![]() |
![]() |
|
|
Topic: F-16 E/F Block info08-Jan-2008 12:22 The F-16 has become what its designers intended it to be: a worthy successor to the legendary P-51 Mustang whose principles of visibility, agility, and pilot-friendliness informed its design. It is no exaggeration to call it the defining fighter of its age, the plane that many people around the world think of when they think "fighter." The aircraft's ability to handle future adversaries like the thrust-vectoring MiG-29OVT/35 and advanced surface-air missile systems is in question, but upgrades have kept F-16s popular and in production. The most advanced F-16s in the world, however, are not American. That distinction belongs to the United Arab Emirates, whose F-16 E/F Block 60 are a generation ahead of the F-16 C/D Block 50/52+ aircraft that form the backbone of the US fleet and many others around the world. The Block 60 has been described as a lower-budget alternative to the forthcoming F-35A Joint Strike Fighter – and is being treated as such in countries like India and the Netherlands as they contemplate their future fighter needs. Full story http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...et-04538/#more * NOTE: This is the model offered to India the one they can't make there mind up on. They could retire the Mirage 2000, Mig-29, Mig-27, and others plus keep a lot of Flanker patrols on the ground. No sense burning all the aviation fuel up right AESA radar in the Block-60 would do nicely. ![]() |
![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |