American fighter series is indeed quite eye-catching, and its advanced technology and cool and elegant appearance make many people addicted to it. In particular, the F-series fighters of the United States. Among the F-shoe fighters currently in service in the United States, the F16 can be said to have played a huge role, and as the most widely used fighter, more than 4,700 aircraft have been produced. Loved by the US military, and as the first choice for many countries to introduce, it also has a high crash rate. According to existing statistics, the number of crashed F16s currently recorded is about 700, accounting for almost one-seventh of the total. 1. So what is the reason that F16 has such a high crash rate?
First of all, some countries have had operational errors after the F16 was introduced, which led to the crash of the F16. Although some countries have introduced the F16, it must take a period of running-in period for new fighters. In this process, some pilots Because of the usual driving habits, there may be operational errors, such as poor connection of command execution. In this case, F16 may crash.
Secondly, F16 itself has certain defects, and there will be occasional flaws in the mass production process. As a third-generation aircraft, the F16 still uses a single-engine design. People have found in practice that this design has a high crash rate. Not only that, in order to ensure the maneuverability of this fighter as much as possible, the United States is designing this. A lot of adjustments were made during the time of the fighter, these adjustments will affect the reliability of the fighter operation to a certain extent. In addition, there is a very small chance that there will be slight defects. In 2015, NATO held a military exercise in Spain. At that time, an F16 crashed, causing deaths and injuries to many pilots and the loss of several fighters of various types. Later, when investigating the accident, it was found not only because of the pilot's operational errors, but also because of the malfunction of the fighter itself.
Furthermore, because the adaptability of the fighter will change due to environmental changes. The adaptability of fighters in the country is relatively high. When exported to other countries, due to the adaptability of some parts, it is easy to aggravate wear and aging. In this case, it will also increase the crash rate of F16.
Fifth, the F16 itself has a larger service base in the army, so the probability of its dispatch is relatively large. Compared with other fighters, the F16 wears a higher degree, which makes the F16 easier to crash. Similar things also happened in Israel. Israel attaches great importance to its own air defense construction, so their requirements for pilots are relatively high, so the training frequency of pilots is relatively high, so under long-term and high-frequency use, F16 has experienced a similar "operation stick" "Fracture" and other accidents, which in turn caused the F16 to crash.
In the end, it is because the F16 has been in service for a long time. This is not a problem for the United States. After all, the core technology is in its own hands, so it is not very difficult to rebuild, but for those countries with average economic levels, only Can temporarily use the F16 bought decades ago, which also caused the F16's crash rate to rise. Therefore, the high crash rate of the F16 is the result of various factors. It is not that this fighter is easy to crash. On the whole, the performance of this fighter is quite excellent.
