What kind of aircraft is f 16?

F- 16, one of the main models of the US Air Force, is a third-generation single turbofan engine. It is a single-engine single-seat light fighter developed by General Dynamics for the US Air Force, which is mainly used for air combat and close air support. F- 16 fighter adopts some new technologies, such as strake wing, air combat flap, wing body fusion, relaxation of static stability, fly-by-wire control and high acceleration cockpit, etc., to improve the air combat performance of the aircraft. Materials; The structural materials of F- 16 are 80.6% aluminum alloy, 7.6% steel, 2.8% composite material, 1.5% titanium alloy and 7.5% other materials. Layout; F- 16 adopts the technology of "relaxing static stability" in the overall layout. Compared with the conventional layout, the wing moves forward by 40.6 cm, which makes the aerodynamic center move forward. The static stability is slightly negative at the speed of Mach 0.9, but it is 8% at the speed of Mach 65438+Mach 0.2. The aircraft relies on the "stability augmentation system" to automatically control the rudder surface and maintain a stable flight. The advantage of this is to reduce the size of the tail, reduce the weight and resistance of the structure, and improve the maneuverability of the aircraft. Power plant; The early F- 16 was equipped with Pratt & Whitney F 100-PW- 100 turbofan engine, with a maximum thrust of 7400 kg and afterburning thrust of 1 1340 kg. Starting from 1984, the US Air Force requires that the F- 16 produced by General Dynamics should be equipped with the F- 10-GE- 100 turbofan engine of General Electric Company, and requires that the two engines be interchangeable. The F- 199 16c "Brock -50" which started production in 2000 was replaced by f-13163kg+000-pw-229 and F 1 10-. Weight loss of fixed inlet ratio adjustable inlet 180 kg. The purpose of choosing the abdominal air inlet is to minimize the interference of the air inlet and avoid inhaling the smoke from the machine gun during maneuvering flight. There is an aerial refueling port above the fuselage at the back of the cockpit. 1 136-liter auxiliary fuel tank can be hung on the hanger below the fuselage, and 1400-liter auxiliary fuel tank can be hung on the hanger inside the wing. Weapons and guns; F-/KOLOC-0/6 aircraft equipment/KOLOC-0/M6/KOLOC-0/A/KOLOC-0/type 6-tube aerial gun, with the loading capacity of 5/KOLOC-0/5 rounds, can be used to calculate the advance angle with the help of radar and computer, and the effective range is about/KOLOC-0/000 meters. The external contact F- 16A has 9 external contacts: 1 at the left and right wing tips, 3 under the left and right wings, and 1 at the belly of the fuselage. Only rattlesnake missiles can be hung on the measuring pylons at the tip and outside of the wing. The maximum overload of the wingtip pylon is 9g, and the overload limit of the wingtip pylon is 5.5g Combat missiles or various air-to-surface weapons can be hung on the wingtip pylon, and guided bombs, nuclear bombs and conventional bombs, air-to-surface missiles, submunitions and rockets or 1 1400-liter auxiliary fuel tanks can be hung on the wingtip pylon. The maximum overload of these two pylons is 5.5g, and a bomb or11135l auxiliary fuel tank can be hung on the belly pylon of the fuselage. The maximum external loads of F- 16A are 4760 kg (engine oil) and 6890 kg (air-to-air missiles are built in; The main weapon of the F- 16A is air combat weapon, which is a "rattlesnake" air-to-air missile with the model AIM-9L and the export number AIM-9P-3. Aim-9L has a maximum range of about 7 kilometers, a maximum overload of 26-35g, and an off-axis emission angle of plus or minus 30 degrees. It has certain omni-directional attack ability and good actual combat effect. AIM-9P-3 is improved from AIM-9 or AIM-9J, and its performance is not as good as AIM-9L. Compared with F- 16A, the number of external stores of the improved F- 16C has not changed, but a sparrow medium-range air-to-air missile can be hung. The more advanced AIM- 120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile has now become the standard weapon of F- 16C/D and cannot be loaded. After F- 16C is equipped with "Blue Shield" nacelle, laser-guided bombs can be irradiated by this aircraft. The newly produced F- 16c can also use air-to-ship missiles, anti-radar missiles, and "cub" AGM-65 air-to-surface missiles and other ground attack weapons. The aircraft is equipped with M-6 1A 1 cannon and 500 rounds of ammunition. Weapons hanging points: one at the left and right wing ends, three under the wing, one at the abdomen and nine hanging points. Air-to-air missiles with infrared guidance can be hung on both wings. The hanging point under the belly can hang 1000 kg load, the hanging point in the wing can hang 1587 kg load, and the hanging point in the middle wing can hang 1 134 kg load; Two outer wing hanging points and two wing end hanging points can be hung 1 13kg respectively. Portable weapons include AIM-9 Diamondbacks (2) and AIM- 120 missiles (up to 6). AGM-65 calf air-to-surface missile (2), AGM-88 Hamm high-speed anti-radar missile (2), Mk-82(6), Mk-84(2), CBU-87(4), CBU-89(4) and CBU-. In the Kosovo war, F- 16 carried out a lot of tasks, including suppressing enemy air defense systems, defending air combat, attacking air combat, close air vacillation and forward air control tasks. Destroyed a large number of radar positions, ground tanks and vehicles, buildings and MIG fighters of the Yugoslav Air Force. Since 9 1 1 incident, F- 16 has played an important role in the global anti-terrorism action of the United States. These aircraft carried out thousands of flights in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the Iraq war, the US Air Force deployed 60 F- 16C/D aircraft and 7 1 F- 16CJ aircraft to the Middle East. F- 16 (series) is a low-grade aircraft in the United States. In terms of quantity, F- 16 (series) is more than F- 15 (series) and should be the main fighter of the United States.