General Dynamics F-16J for Japan

[hopossum]

I recently discovered some partial scans of a sales brochure by GD for the sale of a modified YF-16 to Japan under the designation F-16J. I'm wondering if anyone has a full copy of the sales brochure or knows where I can find it as I can only find 5 pages of the total 28.

[basher54321]

I recently discovered some partial scans of a sales brochure by GD for the sale of a modified YF-16 to Japan under the designation F-16J. I'm wondering if anyone has a full copy of the sales brochure or knows where I can find it as I can only find 5 pages of the total 28.

The OP of the post you found it in might be a good start if you don't get anything here.

There will probably be a number of these quirky proposals come out in time - there was for the F-4.


You say modified YF-16? well only in the sense that an F-16A Block 1 is a modified YF-16 I suppose.

As in after the YF-16 it went through Full Scale Development Program where it was made bigger with a 300sqft wing (etc) and then finally you have a production F-16A Block 1 that can be used and that is what any F-16AJ would have been based on.

The date must be mid to late 1970s - and there were a few issues with the Sparrow in that location.

Firstly according to Johnwill on here there was not enough space to mount them on the A due to relocating the 4 & 6 pylons further inboard. so if this was serious they would need to change the wing and move pylons 4/6 outwards again to give enough clearance.

Secondly on the Sparrow separation testing video you can see the rocket exhaust hitting the ventral fin so not sure how they would get round that.

The addition of nose chines for directional stability is interesting however.

[energo]

Nice find!

Came over this article on the AN/ARR-670 data link:

http://rca.vobj.org/RCA%20Engineer/RCA% ... taLink.pdf

p55Gillen-JapaneseDataLink.pdf

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[viperzerof-2]

Before the F-2 was the F-2 it was a modified Block 40 with the agile falcon wings SX-3+ Avionics would have been block 40 except the Radar, navigation, mission computer, EW. Would have had a redesigned front for the J/apg-1 a three piece canopy and a cockpit with Japanese LCD screens. It would have included AFTI like Canards and a stretched fuselage. This was approved in 1987. By 1989 the Japanese had more or less redesigned everything system and subsystem wise which dramatically effected the weight and the aircraft was redesigned to what we know today by 1991.

[basher54321]

Looking like ~1976.

F-16J Proposal for Japan

F-16J Proposal for Japan

[Racer497]

The crew chief in me just reads f-16bj and giggles