Data below for F-16C/D

Last modified 16 November 2009

HISTORY: First Flight (YF-16) 2 February 1974

(F-16A) 8 December 1976
(F-16B) 8 August 1977 Service Entry 17 August 1978 Retirement USAF
planned for 2025
CREW: (F-16A/C) one: pilot
(F-16B/D) two: pilot, instructor
COST: (F-16A/B) $14.6 million [1998$]
(F-16C/D) $18.8 million [1998$]
DIMENSIONS: Length 49.33 ft (15.03 m) Wingspan 31.00 ft (9.45 m) Height
16.33 ft (5.09 m)
WING: Root Airfoil Section NACA 64A204 Tip Airfoil Section NACA 64A204
Area 300.0 ft² (27.88 m²) Aspect Ratio 3.20 Sweepback Angle 40° at leading
edge Control Surface Areas flaperons: 62.64 ft² (5.82 m²)
leading-edge slats: 73.42 ft² (6.82 m²) Max Deflection Angles flaperons:
unknown
leading-edge slats: unknown

TAIL: Tailplane Span 18.29 ft (5.57 m) Tailplane Area 63.7 ft² (5.92 m²) Tailfin
Area 43.1 ft² (4.00 m²) including dorsal and ventral surfaces Control Surface
Areas slab tailplane: 63.7 ft² (5.92 m²)
rudder: 11.65 ft² (1.08 m²)
UNDERCARRIAGE: Type Retractable tricycle with two main gear and single
steerable nose gear Main Gear Single wheel per unit, tire size 27.75 x 8.75-14.5
Nose Gear Single wheel per unit, tire size 18 x 5.7-8 Wheel Track 7.79 ft (2.37
m) Wheel Base 13.17 ft (4.0 m)
WEIGHTS & LOADINGS: Empty (F-16A) 15,585 lb (7,070 kg)
(F-16B) 16,260 lb (7,365 kg)
(F-16C) 18,725 lb (8,495 kg) Normal Takeoff 27,100 lb (12,295 kg) Maximum
Takeoff (F-16A) 35,400 lb (16,055 kg)
(F-16C) 42,300 lb (19,185 kg) Maximum Landing unknown Internal Fuel
Capacity (F-16A) 6,970 lb (3,160 kg)
(F-16B) 5,785 lb (2,625 kg)
(F-16C) 7,160 lb (3,250 kg) in 1,055 gal (3,985 L) fuselage and wing tanks
(F-16D) 5,835 lb (3,255 kg) in 870 gal (3,295 L) fuselage and wing tanks
External Fuel Capacity 6,950 lb (3,160 kg) in two 370 gal (1,400 L) and one 300
gal (1,135 L) tanks
8,015 lb (3,645 kg) in two 600 gal (2,270 L) tanks Maximum Payload 17,200 lb
(7,800 kg) [normal]
20,450 lb (9,275 kg) [theoretical limit] Wing Loading 73.0 lb/ft² (356.0 kg/m²) at
22,000 lb (9,980 kg)
110.0 lb/ft² (537.0 kg/m²) at 33,000 lb (14,970 kg) Thrust/Weight Ratio (GE
F110) 1.09
(PW F100) 0.90
PROPULSION: Powerplant one General Electric F110-GE-100 or
one Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 afterburning turbofan Engine Rating 1 x
17,800 lb (79.2 kN)
1 x 29,100 lb (129.4 kN) with afterburner Engine Intakes One fixed geometry
chin inlet Fuel Type JP-8
PERFORMANCE: Max Level Speed
(at altitude) 1,350 mph (2,175 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m), Mach 2.05 Max
Level Speed
(at sea level) 915 mph (1,460 km/h), Mach 1.2 Cruise Speed unknown Takeoff
Speed unknown Landing Speed unknown Takeoff Distance (F-16A) 1,750 ft
(535 m) with 4,000 lb (1,815 kg) external load Landing Distance (F-16A) 2,650
ft (810 m) with 4,000 lb (1,815 kg) external load Maximum Climb Rate 50,000 ft
(15,239 m) / min Service Ceiling 50,000 ft (15,239 m) Combat Radius 865 nmi
(1,605 km) with two AIM-9, two AIM-120, two 370-gal and one 300-gal fuel tanks
675 nmi (1,255 km) with two Mk-84, two AIM-9 or AIM-120, two 370-gal and one
300-gal fuel tanks Ferry Range 2,275 nmi (4,215 km) with two 600-gal and one
300-gal fuel tanks Endurance unknown g-Limits +9.0 / -3.0
SYSTEMS: Crew Escape McDonnell Douglas ACES II zero-zero ejection seat
Radar (F-16A/B) Westinghouse AN/APG-66 pulse-Doppler fire-control radar
(F-16C/D) Northrop Grumman AN/APG-68 multi-mode digital fire control radar
(F-16E/F) Northrop Grumman AN/APG-80 AESA radar Avionics Dual 1553B
databuses, Honeywell air data computer, modular mission computer (MMC),
Litton LN-39 or LN-93 or Honeywell H-523 inertial navigation unit, Rockwell
Collins AN/ARN-118 tactical air navigation system, Gould AN/APN-232 radar
altimeter, GEC-Marconi wide angle holographic head up display (HUD) system
Self-protection Dalmo Victor AN/ALR-69 or Loral AN/ALR-56M radar warning
receiver, Westinghouse AN/ALQ-131 or AN/ALQ-184 jamming pod, AN/ALQ-
126B electronic countermeasures system Flight Controls Four channel digital
fly-by-wire In-Flight Refueling Boom receptacle on fuselage centerline
Airbrakes Twin units ahead of tailplane with 60° of motion
COMPOSITION:
 Aluminum: majority of structure composed of aluminum alloys
 Honeycomb core: used on leading edge flaps, tailplane leading edges, and
the twin ventral fins
 Graphite/epoxy: used on fin and taileron skins
ARMAMENT:
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Gun one 20-mm M61A1 Vulcan cannon (511 rds) Stations seven to nine
external hardpoints and two wingtip rails Air-to-Air Missile AIM-7
Sparrow/Skyflash, AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-132 ASRAAM,
Magic II, MICA, Python 3 Air-to-Surface Missile AGM-45 Shrike, AGM-65
Maverick, AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-88 HARM, AGM-119 Penguin, Wasp, AS.30L
Bomb B43 nuclear, GBU-10/12/24 Paveway laser-guided, GBU-15, Mk 82/83/84
GP, BLU-109, Mk 20 Rockeye, BLU-107 Durandal, CBU-52/58/71/87/89/97
cluster, BL-755, Mk 36 Destructor Other ECM pods, LANTIRN pod, navigation
pods, targeting pods, rocket pods, gun pods, autonomous free-flight dispenser
system, up to four MALD decoys