Lockheed Martin F-16E Block 60

The Lockheed Martin F-16E Block 60 is a variant of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, with improved eletronics, it was originaly made to the United Arab Emirates, much countries showed interest and now operates these aircraft such Chile, Holand, Greece and Israel, who made his own version of the F-16E, the F-16I Sufa.

Description
The F-16 Block 60, was initially considered as F-16C/D variant, but in recognition of major changes in the aircraft, he became known as the F-16E/F Block 60. This is an aircraft that in many respects is quite new in relation to other versions of F-16 family. The scope has increased with the addition of additional tanks in the fuselage, and it incorporates systems in other F-16 are incorporated in the wings, such as the FLIR system that allows guided smart weaponry. He also received an additional compartment in the 'spine', or top of the fuselage between the cockpit two-seater models and the vertical rear light, which accommodates part of electronic systems. Reducing the need to occupy more space on the wings with 'pods' additional seats with additional placement of equipment and tanks with "conformal" carrying up to 2,000 gallons of fuel, the Block 60 has more autonomy and/or greater capacity to carry weapons than their counterparts, and that setting a 'clean' with fewer weapons, aircraft have better aerodynamics. Besides these advantages, the Block 60 has a sophisticated sensor suite, where the head is the type of radar AN/APG-80 AESA. It conforms to MIL-STD-1773, with most of the wiring of data between various sensors and aircraft equipment are in fiber and therefore are immune to electronic interference, and have a speed of data transmission 1000 times higher than in other airplanes of this type.

General Characteristics

 * Crew: 1/2
 * Length: 49 ft 5 in (15.06 m)
 * Wingspan: 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m)
 * Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)F16E-F.jpg
 * Wing area: 300 ft² (27.87 m²)
 * Airfoil: NACA 64A204 root and tip
 * Empty weight: 18,900 lb (8,570 kg)
 * Loaded weight: 26,500 lb (12,000 kg)
 * Max takeoff weight: 42,300 lb (19,200 kg)
 * Powerplant: 1× F110-GE-100 afterburning turbofan
 * Dry thrust: 17,155 lbf (76.3 kN)
 * Thrust with afterburner: 28,600 lbf (127 kN)

Performance

 * Maximum speed:
 * At sea level: Mach 1.2 (915 mph, 1,470 km/h)
 * At altitude: Mach 2+ (1,500 mph, 2,410 km/h) clean configuration
 * Combat radius: 340 mi (295 nm, 550 km) on a hi-lo-hi mission with six 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
 * Ferry range: 2,280 NM (2,620 mi, 4,220 km) with drop tanks
 * Service ceiling: 60,000+ ft (18,000+ m)
 * Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
 * Wing loading: 88.3 lb/ft² (431 kg/m²)
 * Thrust/weight: 1.095

Armament

 * Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon, 511 rounds
 * Hardpoints: 2× wing-tip Air-to-air missile launch rails, 6× under-wing & 3× under-fuselage pylon stations holding up to 17,000 lb (7,700 kg) of payload
 * Rockets:
 * 4× LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19× /7× Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively) or
 * 4× LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets) or
 * 4× LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× Zuni 127 mm rockets)
 * Missiles:
 * Air-to-air missiles:
 * 2× AIM-7 Sparrow or
 * 6× AIM-9 Sidewinder or
 * 6× IRIS-T or
 * 6× AIM-120 AMRAAM or
 * 6× Python-4
 * Air-to-ground missiles:
 * 6× AGM-45 Shrike or
 * 6× AGM-65 Maverick or
 * 4× AGM-88 HARM
 * Anti-ship missiles:
 * 2× AGM-84 Harpoon or
 * 4× AGM-119 Penguin
 * Bombs:
 * 2× CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
 * 2× CBU-89 Gator mine
 * 2× CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
 * Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
 * 4× GBU-10 Paveway II
 * 6× GBU-12 Paveway II
 * 6× Paveway-series laser-guided bombs
 * 4× JDAM
 * 4× Mark 84 general-purpose bombs
 * 8× Mark 83 GP bombs
 * 12× Mark 82 GP bombs
 * 8× Small Diameter Bomb
 * B61 nuclear bomb
 * Others:
 * SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or
 * AN/ALQ-131 & AN/ALQ-184 ECM pods or
 * LANTIRN, Lockheed Martin Sniper XR & LITENING targeting pods or
 * up to 3× 300/330/370 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time.

Avionics

 * AN/APG-68 radar

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 * General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
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