F-16 Fighting Falcon
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The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a highly maneuverable, multirole jet fighter widely used by air forces around the world for both air-to-air combat and ground-attack missions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jet fighter
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multirole fighter aircraft ⓘ single-engine fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon
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surface form:
M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon
air-to-air missiles ⓘ air-to-surface missiles ⓘ guided bombs ⓘ rockets ⓘ unguided bombs ⓘ |
| avionicsFeature |
hands-on-throttle-and-stick controls
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head-up display ⓘ pulse-Doppler radar ⓘ |
| category | fourth-generation fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| combatRadius | approximately 550 km on interdiction mission with typical load ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedBy | General Dynamics ⓘ |
| designFeature |
bubble canopy
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fly-by-wire flight control system ⓘ reclined ejection seat ⓘ relaxed static stability ⓘ side-stick controller ⓘ |
| developedFor | Lightweight Fighter program ⓘ |
| export | widely exported ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1974-01-20 ⓘ |
| fuelSystem |
external drop tanks compatible
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internal fuel tanks ⓘ |
| gLimit | +9 g ⓘ |
| hardpoints | 11 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1978 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
General Dynamics
ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| maxSpeed |
approximately 2,100 km/h at altitude
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over Mach 2 ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Fighting Falcon ⓘ |
| nickname | Viper ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
all-weather capability
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high maneuverability ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| operator |
Belgium
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Denmark ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Greece ⓘ Israel ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Poland ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
Turkey ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| powerplant |
General Electric F110 turbofan
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Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| produced | over 4,500 airframes ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1976 ⓘ |
| role |
air superiority fighter
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close air support aircraft ⓘ ground-attack aircraft ⓘ multirole combat aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ suppression of enemy air defenses aircraft ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | over 15,000 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | single vertical stabilizer ⓘ |
| takeoffAndLanding | conventional takeoff and landing ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Gulf War
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Iraq War ⓘ Kosovo War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ |
| variant |
F-16 Fighting Falcon
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
F-16A
F-16 Fighting Falcon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-16B
F-16 Fighting Falcon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-16C
F-16 Fighting Falcon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-16D
F-16 Fighting Falcon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-16E
F-16 Fighting Falcon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-16F
F-16 Fighting Falcon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-16I Sufa
F-16V Viper upgrade ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | cropped-delta wing ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
AMRAAM
this entity surface form:
F-16 Fighting Falcon (through Lockheed acquisition of General Dynamics’ aircraft division)
this entity surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
F-16A
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F-16B
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F-16C
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F-16D
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F-16E
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F-16F
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F-16I Sufa
this entity surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70
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F-16E/F Desert Falcon
this entity surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
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F-16AM
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F-16BM
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F-16 fighter aircraft
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Lockheed Martin F-16E/F Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
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F-16C/D Block 52+ Fighting Falcon
subject surface form:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
this entity surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
F-16C Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
F-16D Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
this entity surface form:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon