Primary Function: Multirole fighter
Builder: Lockheed Martin Corp.
Power Plant: F-16C/D one Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-200/220/229 or one General Electric F110-GE-100/129
Thrust: F-16C/D, 27,000 pounds(12,150 kilograms)
Length: 49 feet, 5 inches (14.8 meters)
Height: 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Wingspan: 32 feet, 8 inches (9.8 meters)
Speed: 1,500 mph (Mach 2 at altitude)
Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
Maximum: Takeoff Weight 37,500 pounds (16,875 kilograms)
Combat Radius [F-16C]:
740 nm (1,370 km) w/2 2,000-lb bombs + 2 AIM-9 + 1,040 US gal external tanks
340 nm (630 km) w/4 2,000-lb bombs + 2 AIM-9 + 340 US gal external tanks
200 nm (370 km) + 2 hr 10 min patrol w/2 AIM-7 + 2 AIM-9 + 1,040 US gal external tanks
User Countries:
BahrainEgyptIsraelJordanTurkey United Arab Emirates
Range: Over 2,100 nm (2,425 mi; 3,900 km)
Armament:
| MK | MK | AGM | AGM | CBU | CBU | CBU |
GBU | GBU | AIM | AIM | 20 |
| 82 | 84 | 65 | 88 | 87 | 89 | 97 |
10 | 12 | 9 | 120 | MM |
| 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 500 |
| 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 500 |
| | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 500 |
| | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 500 |
| | | | 4 | | | | | 2 | 2 | 500 |
| | | | | 4 | | | | 2 | 2 | 500 |
| | | | | | 4 | | | 2 | 2 | 500 |
| | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 500 |
| | | | | | | | 6 | 2 | 2 | 500 |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | 4 | 500 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | 500 |
Systems:
AN/APG-66 pulsed-Doppler radar
AN/AAQ-13 LANTIRN NAVIGATION POD
AN/AAQ-14 LANTIRN/SHARPSHOOTER
AN/AAQ-20 PATHFINDER NAVIGATION POD
AN/AAS-35 PAVE PENNY LASER SPOT TRACKER POD
AN/ASQ-213 HARM TARGETING SYSTEM POD
AN/ALQ-119 ECM POD
AN/ALQ-131 ECM POD
AN/ALQ-178 internal ECM
AN/ALQ-184 ECM POD
AN/ALR-56M threat warning receiver [F-16C/D Block 50/52]
AN/ALR-69 radar warning system (RWR)
AN/ALR-74 radar warning system (RWR) [replaces AN/ALR-69]
AN/ALE-40 chaff/flare dispenser
AN/ALE-47 chaff/flare dispenser
Unit cost: $FY98 [Total Program]: F-16C/D, $26.9 million [final order]
Crew: F-16C: one; F-16D: one or two
Date Deployed: January 1979
Total Production [for USAF]:
| 1-seat
F-16 A&C; | 2-seat
F-16 B&D; | TOTAL |
| Block 1 | 21 | 22 | 43 |
| Block 5 | 89 | 27 | 116 |
| Block 10 | 145 | 25 | 170 |
| Block 15 | 409 | 46 | 455 |
| Block 25 | 209 | 35 | 244 |
| Block 30 | 360 | 48 | 408 |
| Block 32 | 56 | 5 | 61 |
| Block 40 | 234 | 31 | 265 |
| Block 42 | 150 | 47 | 197 |
| Block 50 | 175 | 28 | 203 |
| Block 52 | 42 | 12 | 54 |
|
| F-16A/B | 674 | 121 | 795 |
| F-16C/D | 1,216 | 205 | 1,421 |
| TOTAL | 1,890 | 326 | 2,216 |
F-16C Block 50 currently in production Final 3 aircraft ordered in FY1998 15 aircraft to be delivered after 01 Jan 99 Final aircraft of 2216 delivered March 2001
Inventory: 1996 total inventory = 1,450
PMAI Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory:
246 Air Combat Command
126 Pacific Air Forces
72 US Air Forces Europe
60 Air Force Reserve
315 Air National Guard
105 Air National Guard Air Defense Force
924 TOTAL
Only combat-coded aircraft
Excludes development/ test, attrition reserve, depot maintenance, and training aircraft.
F-16 Mission Missile Configurations:
|
F-16 Rail Stores Loadings |
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Right Wing |
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Center |
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Left Wing |
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Rail ID |
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9 |
8 |
7 |
7a |
6 |
5R |
5 |
5L |
4 |
3a |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Defensive Counterair |
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AMRAAM |
AMRAAM |
side-
winder |
|
370g Tank |
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370g Tank |
|
side-
winder |
AMRAAM |
AMRAAM |
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Interdiction 1 |
|
AMRAAM |
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GBU24 |
|
370g Tank |
|
LANTIRN |
|
370g Tank |
|
GBU24 |
|
AMRAAM |
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Interdiction 2 |
|
side-
winder |
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AGM65 |
|
370g Tank |
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ECM Pod |
|
370g Tank |
|
AGM65 |
|
side-
winder |
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Suppress Enemy Air Defense |
|
side-
winder |
|
Harm |
|
370g Tank |
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LANTIRN |
|
370g Tank |
|
Harm |
|
side-
winder |
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