Yes. Tho iirc, the 20 should have a worse engine
Any luck?
So much precious information lost. :(
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Can someone ID the little box above the AIM-9? Looks like countermeasures to me
I might be wrong but I’m almost certain that’s an AN/ALE-50 Towed Decoy pod. It’s used on F-16’s, F/A-18E/F’s, and B-1B’s.
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Thats right
BTW you know how USAF pilots use these things in combat?
I’m not sure.but I read in the book Viper Pilot that it’s deployed before entering the threat ring of enemy air defence.
Just wondering how well it performs in A2A combat scenarios.
I haven’t seen anything from actual pilots but essentially it just provides a bigger target for a radar guided missile to hit instead of the aircraft. I think if the pilot was to get in a fight with another aircraft then outside of BVR I don’t think it would be much help and more of a hinderance than anything.
I believe some can also be used to jam incoming missiles too but I could be mistaken about that.
There’s probably some good videos on Youtube that could explain it better than me so probably worth a look there.
They work like this I think
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would a f-16 with the ge 132 engines be added to any country in the game?
USA probably, F-14A IRIAF but even more US connected since the stuff that sets it apart is all made/designed in USA
They only have the blk 50/52, which im pretty sure only use the 129 or the 229 engines
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Oh I thought you meant what country the F-16E could be added to. In that case I’m pretty sure there was an F-16 that wasn’t a block 60 that had the GE-132 put on it for testing
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Yep, block 30 was used for testing, could be quite cool addition
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is there anything different on the block 50 from modernized ANG block 30 that would cause it to be incompatible with the PIDSU pylons?
Nope, but it’s not done doctrinally since they don’t need it, as the later Blocks added an additional set of countermeasure magazines. So its up to Gaijin really.
Same with inner-wing A2G ordnance (the “Wet” station also has STD-1760 wiring but practically isn’t used due to range being an important factor for operations and flexibility).
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Anyone make a report on the taiwanese f-16 cms? Should be changed from 60x normal calibre to 30x normal calibre and x30 large calibre
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It can take 90 normal caliber countermeasures.
All F-16 has this option it’s just visual that’s all.
Yeah but it’s modeled with 60
As I’ve said it’s just visual.
why would they make the cms different from the in game model?