Posted on 10/26/2015 9:57:40 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
He’s probably saying “holy *&IT, it’s Maverick!”
Conformal fuel tanks — IDF?
What’s with the mods to the dorsal spine bulge?
It’s an F-18 with one engine and one vertical stabilizer. A 40 year old design that still works really well.
I just posted the picture. I don’t own an F-16 so I can’t tell you what options that one has.
But yes, they appear to be the conformal fuel tanks.
Cool. I am assuming the vertical stabilizer box and the one on the bottom are some of the new array. All in all, would love a ride in one!
Thanks for the info.
The F-16 is the Fighting Falcon. Named for the mascot at the USAF Academy back in 1976.
If they want to come out with an fighter named Viper, design a new aircraft—better than the F-35!
By the way, the Fighting Falcon started US Air Force service the same year I did. I was just a kid then, but now I’m old. What about those jets?
IIRC, the Falcon assembly line (retrofit & upgrade), in Fort Worth, closes this year. :-(
“What’s with the mods to the dorsal spine bulge?”
I think those are conformal fuel tanks.
“I think those are conformal fuel tanks.”
Brain fart, scratch that.
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