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.
Aliases (19)
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon ×6
- F-16 Fighting Falcon (through Lockheed acquisition of General Dynamics’ aircraft division) ×1
- F-16 fighter aircraft ×1
- F-16A ×1
- F-16AM ×1
- F-16B ×1
- F-16BM ×1
- F-16C ×1
- F-16C Fighting Falcon ×1
- F-16C/D Block 52+ Fighting Falcon ×1
- F-16D ×1
- F-16D Fighting Falcon ×1
- F-16E ×1
- F-16E/F Desert Falcon ×1
- F-16F ×1
- F-16I Sufa ×1
- Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 ×1
- Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon ×1
- Lockheed Martin F-16E/F Fighting Falcon ×1
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
jet fighter
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multirole fighter aircraft → single-engine fighter aircraft → |
| armament |
M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon
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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
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| combatRadius |
approximately 550 km on interdiction mission with typical load
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| crew |
1
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| designedBy |
General Dynamics
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| 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
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| export |
widely exported
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| firstFlight |
1974-01-20
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| fuelSystem |
external drop tanks compatible
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internal fuel tanks → |
| gLimit |
+9 g
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| hardpoints |
11
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| introduced |
1978
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| landingGear |
tricycle landing gear
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| manufacturer |
General Dynamics
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Lockheed Martin → |
| maxSpeed |
approximately 2,100 km/h at altitude
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over Mach 2 → |
| natoReportingName |
Fighting Falcon
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| nickname |
Viper
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| notableFeature |
all-weather capability
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high maneuverability → |
| numberOfEngines |
1
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| operator |
Belgium
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Denmark → Egypt → Greece → Israel → Netherlands → Norway → Pakistan → Poland → Portugal → Singapore → South Korea → Taiwan → Turkey → United Arab Emirates → United States → |
| powerplant |
General Electric F110 turbofan
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Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan → |
| primaryUser |
United States Air Force
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| produced |
over 4,500 airframes
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| productionStart |
1976
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| 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
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| status |
in service
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| tailConfiguration |
single vertical stabilizer
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| takeoffAndLanding |
conventional takeoff and landing
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| usedInConflict |
Gulf War
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Iraq War → Kosovo War → War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) → |
| variant |
F-16A
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F-16B → F-16C → F-16D → F-16E → F-16F → F-16I Sufa → F-16V Viper upgrade → |
| wingConfiguration |
cropped-delta wing
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