and maintenance will be easier.
The design must be such as TAT, it does not move easily without help or permission of the U.S. DOD with intent to sponsor the development of programs that are not so dependent on the transmission Fighter FX. It's all in the financial risk.
New engine and modify the structure.
Due to high financial risk associated with FX, the only two proposals were sent in: Northrop F-5G/F-20 enter the General Dynamics General Electric joint venture for the production is exported. less than the capacity of the Fighting Falcon, driven by a derivative of the J79 turbojet ° shaft, this project was announced in November of 1979 by General Dynamics.
The J79 produced in the state came to an end in 1979 (13,686 engines built) and the manufacturing license in Japan and in the following year. (While the production in Israel is still ongoing for the Kfir) engine, GE is the clear choice for Combat power, low cost, easy to maintain the output power of the B - 58 Hustler, F - 104 Starfighter and the F - 4 Phantom, the latter two are already in widespread service with large number of foreign air arms.

    J79 detail.
    Compressor: 17 stage six stages of variable stators and variable vanes Inlet.
    Turbine: 3 stage.
    Kiln type: Cannular, 10 burners.
GE has made some changes to the original design and customize it for use in F-16/79 J79 - GE - 17X is obvious that the shape of the engine must be changed to fit in the F -. Engine 16s Bay, there are also new features added to the fighting engine called Plus. (Originally intended to enhance the performance of the F - 4) on the participation by pilots: the struggle to increase the flow of fuel to the engine while in the mean time a little bit off the head of the engine. This results in a net increase of exhaust gas temperature by 100 ° F (56 ° C) to produce a useful amount of extra thrust.

Despite the struggle Plus, the performance of this new version of J79 is significantly less than the F100 and the struggle Plus may be used only for short periods of time when the operating conditions specific to the engine is. Working in full AB, compressor inlet temperature should not exceed 15 ° F (-9 ° C), and certain combinations of high / low quality will result in excessive internal pressure build up. (Due to the high air flow) and will put a strain high in the engine casing. Plus it fits in the fight against the Israeli Kfir C - 7 aircraft which is powered by a J79 variant.
The main drawback of the uprated J79 - GE - 17X, but their military power, fuel consumption is far higher than the F100 is not as important as the demand for a range of FX to inhibit the export of war. (The ability to strike a limited number of) to modify some of the engine is mated to a gearbox attached to the fuselage of the F - 16, a driving generator and hydraulic pump. This problem was solved by increasing the transfer speed to the powerplant.

The three development tools were created to be used for the first 60 hours of initial flight-test scores for the five hour operation under simulated conditions of Mach 2.0, the two men were to GD,. One of them was installed as the J79 - GE - 119 in number F - 16B # 75-0752 (acquired in the United States Air Force in June 1980), one of the original FSD F - 16B aircraft.
Since the J79 engine, the airflow is less than the F100 turbofan used in the production of all F - 16A / B of the shape of the volume of air that has changed. Only external difference between the amount of modular design (and easily) and the new one is on the upper surface that extends the length of the intake side to make the recognition of the obvious. As the J79 engine is a 18-inch (46 cm) longer than the F100, the rear fuselage had to be extended.
To limit the required changes to a minimum in front of the compressor of the engine is almost the exact same position as the F100 fuselageby 18 inches in the length of the end of the pivot point stabilator.
The nutrient content of the new ramp set up at the roof of the compression, and because they run much hotter than the J79 turbojet F100, the bypass valve was added to supply the engine bay with the flow of cold air. As a precautionary measure to increase the heat shield of steel weighing in at nearly £ 2000 (900kg) has to be installed around most of the length of the new engine. The aircraft came to be known as F-16/79.
It is predicted that there would be F-16/79 unit cost of a million dollars less than the standard F - 16A, the unit flyaway cost was about $ 8,000,000 in 1980 for a total project cost. (Testing, development, construction and flight) is split between GD and GE, and amounted to approximately $ 18 million.Pilot and flight testing.
Minimal modifications necessary to convert the F - 16A F-16/79 to ensure ease of assembly to be installed on the production line in Fort Worth, and there is no test for fatigue. The new structure is correct. These factors result in the rapid success of the conversion and F-16/79 first flight on October 29, 1980 with company test pilot James A. McKinney, the control
J79 powered F - 16 was first presented to Venezuela as a representative of the F - 16A / B of the same order. Evaluation team from Venezuela in February 1981 were considered flies F-16/79 by up to 20 other air arms, and a lecture on the F16/79 are Austria, Jordan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, and Taiwan. Thailand
By June of the following year, a total of 122 hours spread over 131 flights to be accumulated and F-16/79 has proven to be an actor as to achieve a top speed of Mach 2.0, the highest elevation of the foot. 50k shows the tournament and after 9 months of testing, 9g total of 28 aircraft, the pilot evaluation of future trends and look F-16/79 look even better when the policy of official DOD information. with exports Fighter FX is spelled out in a letter from Deputy Secretary of Defense, Air Force Secretary Verne Orr to Carlucci and Navy Secretary John Lehman.
"There are many friends and allies that are now or soon will be involved in the process of its tactical air forces by their Only a few can afford the first-line fighter, and because of fiscal constraints, and so it is important. United States, there is an alternative to existing front-line aircraft for export. (...) The alternative is to FX as a stand-alone or as components of a Lo / Hi. It is clearly in the interest of U.S. national security purposes. Our friends and allies with the system to remain a military capability in the late 1980's and 1990's. (...) This is why we must choose. It actively promotes the procurement of foreign FX does not get out of this. A marketing effort for the manufacturer. If possible and appropriate agencies to encourage representatives of foreign governments and the establishment of protection, including the exchange of its aircraft modernization plan. ".
However, most of the weapons are less than enthusiastic about F-16/79 F-16/79 less effective than the standard F - 16A / B is not only heavy but also significantly due to the heat shield on it. be implemented. This makes the performance of F-16/79 significantly inferior to that of the F - 16A / B.
F-16/79 be attractive to other air weapons only as long as the political capital to prevent them from purchasing F100 - for F - 16A / B in 1980, President Carter's relaxed policy. and allow the delivery of some export F-16A/Bs to continue and the election of President Ronald Reagan later that year to ensure that international customers often have to buy the F - 16A / B. No, they can come up with cash so F-16/79s not be sold.Spec.
Engine: One turbojet General Electric J79 - GE - 17X, £ 18,000, with afterburning.
Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 at 40,000 feet.
Dimensions: wingspan 32 feet 8 inches, length 49 feet 5 inches, height 16 feet 4 inches wing area 300 square feet.
Weight: £ 17,042 £ 25,646 gross empty 37,500 £ runner up.