F 16 Fighting Falcon Weapons

The latest and most advanced in service fighting falcon version is the block 60 designated f 16e f desert falcon.

F 16 fighting falcon weapons. Only dumb weapons in early models. Lockheed martin has more than 36 years of weapon integration experience with the f 16. The mlu aircraft also received amraam capability and have since added further advanced weapons options and avionics upgrades. The f 16 has an internal m61 vulcan cannon and has 11 hard points for mounting mission equipment and other weapons.

The f 16 fighting falcon is a fighter aircraft of us origin. The f 16 s official name is fighting falcon but viper is commonly used by its pilots and crews due to a perceived resemblance to a viper snake as well as the colonial viper starfighter on battlestar galactica which aired at the. In an air to surface role the f 16 fighting falcon can fly more than 500 miles 860 kilometers deliver its weapons with superior accuracy defend itself against enemy aircraft and return to. Although the official name of the f 16 s is fighting falcon it is known to its pilots as the viper due to the snake looks like a viper and after the battlestar galactica colonial viper starfighter.

It was developed by lockheed martin in the early and mid 1970 s to replace many of the vietnam era fighter jets.