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90-0772 - General Dynamics F-16CM Fighting Falcon, 555 FS, 31 FW, USAF

90-0772 leaving RAF Mildenhall to participating in Exercise Cobra Warrior 2-2024.

 

Model: F-16CM Fighting Falcon

Manufacturer: General Dynamics

Year built: 1990

Manufacturers serial number: 1C-380

USAF serial number: 90-0772

Operator: 555th. 'Triple Nickel' FS, 31 FW

Base: Aviano AB, Italy

Crew: 1

Length: 49 ft. 5 in. (15.06 m)

Height: 16 ft. (4.9 m)

Wingspan: 32 ft. 8 in. (9.96 m)

Wing area: 300 sq. ft. (27.87 m2)

Empty weight: 18,900 lb. (8,573 kg)

Gross weight: 26,500 lb. (12,020 kg)

MTOW: 42,300 lb.( 19,187 kg)

Internal fuel capacity: 7,000 lb. (3,200 kg)

Engine: 1 x General Electric F110-GE-129

Dry thrust: 1 x 17,155 lb. (76.31 kN)

Thrust with afterburner: 1 x 29,500 lb. (131 kN)

Max speed: 1,176 knots (1,353 mph - 2,178 km/h - Mach 2.05)

g limits: +9

Roll rate: 324°/sec

Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)

Combat range: 295 nm (339 miles - 546 km)

Ferry range with drop tanks: 2,277 nm (2,620 miles - 4,217 km)

 

Armament:

 

Guns:

1 x 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan, 6 barrel rotary cannon, 511 rounds

 

Hardpoints, with a capacity of up to 17,000 lb. (7,700 kg) of stores:

2 x wing-tip air-to-air missile launch rails,

6 x under wing pylons

3 x under fuselage pylons

 

Rocket pods:

4 x LAU-61 c/w 19 x Hydra 70 mm rockets

4 x LAU-68 c/w 7 x APKWS

4 x LAU-5003 c/w 19 x CRV7 70 mm rockets

4 x LAU-10 c/w 4 x Zuni 127 mm rockets

 

Missiles:

Air-to-air missiles:

6 x AIM-9 Sidewinder

6 x AIM-120 AMRAAM

6 x IRIS-T

6 x Python-4

6 x Python-5

2 x AIM-7 Sparrow and 4 x AIM-9 Sidewinder

 

Air-to-surface missiles:

6 x AGM-65 Maverick

2 x AGM-88 HARM

AGM-158 JASSM

4 x AGM-154 JSOW

 

Anti-ship missiles:

2 x AGM-84 Harpoon

4 x AGM-119 Penguin

Joint Strike Missile

 

Bombs:

8 x CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition

8 x CBU-89 Gator mine

8 x CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon

4 x Mark 84 GP bombs

8 x Mark 83 GP bombs

12 x Mark 82 GP bombs

8 × GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs

4 x GBU-10 Paveway II

6 x GBU-12 Paveway II

4 x GBU-24 Paveway III

4 x GBU-27 Paveway III

4 x Joint Direct Attack Munition series

Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD)

B61 nuclear bomb

B83 nuclear bomb

 

Others:

ADM-160 MALD

SUU-42A/A flares/infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod

or AN/ALQ-131 & AN/ALQ-184 ECM pods on centerline

or LANTIRN, Lockheed Martin Sniper XR & Litening targeting pods

or AN/ASQ-213 HARM targeting system (HTS) pod on pylon 5L with Sniper XR pod on pylon 5R or up to 3 x 250, 275, 308, 500 Imp gal. (1,135, 1,250, 1,400, 2,273 litre) Sargent Fletcher drop tanks

or UTC Aerospace DB-110 long range EO/IR sensor pod on centreline pylon

 

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Uploaded on September 20, 2024
Taken on September 18, 2024