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The F-16A Fighting Falcon jet fighter comes as a pioneer of the rank VIII aviation in the game. The ultimate vulture rises up to the War Thunder skies in the upcoming Apex Predators update!
F-16A Fighting Falcon, USA/Israel/China, jet fighter, rank VIII
Features:
- Great climb rate and throttle response
- G-tolerance of up to 9-10G
- Advanced avionics and fire control systems
- Arsenal of guided and unguided weapons
Two projects from Northrop and General Dynamics reached the final of the LWF (LightWeight Fighter) competition to create a new light fighter for the US Air Force. In January 1975, the winner of the competition was the YF-16, developed by General Dynamics. Intense testing continued after the launch of the F-16A fighter into series, and was completed only in 1978. The new generation fighter was designed for Mach 2 speeds and was able to perform maneuvers at 9G overloads, which was even higher than the requirements declared in the competition. The F-16A took her full-scale baptism of fire in service with the Israeli Air Force over Lebanon in the early 80s. The jet fighters were also used against ground targets during Operation Desert Storm. Consistently improving, the F-16A fighters are being produced and modernized to this day. In addition to the United States, a number of foreign countries have become operators of the F-16A Fighting Falcon fighters, including Belgium, Israel, Pakistan, Italy, Indonesia and others. Fighters are produced both domestically and under license.
In the upcoming War Thunder update Apex Predators, the supersonic F-16A Fighting Falcon will become one of the first rank VIII aircraft in the game. In various modifications, F-16A fighters will be the new top tiers of the USA, Israel and China.
The key differences of the 4th generation fighters are the double bypass engines with an afterburner and the ability to operate at high G-loads. The F-16A has an excellent climb rate (about 305 m/s with minimal payload) and can climb almost vertically immediately after take off. The jet fighter easily breaks the sonic barrier and at the same time preserves excellent controllability and roll speed, allowing the pilot to perform all basic combat maneuvers. These qualities make the F-16A truly deadly opponent in aerial duels and allow the fighter to evade most missiles.
In addition to excellent flight characteristics, the F-16A boasts very solid ordnance for various combat scenarios. The fighter can be used as a pure interceptor by equipping up to 6 Sidewinder missiles, including the most maneuverable all-aspect AIM-9L. Surprisingly, the light and compact F-16A easily turns into a bomb strafer. The release of 19x500 lb bombs, incendiary bombs and unguided rockets is controlled by a ballistic computer, which makes it easy to attack any ground target in any game mode. However, in mixed battles the “fire and forget” air-to-surface weapons will be the best option. F-16A wields up to four 2,000 lb GBU-8 gliding bombs or up to 6 devastating AGM-65B Maverick missiles. These can operate from high altitudes and at high speeds, leaving the F-16A room to maneuver and defend.
Well, a new king of the sky comes to the game! Will someone dare to challenge this title from the venerable Fighting Falcon? We'll tell you very soon in our Devblog series. See you soon, stay alert!
Comments (149)
Comments will be premoderatedI think you should do that the F14 and the F16 is Rank 8 But to get to rank 8 you will need 4 planes and not 5
So, since it doesn't really matter if a nation has top tier of various prime nations, can we get a commonwealth tree in the near future? And before anyone says the devs said no, they also said they would never add vehicles newer than 1953 and we would never get supersonic planes or guided missiles. But here we are. Also a commonwealth tree would open the door for more gold to be spent, premium time bought and premium vehicles to be added. A polish tree would be cool too
If only the Mirage 2000 could be sent to the Chinese Taiwan line, and I don't understand why the two F5s of the Chinese series have such a high weight?
Iron Eagle Video here we go..........Chappie!
Best dev blog to receive on my bday ever. Can't wait to test fly it!
Happy birthday :)
the f16 is limite 2 9 g manuvers. due to its designed to be unstable airframe. its flight envelope allows sustained 9g manuvers will the f16 in warthunder fly like this? becouse. the statement of "G tolerance of 9-10" worries me as over g at that point would be in accurate.
This is so cool. Makes me proud of the fact that my country is the second one after Israel to score a kill with the Falcon.
This is surreal. I can't believe we're actually delving into this era of air power in War Thunder now. The F-16A Fighting Falcon... I can't wait!!!
So... F-16XL, when? :P
Perhaps with this update they will separate the Chinese and Taiwan lines in the same tree? China does not get F-16's, only Taiwan, and NATO allied nations. Also, any hint of possibility about the F-15, F-20 Tigershark, F-18, or an F-117, or B1 Bomber, so we can drag the US line at least up to the late 70's while facing enemy millennials?
People need to try to be patient. There are a huge number of F-16 variants, enough to fill multiple tech trees. This is surely just the first of many, many. Eventually people will be complaining about copy paste.
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