Happy belated Independence Day, hopefully things get better.

Description

The F-16 is an airplane that needs no introduction, being the most renowned fighter jet of all time, in service with more than 25 countries across the globe. Designed by General Dynamics and produced under Lockheed Martin of the USA, it is a single-seat, single engine, blended wing body tactical multirole fighter aircraft, with near unchallenged maneuverability thanks to its advanced fly-by-wire system. The Fighting Falcon can go up to speeds of Mach 2 and a service ceiling of 15,000m (50,000ft) with its single Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 afterburning turbofan engine, as well as having a combat radius of around 546km (339mi) on internal fuel. The F-16 can be armed with a plethora of suspended weapons, including Sidewinder, Sparrow, and AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, Maverick and HARM air-to-ground missiles, Paveway, JDAM, and SDB guided bombs, and other unguided bombs and rockets as well as its internal 20mm Vulcan rotary canon. The Fighting Falcon would take part in various theatres and conflicts too many to mention, with some still ongoing to this day, notable examples being the Russo-Ukrainian War, War on Terror, Gulf War, Lebanon War, among many others.

In August 1986, the Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara, TNI-AU) agreed to purchase 12 F-16A Block 15OCUs from the US, to replace the aging OV-10F Broncos in service at the time, deliveries were completed in 1990 under the Peace Bima Sena I program, these aircraft were then stationed at Iswahjudi Air Force Base under the 3rd Air Squadron (Skadron Udara 3, SkU 3). Later in 2011, the US granted Indonesia 24 additional F-16s, reactivated from US Air Force stocks, F-16 Block 25s were upgraded to meet Block 52 standards, these included radar, airframe, and avionics upgrades, under the Peace Bima Sena II program, the now upgraded F-16s designated Block 52ID were delivered to Indonesia in batches, starting from 2014 and completing in 2018, they entered service with the 14th and 16th Air Squadrons (SkU 14 & 16). The 9th F-16C Block 52ID, TS-1629, is the one recreated on this build.

In This SimplePlanes Version

• Custom camouflage - Based on TS-1629.
• Semi-realistic performance - Somewhere between realism and arcade.
• Detailed cockpit - Not 100% accurate, but should look just fine, some buttons also works (and are roughly analogous to its irl counterparts).
• Semi-realistic weaponry - Missile's performance have been tuned to roughly match their real life performance.
• Other details - Simulated G-load, canted missile pylons, custom landing gear, nuke consent switch (not implemented).

Armaments

• 2x AiM-120C5 AMRAAM
• 2x AiM-9X Sidewinder (non-HOBS)
• 2x AGM-65G Maverick
• 1x 20mm M61A1 Vulcan
• 60x Chaff & 60x Flares

Controls

AG2 = Drop Tanks
AG3 = Jettison
AG5 = Canopy
AG6 = Landing Lights
AG7 = Lights

Credits

Ku for RWR
Striderxxl for radar display
ReinMcDeer for missile sheet

Notes

• Take-off speed is around 350km/h (217mph, 188kn), while the landing speed is about 330km/h (205mph, 178kn), careful not to tip the aircraft.
• Do you remember the F-16 I uploaded like 3 years ago? Yeah this is that same aircraft.