You need to help me a bit, as i'm not very familiar with mil craft.Motty wrote:Look what arrived here yesterday!
It looks like an F-16, but is it ?
Chris.
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It looks like an F-16, but is it ?
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Didnt even knew this model excisted though. 
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Its the Lockheed Martin F-16DJ Fighting Falcon Block 52+ , but not rare because Chile, Greece and Poland has them too the F-16DJ , only without the Conformal Fuel Tanks. Some DJ-models does not include the Dorsal Spine.
The United Arab Emirates Air Force includes the F-16E model Block 60 with the Conformal Fuel tank , but without the Dorsal Spine.
Israel has the Lockheed Martin F-16I Sufa, and the most rare of them all is the Japan Air Self Defence Force Mitsubishi F-2 , which has a 25% larger wing area than the F-16, larger tail and larger air intake.
The United Arab Emirates Air Force includes the F-16E model Block 60 with the Conformal Fuel tank , but without the Dorsal Spine.
Israel has the Lockheed Martin F-16I Sufa, and the most rare of them all is the Japan Air Self Defence Force Mitsubishi F-2 , which has a 25% larger wing area than the F-16, larger tail and larger air intake.
Groeten
Tim Voerman
Tim Voerman
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@Bjorn320,
You're right indeed, its the F-16CJ Block 50 with the conformal fuel tanks.
@BlackBird
Block 60 is the latest of them all and only sold to the UAE AirForce.
The UAE's F-16 Block 60 Desert Falcon is the most advanced F-16 ever produced and it is more advanced than the Israeli F-16I Sufa which is only an upgrade from Block 50/52. But this UAE sale was surrounded by controversy because this Block 60 F-16 is far more superior than the USAF has in its F-16 inventory.
You're right indeed, its the F-16CJ Block 50 with the conformal fuel tanks.
@BlackBird
Block 60 is the latest of them all and only sold to the UAE AirForce.
The UAE's F-16 Block 60 Desert Falcon is the most advanced F-16 ever produced and it is more advanced than the Israeli F-16I Sufa which is only an upgrade from Block 50/52. But this UAE sale was surrounded by controversy because this Block 60 F-16 is far more superior than the USAF has in its F-16 inventory.
Groeten
Tim Voerman
Tim Voerman
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nice pics keep up the good work 