YF-16 and FSD Aircraft



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USAF F-16B FSB #75-0752 has been used as a Wild Weasel testbed in the late seventies carrying an ALQ-119 ECM pod, two fuel cells, two AGM-78 Standard missiles, two AGM-45 Shrike missiles and two datalink pods on the wingtips. However this configuration has never flown operationally although it showed the possibility of using the F-16 as a SEAD platform. [USAF photo]

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  • Guest on 2013-Feb-27 14:10:53 Guest said

    Tip pod function

    The wingtip pods are more likely to be a RHAWS like the APR-38 or -47 used on the F-4G, than a datalink.
    This function is of course now performed by the ASQ-213 on the F-16CJ.

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