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Arrows "601" with a student and IP heading out for a training mission.
 
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Continuing on from our discussion of the F-16's range analyses, the JF-17's ferry range analysis has been posted at:

https://defence.pk/threads/jf-17-thunder-made-for-the-paf.398270/page-24#post-8928876

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Moderators were kind enough to make a new thread for me. Please find the JF-17 Ferry (and later Combat) Range Analysis at:

https://defence.pk/threads/jf-17s-ferry-and-combat-ranges.462726/

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Mission Profile III - Long-Range Interception (/Air Superiority/Fighter Escort):

F-16C Block 50/52 (19,700 pounds Aircraft Empty Weight)
Internal Fuel + Two 370 Gallon Drop Tanks + Four AIM-120 AMRAAM + Two AIM-9 Sidewinders
36,500 pounds Takeoff Weight [TOW]
12,000 pounds [6,700 liters] fuel
- 500 pounds taxi & takeoff
- 900 pounds climbout to 33,000 feet covering 50 nautical miles
- 4,300 pounds cruise 600 nautical miles
- 2,000 pounds jettison tanks, up to five minutes combat (including two minutes in afterburner) @ 20,000 feet
- 3,300 pounds climbout and cruise 600 nautical miles back to base
- 1,000 pounds reserves for 20 minutes Sea Level Loiter or 200 nautical miles Divert
600 nautical miles

General Dynamics Stated Range for YF-16/F-16A Air-Superiority Mission with Three Tanks & Four AIM-9s: 700+ nautical miles---
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Mission Wedge was incorrectly set up here. Please note the correction below:

Mission Profile III - Long-Range Interception (/Air Superiority/Fighter Escort):

F-16C Block 50/52 (19,700 pounds Aircraft Empty Weight)
Internal Fuel + Two 370 Gallon Drop Tanks + Four AIM-120 AMRAAM + Two AIM-9 Sidewinders
36,500 pounds Takeoff Weight [TOW]
12,000 pounds [6,700 liters] fuel
- 500 pounds taxi & takeoff
- 900 pounds climbout to 33,000 feet covering 50 nautical miles
- 4,200 pounds cruise 580 nautical miles
- 2,000 pounds jettison tanks, up to five minutes combat (including two minutes in afterburner) @ 20,000 feet
- 3,400 pounds climbout and cruise 640 nautical miles back to base
- 1,000 pounds reserves for 20 minutes Sea Level Loiter or 200 nautical miles Divert
630 nautical miles

General Dynamics Stated Range for YF-16/F-16A Air-Superiority Mission with Three Tanks & Four AIM-9s: 700+ nautical miles

Sorry for the error.

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Pakistani Air Force F-16 Pilots
42 Pakistani Air Force pilots have reached 1,000 flying hours or more in the F-16 Fighting Falcon so far.
 
I wish PAF Base Masror and Faisal to be Lush Green .around Runway and out side too...did any one thing about it..in Karachi.

It will be Great work to Upgrade these F-16s Orion and C-130. It will be nice to get C-130 J
 
@Windjammer Today, i spotted a F-16 with yellow paint on belly in Sargodha. It was strange for me because PAF F-16s are painted in grey/dark grey color scheme. Can you tell about this ?
 
Blk52 have CFT's the rest don't. Secondly, look at the Griffin in the background.

Any chance F-16 can carry more than 6 AAM's?

As far as i know, PAF doesnt have any aircraft that can carry more than 6 AAM's in air, and i find this alarming.
 
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