Forum: F-16 Armament & Stores

Hello,
If a formation of F-16s, lets say 20 F-16s are required to raid an aircraft carrier in two waves, what could be the best possible configurations and which weapons and pods would be the most effective from these ?

Gbu-10, Gbu-12, Gbu-24, Gbu-28, Gbu-31, Gbu-38, JSOW, Cbu-87, Mk-82, Maverick, Harm, Penguin, Harpoon, ALQ-184 Pod, Litening-III pod, Sniper XR.

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Are these Venezuelan F-16's? If so, I am not sure if they even have 20 operational.

Harpoon? The one that is made to sink ships and has longest range? Add some gas, ECM and lot of prayers.

Chavez's remaining Vipers couldn't even integrate with most of that stuff. Let alone shoot it successfully. Wink

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Harpoon? The one that is made to sink ships and has longest range? Add some gas, ECM and lot of prayers.

Good one. But,my question still remains unanswered. And, by the way, I am talking about F-16C/D Block 52's. I am sure they can integrate all of the above mentioned weapons and pods.
So, any idea how should the formations be set and/or the division of aircrafts in two different waves ?

Hate to crash the party here, but talk about formations, attack profiles, and the armament used during the attack, deals with tactics. Tactics are, and shall remain, classified.

What troubles me, is that I've been noticing a trend towards these type of discussions as of late, and it involves some usual suspects. Questions seem to deal with armament loadouts, aircraft range with specific loads, attack profiles using certain types of armament, and the formations and/or tactics used. All of this information is classified.

Anyone who does know this information should keep his mouth shut, or, fingers off of the keyboard, if you will.

Anyone who gives this information over an open internet forum is committing a crime, and yes, those laws do also apply to our international friends. If necessary, this site can and will turn the offending party's information over to the proper authorities, and you will be prosecuted.

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Elite 1K Joined: May 26, 2005 - 08:39 PM Posts: 1469

Like Mechanic said, I think a mass volley of Harpoons would be your best bet. Free fall munitions aren't going to do you diddly squat against a carrier battle group. Or are you talking about a mythical lone carrier floating all by itself with no escorts or air wing?

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Agreed, TC. People who have a need to know shouldn't be talking about anything resembling real world tactics. My experience in naval warfare is limited to the Harpoon series of games. Smile

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Hate to crash the party here, but talk about formations, attack profiles, and the armament used during the attack, deals with tactics. Tactics are, and shall remain, classified.

What troubles me, is that I've been noticing a trend towards these type of discussions as of late, and it involves some usual suspects. Questions seem to deal with armament loadouts, aircraft range with specific loads, attack profiles using certain types of armament, and the formations and/or tactics used. All of this information is classified.

Anyone who does know this information should keep his mouth shut, or, fingers off of the keyboard, if you will.

Anyone who gives this information over an open internet forum is committing a crime, and yes, those laws do also apply to our international friends. If necessary, this site can and will turn the offending party's information over to the proper authorities, and you will be prosecuted.

Remember, Big Brother is real and he really is watching you. Be careful, and watch what you say and type!

Oh. In that case, I am sorry. Forget that I ever asked it. Sorry again.

I'm going to chime in and say over the years I been here - it just cracks me up on what questions are asked. All this probing - and if people were smart enough all the questions are actually answered in open sources either through books or DVDs or other websites. or Falcon4.

What cracks me up equally is this threat of big brother is watching and anything remotely revealed as an OPSEC issue is going to be reported. I think the people that have asked over and over do not need a warning anymore and its time that those who feel obligated to report these people posting do so.

Good luck with that!

I don't know if you're planning on enough fighters; and if you did would you be willing to loose so many?

I wouldn't try it. Big No No

REF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Carri ... operations
Don't know how accurate wiki is on this topic, but good reading. You may try some 'public' NAVY sites. The USN likes to boast how secure the modern Carrier Group is.

Keep 'em flyin' Thumb

TEG

Forum: F-16 Armament & Stores

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