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ALLIED FORCE
Lockheed-Martin F-16CJ Night Falcon

Lockheed-Martin F-16CJ Night Falcon 91-0353 del 77th Fighter Squadron "Gamblers" del 20th Fighter Wing dell'USAF ad Aviano. Il velivolo è stato accreditato dell'abbattimento di un MiG-29 Fulcrum A serbo avvenuto il 4 maggio 1999.
L'F-16CJ dei "Gamblers" è configurato per una tipica missione SEAD (Suppression Enemy Air Defence), con missili AGM-88A HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) alle stazioni 7 e 3, missili AA AIM-9M Sidewinder alle stazioni 2 ed 8 ed AIM-120A alle estremità alari (stazioni 1 e 9), serbatoi supplementari da 370 galloni alle stazioni 6 e 4, pod HTS ASQ-213 sul lato destro della presa d'aria (stazione 5R) e pod ECM AN ALQ-131(V) al travetto di fusoliera (stazione 5).
Il 20th FW, normalmente basato presso la Shaw AFB in South Carolina, è stato rischierato al completo (Squadron 55th, 77th, 78th e 79th) ad Aviano per partecipare all'operazione Allied Force.

Lockheed-Martin F-16CJ Night Falcon 91-0353 belonging to 77th Fighter Squadron "Gamblers" of the USAF 20th Fighter Wing, was credited of the shoot down of a Serbian MiG-29 Fucrum A on 4 May 1999.
The aircraft configuration is typical of a SEAD (Suppression Enemy Air Defence) mission, with AGM-88As HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) on stations 7 and 3, AIM-9M Sidewinders and AIM-120A AA missiles, respectively on stations 2/8 and wingtip 1/9, 370-US galon fuel tanks on stations 6 and 4; ASQ-213 HTS pod is installed to starboard, on station 5R near the air intake and a centreline AN ALQ-131(V) ECM pod is placed on station 5.
20th FW, formed by 55th, 77th, 78th and 79th Squadrons, is based at Shaw AFB in South Carolina and it has been redeployed at Aviano to take part in Operation Allied Force.

(Aeromedia, maggio/May 1999)


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