Underwing drop tanks > conformal, but that’s just me. F-16 with conformal tanks just looks… weird to me lol. I’ll give you that
Nuh uh to the MICA though 😅 unless gaijin already did the funny and gave an aircraft a “considered but not bought/used/going to use” weapon?
highly doubtful they would give MICA outside of Fr*nch tt, techical capability is enough for them to consider adding a weapon like they did with the KH38 for Japanese SU-30 but didnt add MICA to say Gripen C/E which im 90% certain its compatible.
it has the same compatibility as mica to F15
the plane has the wiring the missile needs, that is it, it has not been tested or anything
so what I’m hearing is the MICA is 100% compatibly with the f15’s
(totally not coping)
Does AN/ALR-69A retain PRF Handoff functionality still?
Older gen RWR ALR-56M on F-16 has this.
In accordance to Chinese sector dev blog,
ROCAF F-16V would possibly be added with ability to fire GBU-53/b
Besides CFT, would there be any difference or would it be a heavier F-16CM PoBIT?
afaik it could be a brand new Block70 which is similar to PoBIT, or Block20 with SABR.
Don’t think ROCAF actually has AIM120D inventory.
(Taiwanese F-16s Have Fired AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles Locally For The First Time)
Engine. It uses the GE-129 (what’s in the USA F-16C Block 50). 72 uses PW-229, same as PoBIT (irrelevant to Taiwan, just thought I’d add it here)
Could have slightly worse flight performance tho
Don’t know if AN/ALR-69A is the standard RWR gear for Block70/72s, and those upgraded Block20 could be running on BAE AN/ALR-56M.
That argument is not needed with this one since it would make no sense for them to add another 14.3 F-16 without 120D (as if 120D is any better). So for balancing reason they would most likely give it 120D
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Gaijin plz
This may apply to all modernized F-16s
Imagine flying with 16xGBU-53b/SPICE250
or 8xGBU-53b/SPICE250 + 2xAGM-88A/B/C
Pretty sure that is only applicable to Israeli F-16. IIRC American F-16 cannot carry GBU-53 in station 6 and 4 (Inner most pylon)
Found this doc in that report for SUFA, it’s talking about Block 40/50 but not referring to USAF fleet specifically.
Don’t know if this can be a primary source for a new report.
Is this an RWR sensor? The glass bit kind of makes it seem more suited for MAWS.
@CalvinAz Hello there!
Now we have EGBU-24B certificated for inboard pylons of PoBIT, do you think that’s sign of any additional smart weapons on these pylons?
It’s a white strobe light.
Makes sense, ty.
it does not use F110-GE-129
all the ones in Taiwanese service still use F100-PW-200, they turned down the offer to upgrade the engines when they modernized their F16As to F16V standard
so should have significantly less thrust than PoBIT
