F-16 Technical Details



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    F-16 MLU Wide Angle Coverage HUD. [Photo by Stefaan Ellebaut]
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    F-16 Expanded Fire Control Computer. [Photo by Stefaan Ellebaut]
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    RDAF F-16A block 15 #E-006 is ready for a cockpit pressurize test at Aalborg AB on November 17th, 1997. The canopy is secured by the net duringthis test. [Photo by Erik Frikke]
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    RDAF F-16A block 15 #E-006 is ready for a cockpit pressurize test at Aalborg AB on November 17th, 1997. The canopy is secured by the net duringthis test. [Photo by Erik Frikke]
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    Drag-chute detail of a Dutch F-16. [Photo by Falconniek]
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    An F-16A of the 496th TFS is backed around moulage craters and into a hangar after being fitted with flow tracks during Exercise SALTY DEMO '85 on April 29th, 1985. SALTY DEMO '85 is an air base survivability exercise evaluating passive and active defenses, aircraft operation and generation, and base recovery systems. Note the older style 496th TFS badge. [USAF photo]
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    An F-16A of the 496th TFS is backed over rocks to demonstrate the protective resilience of the flow tracks fitted to its tires during an exercise on April 29th, 1985. [USAF photo]
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    A member of the 50th Equipment Maintenance Squadron sprays adhesive to a flow track that will be attached to the tire of an F-16 during Exercise SALTY DEMO'85 on April 29th. [USAF photo] A member of the 50th Equipment Maintenance Squadron sprays adhesive to a flow track that will be attached to the tire of F-16A #80-0601 of the 496th TFS during Exercise SALTY DEMO '85 on April 29th. [USAF photo]
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    Senior Airman Michael Rathman, 50th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, positions a flow track in front of the tire of F-16A #80-0601 on April 29th, 1985 during Exercise SALTY DEMO '85. [USAF photo]
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    Senior Airman Michael Rathman, 50th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, pins a flow track together on the tire of F-16A #80-0601 during Exercise SALTY DEMO '85 on April 29th. [USAF photo]
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    An F-16 pilot from the 18th FS signals from his aircraft prior to taking off for a training mission from Eielson AFB on February 8th, 2007. [USAF photo by SSgt. Joshua Strang]
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    332nd EAMXS TSgt. Chris Lakkala, deployed from Aviano AB, regulates the rate of operation for the 'replenisher' tray on the right as it feeds PGU-28A/B 20mm cannon rounds into the Universal Ammunition Loading System (UALS). TSgt. J.C. Whitney, also from Aviano, prepares more rounds to load through the replenisher. [USAF photo by Capt. Ken Hall]
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    A new helmet mounted queing system with a mounted camera entered service with the 18th FS on February 21st, 2007. It has targeting technology that projects holographic data on the inside of the visor in the form of a container. This allows pilots to continually survey and distinguish between friendly and enemy air and ground targets. [USAF photo by A1C Christopher Griffin]
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    Capt. Jeremey Wimer, an 18th FS F-16 pilot, tries on a newly issued flight helmet while gearing up on February 21st, 2007 at the 18th FS. [USAF photo by A1C Christopher Griffin]
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    SSgt's Troy Kelly (left) and Bob Blake process PGU-28A/B 20mm cannon rounds through a replenisher tray that feeds the rounds into the universal ammunition loading system on February 25th, 2007 at Balad AB. Sgt. Kelly is deployed from Aviano AB, and Sgt. Blake is from the Syracuse ANG. [USAF photo by Capt. Ken Hall]