Pentru ca am criticat sever o eventuala achizitie de avioane F-16 A/B din Olanda sau Portugalia, corect este sa si prezentam varianta probabila in cazul in care achizitia se va fa face. Aveti mai jos, in rezumat si in limba engleza, ce inseamna F-16 MLU.
Nu avem insa indicii suficiente sa stim cum arata de fapt aparatele pe care Olanda este gata sa le cedeze, ce resursa au, daca sunt operationale sau au nevie de reparatii.
F-16 AM
Mid-Life Update
Head-on shot of the F-16AM (MLU updated)
In order to prolong the service career of the F-16A/Bs of Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal, an extensive modernisation program, referred to as the MLU, was developed. The MLU upgrade brings the European F-16 aircraft close to US Air Force Block 50 standard, allowing integration of new weapons such asPaveway, JDAM, and CBU-87. The aircraft were also structurally upgraded to meet an 8,000-hour airframe lifespan in a program called Falcon UP (for unos programmum). Improvements include a new Modular Mission Computer (a derivative of the main computer used in the F-22 Raptor and is capable of receiving new software tapes, see later), new signal data processor for the AN/APG-66 radar, integration of the AIM-120 AMRAAM, AN/APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend-or-Foe system (AIFF), new colour Multi-Function-Displays and HMCS. Danish and Norwegian aircraft received Terma PIDS pylon integrated chaff/flare dispensers. MLU upgraded aircraft are designated F-16AM and F-16BM.
Sorin Romescu