The Thai F-16 lacks sufficient countermeasures (flares/chaff), severely compromising its survivability at 13.7 battle rating. Its engine thrust also ranks as the weakest among all 13.7 Baircraft. Most critically, this variant shares the same core limitation as the Belgian F-16AM - it lacks a Helmet-Mounted Sight system, though the Belgian version partially offsets this with superior weapon loadout flexibility and countermeasure capacity.
When compared to 13.3 BR contemporaries like the MiG-29SMT (with HMS), Su-34, and JF-17 Thunder, this F-16 fails to establish clear advantages. The performance gap widens significantly against 14.0 BR fighters equipped with full HMS/HOBS capabilities.
Well they could just give it it’s 120 countermeasures. Or give it it’s actual loadout and bring it down in br. But i don’t think the snail will do either :)
Or we remove the ahistorical AMRAAM, move it to 13.0, give it the missing GBU-16, AGM-65G/G-2 and glide bomb options, add the missing countermeasures and actually have it be a unique, interesting and capable F-16 option for the game instead
I would quite enjoy a F-16 with aim9m and sparrows at 13.0. And since its a block 15, it would have a better FM than the F-16C so people that enjoy a mix of bvr and wvr combat can enjoy it (just ignore the fact that the AJ Exists and can do the wvr combat better :p)