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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon 3-view drawing Source: https://airdefense.bliss.army.mil {{PD-USArmy}} Category:Aircraft line drawings File usage The following page uses this file:
English: Drawing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon. Source: Extracted from PDF version of the Vol 26-4 2004 DISAM Journal (direct PDF URL ) Author: U.S. Government:
The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft with over 4,600 built since 1976. [4]
The SCAMP design team in late 1977, starting left: Harry Hillaker, Andrew Lewis, Kenny Barnes, Jim Gordon. Shortly after winning the lightweight fighter program, General Dynamics Fort Worth began investigating possible F-16 derivatives with the goal of enhancing both air-to-air and air-to-ground mission capabilities while retaining parts commonality with the F-16A. [1]
The resulting F-16 Mid-Life Update (MLU) package was designed to upgrade the cockpit and avionics to the equivalent of that on the F-16C/D Block 50/52; add the ability to employ radar-guided air-to-air missiles; and to generally enhance the operational performance and improve the reliability, supportability and maintainability of the aircraft. [59]
F-16 Operators as of 20 August 2023 with current operators in blue, future operators in gray-black, and former operators in red. Items portrayed in this file depicts.
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The Sniper is used on the U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, [5] B-1B Lancer, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and A-10 Thunderbolt II. It was also used on the British Harrier GR9 [6] and the Canadian CF-18 Hornet. [7] In 2016 Lockheed Martin announced that Kuwait would be the first country to use Sniper on the Eurofighter Typhoon. [8]