2018年1月12日 · In the attempt to replace the A-10 Thunderbolt II, in the 1980’s the U.S. Air Force (USAF) started to develop the A-16, a close air support (CAS) version of the basic F-16 armed with a 30 mm cannon and 7.62 mm Minigun pods. Several F-16A Block 15 aircraft were painted in the ‘European One’ camouflage scheme and were modified to this ...

The A-16 began as a late-1980s GD project to develop a close air support (CAS) version of the basic F-16 by adding armor and strengthening the wings for a heavier weapons load, including a 30 mm cannon and 7.62 mm Minigun pods. Two F-16A Block 15 aircraft were modified to …

2019年5月1日 · To replace the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the USAF started to develop A-16, close air support (CAS) version of the basic F-16 Fighter jet.

The USAF was rather reluctant to let the idea of a dedicated CAS F-16 go, and planned to replace its A-10's with F-16s fitted with a version of the Warthog's Avenger cannon. In November 1988, the 174th TFW of the New York ANG began transitioning from the A-10A Thunderbolt II to the F-16A/B block 10 , becoming the first unit to operate the F-16 ...

2024年8月28日 · Summary and the Main Point: In the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force explored modifying the F-16 to provide Close Air Support (CAS) by creating a hybrid aircraft known as the A-16. The concept aimed...

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The Air Force had been under pressure at one time to field a dedicated CAS version of the F-16, the "A-16", with increased armor and the Pave Claw pod -- but the USAF has always been ambivalent about the CAS role, and managed to avoid obtaining such a specialized variant.

2024年12月15日 · This concept, known initially as the A-16 and later as the F/A-16, would see the broadly capable fighter absorb the A-10’s close air support (CAS) role by delivering a variety of air-to-ground munitions.

2015年3月28日 · The USAF have investigated dedicated CAS variants of the F-16 - Caracal Models sheet CD72031 provides markings for all of these

2014年11月26日 · Flying F-16s, F-15Es, and other aircraft over Iraq and Afghanistan has built up a foundation of experience to build better CAS tactics on, Mills said. Some of those lessons have come at great cost, as pilots have been lost in accidents—both in training and in combat—often due to spatial disorientation.