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General
Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
How
to Fly F-16
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is
an American multirole jet fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin for
the United States Air Force. Designed as a lightweight
fighter, it evolved into a successful multirole aircraft. The Falcon's
versatility is a paramount reason it was a success on the export market,
serving 24 countries. The F-16 is the largest Western fighter program with over
4,000 aircraft built since production started in 1976. Though no longer
produced for the US Air Force, it is still produced for export and it is in in
operation by the US Airforce, Israel, Pakistan, Turkey, Netherlands, Belgium,
Royal Dansih Air Force, and the Royal Norwegian Air Force. It has been retired
by the Italian Air Force.
Description
The Fighting Falcon is a dogfighter with
innovations including a frameless, bubble canopy for better visibility,
side-mounted control stick to ease control while under high g-forces, and reclined seat to reduce the effect of
g-forces on the pilot. It was also the first fighter aircraft to be
deliberately built to sustain 9g turns. It is also
one of the few jets with a thrust-to-weight ratio greater
than one, giving the Falcon excellent acceleration and turning performance.
History
Development
Development
of the F-16 began in 1965, when the USAF prompted studies into a low cost high
performance aircraft designed to serve as an Advanced Day Fighter. This ADF was
intended to weigh 25,000 lb (11,340 kg), providing a sufficiently high thrust
to weight ratio and wing loading to provide 25% superiority over the MiG-21.
This led to the F-X fighter study carried out during 1966-1967, which
eventually resulted in the USAF buying examples of the A-7D for air to ground
attack duties.
In 1969, a Pentagon memo on tactical air
power suggested that the USAF and USN should adopt the lightweight F-XX fighter
in place of the F-15 and F-14. Although the two services rejected the
suggestion David Packard, the new Deputy Defense Secretary, was interested in
an asture fighter. This interest resulted in the Lightweight Fighter (LWF)
programme, which saw the issuing on 6th January 1972 of a request for proposals
embodying the F-XX philosophy. This called for high thrust to weight ratio,
load factor of 6.5 g, 20,000 lb (9,072 kg) gross weight and high
manoeuvrability. Two months later, the Air Staff selected the Boeing 908-909 as
their first choice, followed by the General Dynamics Model 401 and Northrop's
Model P-600. The Source Selection Authority later rated the YF-16 (GD 401) and
YF-17 (P-600) ahead of the Boeing design. This became the final decision of
Robert C. Seamans, Secretary of the Air Force, with the YF-16 progressing to
the full scale prototype stage. Beginning with General Dynamic's mid 1960's
FX-404 study, and progressing through models 785 and 786 before selecting the
401, the engineering effort headed by Harry J. Hinkler had examined dozens of
configurations.
Testing
The YF-16 prototype, 72-1567, was rolled
out on 13th December 1972 at Fort Worth, before being delivered to Edwards Air
Force Base by Lockheed C-5 Galaxy on 8th
January 1974. The first flight occurred by accident on 20th January 1974, as
test pilot Phil Oestricher was forced to take off due to a rolling divergent
oscillation, which manifested itself during high speed taxi trials. Oestricher
followed this with the first official flight, which consisted of a 90 minute
sortie made on 2nd February,
Air victories:
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28.04.1981 F-16A (Israel) - 2 x Mi-8
(Syria)
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14.07.1981 F-16A (Israel) - 1 x MiG-21
(Syria)
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26.05.1982 F-16 (Israel) - 3 x MiG-21
(Syria)
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7.06.1982 F-16 (Israel) - 1 x MiG-23MF
(Syria)
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8.06.1982 F-16 (Israel) - 4 x MiG-23BN
(Syria)
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1 x MiG-21 (Syria)
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9.06.1982 F-16A (Israel) - 6 x MiG-21
(Syria)
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1 x MiG-23MF (Syria)
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10 x fighter (Syria)
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10.06.1982 F-16A (Israel) - 2 x SA342
(Syria)
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7 x MiG-21 (Syria)
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1 x MiG-23MF (Syria)
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11.06.1982 F-16A (Israel) - 4 x MiG-21
(Syria)
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6 x MiG-23 (Syria)
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1 x Su-22 (Syria)
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1 x SA342 (Syria)
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24.06.1982 F-16A (Israel) - 2 x MiG-23BN
(Syria)
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17.05.1986 F-16A (Pakistan) - 2 x Su-22
(Afghanistan)
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30.03.1987 F-16A (Pakistan) - 1 x An-26
(Afghanistan)
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04.1987 F-16A (Pakistan) - 2 x An-26
(Afghanistan)
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4 x Mi-8 (Afghanistan)
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16.04.1987 F-16A (Pakistan) - 2 x Su-22
(Afghanistan)
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08.1987 F-16A (Pakistan) - 1 x An-26
(Afghanistan)
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17.05.1988 F-16A (Pakistan) - 2 x Su-22
(Afghanistan)
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4.08.1988 F-16A (Pakistan) - 1 x Su-25
(Russia)
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3.11.1988 F-16A (Pakistan) - 1 x Su-22
(Afghanistan)
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21.11.1988 F-16A (Pakistan) - 1 x An-26
(Afghanistan)
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31.01.1989 F-16B (Pakistan) - 1 x An-24
(Russia)
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27.11.1992 F-16A (Venezuela) - 2 x OV-10
(Venezuela / rebel)
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1 x AT-27 (Venezuela / rebel)
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27.12.1992 F-16D (USAF) - 1 x MiG-25 (Iraq)
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17.01.1993 F-16C (USAF) - 1 x MiG-23 (Iraq)
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4.09.1993 F-16C (Turkey) - 1 x Mirage F1CG
(Greece)
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28.02.1994 F-16C (USAF) - 5 x J-21 (Serbia)
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28.12.1995 F-16C (Greece) - 1 x F-4E
(Turkey)
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24.03.1999 F-16AM (Holland) - 1 x MiG-29
(Serbia)
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4.05.1999 F-16CJ (USAF) - 1 x MiG-29
(Serbia)
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8.06.2002 F-16B (Pakistan) - 1 x UAV
(India)
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2006 F-16 (Israel) - 3 x UAV (Palestine /
Hezbollah)
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25.02.2009 F-16C (USAF) - 1 x UAV (Iran)
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Losses in air to air combat: 1 :
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8.10.1996 Mirage 2000EG (Greece) - 1 x
F-16D (Turkey)
JF-17
Thunder
How to Fly JF-17
Let's see.
The
JF-17 Thunder/ Chengdu FC-1 Fierce Dragon, is from it´s designation a 4th
Generation Jet Fighter, that was developed by China and Pakistan. It has
improved BVR (Beyond Visual Range) capabilities. In 2011 the PAF put Block II
versions of this fighter on order which cost 20-25 million dollars as compared
to the Block-I's cost of 15-20 million dollars. The Block-II fighters are the
4.5 Generation variant equipped with AESA radars, possibly Chinese, improved
ECM suites, and IRST systems. Also believed to incorporate greater use of
composite materials for reducing airframe weight, radar absorbing material, and
possibly a WS-10B thrust vectoring (TVC) engine.
The first JF-17/FC-1 prototype was finished
on 31st May 2003 and first flown on 25th August 2003. The last flight of the
4th prototype was on 28th April 2006. The Aircraft is designed and manufactured
by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (CAC) and
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC). The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) plans to
induct 150-250 JF-17's. All Block-I fighters will reportedly be upgraded to
Block-II.
The JF-17/FC-1 is often called J-9 but this is a completely other aircraft.
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Airplane List
2.1 First-generation jet
fighters (1944-1953)
2.2 Second generation
(1953-1960)
2.3 Third generation (1960-1970)
2.4 Fourth generation
(1970-1990)
2.5 Generation 4.5 (1990-2000)
2.6 Fifth generation
(2000-Present)
2.6.3 Technology Demonstrators
(some of which may become/may have become platforms for fighters)
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