The F-16 Fighting Falcon Air Superiority Fighter Jet Firepower

The  F-16 Fighting Falcon is one of the world's successful Multirole fighter aircraft more that 5000 fighter aircraft have been built since production  in 1976.

Aircfraft Variants

• F-16A/B – A for Single Seat and B for two seats
• F-16C/D - C for Single Seat and D for two seats
• F-16E/F – E for Single Seat and F for two seats
• F-16IN – Indian Air Force (Super Viper)
• F-16IQ – Iraqi Air Force
• F-16V
• QF-16 – Unmanned F-16 Aircraft

F-16 Fighter Jet  Firepower

Performance

• State of the art avionics
• Multi-role fighter  aircraft
• Engine: GE F110-132, GE F110-132A, F100-PW-200, F100-PW-220/220E depending the aircraft model
• Maximum Takeoff Weight : 42,300 lb (19,200 kg)
• Length: 49.5 ft
• Wingspan: 32.8 ft
• Height: 16 ft
• Wing Area: 300 sq. ft
• Speed: Mach 1.2 up Mach 2

 

F-16 Armament

• Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled Gatling cannon, 511 rounds
• Rockets: 4×LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19× /7× Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively) , 4×LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets) , 4×LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× Zuni 127 mm rockets)
• Missiles:
  • Air-to-air missiles:
    • 2× AIM-7 Sparrow, 6× AIM-9 Sidewinder, 6× AIM-120, AMRAAM,6× IRIS-T,6× Python-4
  • Air-to-ground missiles:
    • 6× AGM-65 Maverick, 4× AGM-88 HARM, AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
  • Anti-ship missiles:
    • 2× AGM-84 Harpoon, 4× AGM-119 Penguin
• Bombs:
• 8× CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition, 8× CBU-89 Gator mine, 8× CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon, 4× Mark 84 general-purpose bombs , 8× Mark 83 GP bombs, 12× Mark 82 GP bombs , 8× GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, 4× GBU-10 Paveway II, 6× GBU-12 Paveway II, 4× GBU-24 Paveway III,4× GBU-27 Paveway III, 4× Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) series,4× AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon , Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD)

F-16 Fighter Jet Video Demonstration