Viper's bigger brother in the US service

[kblomkvist]

What if the USAF decided to introduce the bigger, more versatile and more sophisticated version of the F-16?

Here's what I called the Lockheed/Mitsubishi F-26 Super Falcon. It's obviously the Mitsubishi F-2A with CFTs borrowed from the old F-16 mods, US-made weapons and avionics. The original Japanese camo was too unusual for the USAF so I repainted it completely with the colors of "Mod Eagle" scheme, adding my own touch to the weathering since the F-2 template lacks weathering at all.

The aircraft pictured below belongs to the 510th FS "Buzzards", 31st FW, Aviano AB. 

I have some more ideas with this bird so stay tuned 

And yes, there's a f*ckup with the right side of the vertical tail with "VA" instead of "AV" code.

Edited April 17, 2019 by kblomkvist

[+whiteknight06604]

Very cool, any plans to release it? 

[kblomkvist]

2 hours ago, whiteknight06604 said:

Very cool, any plans to release it? 

Yes, I'm going to release it after making some more skins and all the tweaks with weapons and avionics.

[JosefK]

Are those JASSMs on the wings?  

[kblomkvist]

38 minutes ago, JosefK said:

Are those JASSMs on the wings?  

Nope, those are AGM-154C JSOWs.

[kblomkvist]

Okay, so I decided to make two versions of this aircraft.

F-26A - introduced in 1995

• basically unchanged F-2A
• original AESA radar
• General Electric F110-GE-129 engine
• LANTIRN pods for A2G targeting

F-26C - introduced in 2010

• CFTS
• double A2A missile rails
• AN/APG-80 AESA radar
• modern cockipt based on F-22
• JHMCS
• General Electric F110-GE-132 engine
• Sniper XR targeting pod
• built-in IRST

 

Edited April 19, 2019 by kblomkvist

[+Crusader]

f--16.net Agile Falcon

[kblomkvist]

1 hour ago, Crusader said:

f--16.net Agile Falcon

I didn't even think about this one for a second 

Anyway, my bird would be something more modern than the Agile, even in the A version but you just gave me an idea to make the Agile too as the earliest and most basic one. Like: 1987 (or so) F-26A block 10 as the basic Agile version with F-16 block 40 avionics, 1995 F-26A block 20 as the F-2A counterpart with AESA etc. and 2010 F-26C block 30 with modern AESA, CFTs etc. Maybe someone has some better suggestions about verions and timeline?

Edited April 19, 2019 by kblomkvist