General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

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Lockheed Eyes Singapore, Korea F-16 Upgrades

Citat:Lockheed Martin is getting closer to signing on Singapore as a cuustomer for its F-16V upgrade package, with an agreement potentially coming before the end of 2015.

Meanwhile, the company continues to work other opportunities for F-16 upgrades in the Pacific, including a likely sale in South Korea.

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space...../24865611/

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Air Force developing new F-16 radars

Citat:The Air Force has budgeted $25 million to begin development of new radars for its F-16 fleet, a need especially felt by the service's homeland defense mission.

http://www.defensenews.com/story/military/capitol-...../24971511/

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Ameri u Rumuniji na vezbi Dacian Warhawk

Citat: More than 100 personnel and six F-16 Fighting Falcons landed at Campia Turzii, Romania, to kick off a bilateral Romanian and U.S. Air Force training event March 10 to 27.
Exercise Dacian Warhawk featured U.S. and Romanian Airmen working side-by-side to establish a base and conduct both ground and air operations with NATO partners.



Citat:F-16CJ Fighting Falcons from the 480th Fighter Squadron are lined up on the flightline at Campia Turzii, Romania, for the first sortie of Dacian Warhawk, A two-week training mission designed to increase the interoperability between the U.S. and Romania, March 16, 2015. The training mission incorporated both ground and Air operations to help strengthen the bonds between NATO partners. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kris Levasseur)

http://www.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123442146

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^ I sa 14 aviona iz Avijana u Estoniji

http://theaviationist.com/2015/03/22/us-f-16-in-estonia/

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USAF receives first production QF-16 drone

Citat:The first production Boeing QF-16 optionally manned target drone has been delivered to the US Air Force (USAF), the service announced on 20 March.

Aircraft QF-007 arrived at Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB) in Florida on 11 March, ahead of being pressed into service by the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS).

Boeing has delivered six pre-production QF-16s and is under contract to deliver 13 low-rate initial production (LRIP) platforms, of which QF-007 is the first. The LRIP drones should all be with the USAF by 9 October.

In all, the USAF expects to receive 126 QF-16s to replace the BAE Systems QF-4, the last of which was delivered in November 2013.

http://www.janes.com/article/50114/usaf-receives-first-production-qf-16-drone

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Portugal begins modernisation of F-16s

http://www.janes.com/article/50119/portugal-begins-modernisation-of-f-16s

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9 SQN - 2011 (before MLU)




Sound of freedom!!


Arrows - 6ship formation during a multinational exercise.

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Izgleda da NorthropGrumman-ov AESA radar SABR trenutno nema Air-to-Ground mod upotrebe, sudeci prema tekstu:
http://aviationweek.com/defense/us-air-force-faces.....sa-upgrade

Amerikanci zele da modernizuju stariju flotu F-16 novim AESA radarom koji bi im omogucio borbu protiv krstarecih raketa.

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Napisano: 31 Mar 2015 12:25

Aerodrome ima nešto što nećete naći u štampi ali o čemu se uveliko priča u kuloarima i to ozbiljnim kuloarima. Amerikanci su svesni da su mogućnosti F-35 u vazdušnim borbama vrlo problematične (u najmanju ruku). Zato planiraju da 300 do 350 najmlađih F-16 prerade u čiste lovce čiji bi zadatak bila zaštita F-35. Čekaju se dve stvari. Prva je da Mig-35 postane potpuno operativan a to će biti tek 2017 ili 2018. godine a Mig-35 se razvija primarno samo sa jednim ciljem a to je da zemljama trećeg svet obezbedi relativno jeftin avion sposoban da trebi F-35. Druga je da bude relativno dovoljno operativnih F-35 što će se takođe desiti oko 2018. godine. U međuvremenu se radi na razdradi svih potrebnih komponenti za suštinsku modenizaciju F-16 kojom bi se ovaj avion vratio svojoj prvobitnoj nameni a to je borba za prevlast u vazduhu. I kao što će Mig-35 biti optimializovan za borbu sa F-35 modernizovani F-16 će biti optimalizovan za borbu sa Mig-35 (i sa avionima Mig-29 modernizovanim na približni standrad Miga 35).

Dopuna: 31 Mar 2015 12:36

Tako modernizovani F-16 će dobiti elektronsku opremu na nivou F-35 ali samo onaj deo potreban za vođene vazdušne borbe. Sa viona će biti skinuta sva oprema koja nije predviđena za vođenej vazdušne borbe. Zbog toga će ovako modernizovani avioni imati vrlo ograničene mogućnosti za dejstvo po ciljevima na zemlji.