signals Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Can the F-16 carry AIM-9s on stations 3 and 7? Haven't seen it...but always wondered... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Yup. The Israelis did it on their F-16A/B Netz. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Camus272 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Yes, I have a number of pictures of American Vipers carry AIM-9s (or AIM-120s) on the middle station for a 6 A-A missile load. Brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Here is a shot of a Norwegian F-16 with AIM-9s on 3 and 7 (in addition to AIM-120s on 1/2/8/9). The pylons are identical to those on 2/7. HTH, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paolo Maglio Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 This configuration is used quite often abroad, especially in Turkey and in Italy during the war in Libya, I read the 6 A-A missiles load is not approved for use by USAF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achterkirch Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) I've seen pictures before of US f-16 with a 6 missile out fit. not very often but Ive seen a few. Here's a link to a pic of it. 6 amraams Edited April 24, 2012 by achterkirch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Check the ones out front in this pic from last month. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paolo Maglio Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 those with 6 AAM in the photo posted here above are from RoKAF not USAF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmk0210 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) The pic that Finn posted is from a USAF exercise at Kunsan AFB. They loaded all the Vipers with a war load and taxied them out like they were going to sortie to North Korea. Google Kunsan Elephant Walk and you'll get more info. Edited April 25, 2012 by dmk0210 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Midway Sailor Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Regarding the use of six AAM by the USAF on the F-16: Reference: The Scale Viper: A Modeler's Guide to Building the F-16, by Pete Fleischmann, published by Reid Air Publications On pages 30 ~ 39, Pete "Pig" Fleischmann details a "self portrait" 1/32 Tamiya Block 42 F-16C he flew in combat over Iraq in 1992 while assigned to the 19th Tactical Fighter Squadron. "While in theater, my squadron was tasked with offensive and defensive counter air missions in both the fighter sweep and CAP roles. The load out of "4 x 2 x gun" (four AIM-120, two AIM-9, and 20 mm gun) is the standard air to air load for the F-16. The ALQ-119 pod loaded on the centerline was also standard for our fighter wing in 1992. Loadout of his aircraft: Stations 1, 2, 8, 9 = AIM-120 Stations 3 & 7 = AIM-9 Stations 4 & 6 = 370 gallon tanks Station 5 = ALQ-119 Also, here is a photo (credit/source unknown) of a New Jersey F-16 carrying AIM-9s on stations 3 and 7: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 The pic that Finn posted is from a USAF exercise at Kunsan AFB. They loaded all the Vipers with a war load and taxied them out like they were going to sortie to North Korea. Google Kunsan Elephant Walk and you'll get more info. Surprised that they are still using L model AIM-9's. Thought the USAF (especially units forward deployed) had phased them out in lieu of the X-model. Regarding that pic, so are we supposed to be looking at a full wing-sized strike package? I see A2A loadouts, A2G, SEAD. I guess that is what we would see if the little guy up North decided to push the red button. Did this gaggle actually take off or did they just burn a few thousand gallons of jet fuel for a really cool photo-op? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 The pic that Finn posted is from a USAF exercise at Kunsan AFB. They loaded all the Vipers with a war load and taxied them out like they were going to sortie to North Korea. Google Kunsan Elephant Walk and you'll get more info. Korean KF-16s also participated in that Elephant walk. You can clearly see the lighter style camo that RoKAF uses on the 6 AAM armed birds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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