Among the F-16 fighters currently in service in various countries in the world, most of them are pursuing multi-purpose capabilities, especially air forces such as the US Air Force and the Israeli Air Force. Due to the heavy air superiority fighters such as the F-15, they have F When -16 fighters strengthen their air combat capabilities, they turn their focus to their ground attack capabilities. In order to mount more weapons and expand their combat radius, these F-16 fighters are strengthening the body structure at the same time. The electric back and the conformal fuel tank are installed. While increasing the ground attack capability and the over-the-horizon air combat capability, due to the limited increase in the weight of the body and the limited progress of the engine thrust, the F-16 fighter is originally best at close-up. In the initial design, the F-16 fighter is a close-range combat fighter using infrared-guided short-range air-to-air missiles and cannons.
is different from the F-16 fighter jets equipped by other countries. The F-16 fighter jets equipped by the Taiwan Air Force, whether they were first equipped or now, have the outstanding advantage of strong air combat capability. In fact, the United States is selling to Taiwan and subsequent When the F-16 fighter was upgraded, it deliberately controlled its ground attack capability and used it as a defensive fighter. Even the main ground attack weapon "Wanjian", the main ground attack weapon equipped by the Taiwan Air Force, has never been integrated. To the F-16 fighter, it can only be carried by IDF fighters. At present, the Taiwan Air Force is equipped with the F-16Block20 type, using the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 engine, the engine thrust is increased, and the body weight is reduced, so the fighting performance is greatly improved. The fire control radar is AN/APG-66 (V3), the multi-target processing capability is very outstanding, the ground mapping is very good, it can guide AIM-7M, AIM-120C medium-range air-to-air missiles, and the sea attack can use AGM-84G "harpoon" "Anti-ship missiles can use laser-guided bombs and "Maverick" air-to-ground missiles for ground attack, and the ground attack capability is not strong in comparison.
Today, Taiwan's air combat version of the F-16 fighter will be strengthened to a more powerful F-16V version, also known as the "Viper", which will be replaced with the AN/APG-83 active phase control developed by Northrop Grumman array radar, so as to be able to fully utilize the performance of the AIM-120 medium-range missile, enabling it to deal with multiple targets at the same time, given the small size of the F-16 fighter body, there is not enough space to install a larger antenna, and the airborne cooling The power of the system is limited. Compared with the active phased array radars equipped by fighters such as F-22 and F-15, the efficiency of AN/APG-83 is lagging behind. However, compared with the traditional passive phased array radars of Russian fighters, Its performance and development potential are more advantageous. In addition to the radar, the F-16V will also be replaced with a faster 1773 fiber data bus , replacing its original 1553B data bus, to further increase its data processing capabilities.
Now it is generally believed that the U.S. military's F-16 fighter jet is likely to be on par with the first model of the PLA Air Force's J-10. After all, the J-10 has been improved and upgraded from the initial design to the present, and it is all pure and simple. The way of air superiority fighters, however, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force is equipped with improved models of J-11 and Russian-made Su-35 fighters , not to mention the fifth generation of J-20 fighters, the emergence of F-16V, only to a certain extent It has improved Taiwan's air defense capabilities, not to mention the F-16V. Even if it is equipped with its coveted F-35 fighter, it will not change the current air power comparison between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. The PLA Air Force has occupied an overwhelming advantage in quantity and quality, which can be called Asia The first and third largest air power in the world.
Welcome to follow my WeChat account: yingyanfangwuguancha
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-