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General Dynamics F-16C Block 30 General characteristics  * Crew: 1  * Length: 49ft 5in (15.06m)  * Wingspan: 32ft 8in (9.96m)  * Height: 16ft (4.88m)  * Wing area: 300sq ft (27.87sq m)  * Airfoil: NACA 64A204 root and tip  * Empty weight: 18,900lb (8,570kg)  * Loaded weight: 26,500lb (12,000kg)  * Max takeoff weight: 42,300lb (19,200kg)  * Powerplant: 1 F110-GE-100 afterburning turbofan     - Dry thrust: 17,155lbf (76.3kN)     - Thrust with afterburner: 28,600lbf (127kN)  * Fuel Capacity: 7,000lbs internal (3,175kg); typical capacity, 12,000lbs with two external tanks (5443kg) Performance  * Maximum speed:     - At sea level: Mach 1.2 (915mph, 1,470km/h)     - At altitude: Mach 2- (1,500mph, 2,410km/h) clean configuration  * Combat radius: 340mi (295nm, 550km) on a hi-lo-hi mission with six 1,000lb (450kg) bombs  * Ferry range: 2,280NM (2,620mi, 4,220km) with drop tanks  * Service ceiling: 60,000-ft (18,000-m)  * Rate of climb: 50,000ft/min (254m/s)  * Wing loading: 88.3 lb/sq ft (431 kg/sq m)  * Thrust/weight: 1.095 Armament  * Guns: 1 - 20 mm (0.787in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon, 511 rounds  * Hardpoints: 2 - wing-tip Air-to-air missile launch rails, 6 under-wing & 3 under-fuselage pylon stations holding up to 17,000lb (7,700kg) of payload  * Rockets:     - 4 - LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19 /7 Hydra 70mm rockets, respectively) or     - 4 - LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19 CRV7 70mm rockets) or     - 4 - LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4 Zuni 127mm rockets) Air-to-air missiles:      - 2 - AIM-7 Sparrow or      - 6 - AIM-9 Sidewinder or      - 6 - IRIS-T or      - 6 - AIM-120 AMRAAM or      - 6 - Python-4 Air-to-ground missiles:      - 6 - AGM-45 Shrike or      - 6 - AGM-65 Maverick or      - 4 - AGM-88 HARM Anti-ship missiles:      - 2 - AGM-84 Harpoon or      - 4 - AGM-119 Penguin Bombs:     - 2 - CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition     - 2 - CBU-89 Gator mine     - 2 - CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon     - Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable     - 4 - GBU-10 Paveway II     - 6 - GBU-12 Paveway II     - 6 - Paveway-series laser-guided bombs     - 4 - JDAM     - 4 - Mark 84 general-purpose bombs     - 8 - Mark 83 GP bombs     - 12 - Mark 82 GP bombs     - 8 - Small Diameter Bomb     - B61 nuclear bomb Others:     - SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or     - AN/ALQ-131 & AN/ALQ-184 ECM pods or     - LANTIRN, Lockheed Martin Sniper XR & LITENING targeting pods or     - up to 3 - 300/330/370 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time. Avionics  * AN/APG-68 radar
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