F-16 Fighting Falcon: History, Performance & Discussion

In my opinion, I want gaijin considered 2 AIM-9 sidewinder (AIM-9P-4 & AIM-9M) exchange AIM-9P & AIM-9L. add active radar homing MRAAM AIM-120B AMRAAM placeholder or AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM

Gaijin not forget add LANTIRN AN/AAQ-14 targeting pod & AGM-65G Maverick (placeholder) and GBU-10 & GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb from F-14B Tomcat on F-16A Block 20 MLU before Major Update “Seek & Destroy” update to live server

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OK I found it

Gajin not ready add AIM-9M, LANTIRN AN/AAQ-14 targeting pod (placeholder) and GBU-10 & GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided bomb on F-16A Block 20 from china tech tree in december 2022. but not this quarter

Or other choice gaijin could add F-16A Block 20 MLU (2007) after F-16A Block 20 MLU

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/gzhMQvFQe5RN

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/5L3YrV2gv6m1

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/YM1NbKhI18jK

Hey,
Does this mean that the document has been requested by someone under FOIA, or does this mean that it can be?
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Seems to imply it is exempt from FOIA but that may be outdated. If the document predates the 30 year rule and has no export restriction statement then it is usable for reports.

I.e. if it is older than 30 years old and has no export control warning it is safe.

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Damn, I was going to ask for someone in the US to request it through FOIA

Looks like the F-16C won’t be getting access to PIDS pylons, for reasons.

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/vPWH9sjlU2qr

interesting statement given the Mig-23 nerfs that were long over due finally coming this patch.

But sure, Russian vehicles so often come under-performing, just like the Ka-50/52, IS-6, Obj 279, Mig-21Bis, Su-11, KV-220, T-80BVM, 2S38, Mig-23MLD etc

Meanwhile the F-15s are missing BOL, and the F-16s are missing a slew of armament options as well as their PIDS pods for extra CMs, but I suppose nice things arent allowed to be added to the USA as well. Given it took Gaijin a YEAR to add the AV-8B+ to the US TT.

BOL: Community Bug Reporting System
PIDS: Community Bug Reporting System

All while its still missing numerous other airframes, many of which would be a simply copy/paste into the tree they should have been introduced into.

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MiG-23 required a great many adjustments to meet performance expectations. The charts were misread, and this is only one example. Nearly every American fighter with the exception of the F-15 initially came in overperforming and had to be adjusted down. The F-15 had some unique issues that were amended.

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You being you, conveniently blowing past all the other Russian vehicles that come to the game over-performing, while the F-15s “over performance” was by a 5% over tuned FM.

This “bias narrative” is tiring, it harms the discussion on vehicles that got designed wrongly ingame and the possibility of getting them fixed/improved, pure Reddit cringery.

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I believe gajin upgrade Belgium F-16AM Block 15 MLU to M5 or M6.1 Tape in the future and armament close to F-16C Block 50/52+ standard

In fact should be AIM-120B but not AIM-120A

God forbid that the U.S gets a MAW system at top tier or hell even their own tech :)

What domestic tech is missing if you don’t mind me asking?

Well for the start:
-MAW systems
-Proper radars on their aircraft
-AIM-9M for the F-16A
-AIM-9M for the F-14B
They just got the AV-8B, one year later
And a lot of ordonance that is not in game but we won’t discuss those

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The french f16a got the 9m, they’ll either remove from it or add for the other vipers, maybe the f14b will get it aswell

It’s missing a slew of TGP options for one thing

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The F-15 was actually underperforming in certain areas and over in others. The FM was drastically improved after my reports regardless. Yet you’re shoving the idea that I’m biased. Truly remarkable logic.

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And yet my point remains valid, Russia is heavily favored

So much so that for years they never had ordnance on par with anyone else and lacked thermal designation pod etc

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Russia winrate in ground rb (where ppl most complain about russian bias) dropped significantly after the vikhrs nerf which were the main reason for their absolute domination in top tier, t80s and t90s always were inferior or at the very least equal to the leopards and abrams. Air rb wise to this day the fulcrum and the flanker respective fms suck ass while they still didn’t model flcs for the f16 which causes it to dance in the air, not to mention that now with the amraams and the multipathing nerf their bvr dominance will also be stopped.

If you cherrypick enough you can make Gaijin appear to be any country biased, in the end it doesn’t make sense because it’s a private company that needs to profit and such behavior would harm their income.

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