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I drew almost all these pictures except for a few drawn by a grandniece and a grandnephew.
Today's new drawing is of an F-16V Fighting Falcon.
F-16V Fighting Falcon
This drawing is of the Block 70/72 Fighting Falcon.
Although F-16 fighter-bombers are also called Viper by the pilots.
I mistakenly published a few years ago that the F-16 was being retired and replaced by the F-35. Although that may eventually happen... the F-16 fighters of the US Air Force are being upgraded with better radar and new structure. The radar is on par with what the F-35 fighters have. The new structure improvements will give the F-16 fighters longer flying life.
The F-16V is what I drew above. It has conformal fuel tanks. Conformal fuel tanks conform to the fuselage and give the aircraft more fuel capacity and therefore more range. Those tanks can be added or removed with relative ease.
The USA is selling some of these F-16V fighters that are brand new, off the assembly line. The US Air Force is upgrading over 600 of its F-16 fleet to the F-16V configuration. I should add that the new version or upgrade includes a digital screen in the cockpit and other improvements. You could call the F-16 V Viper a 4.5-generation aircraft now.
The original manufacturer of the F-16 was General Dynamics. It is now built by Lockheed-Martin. This is due to mergers and acquisitions. Just a few specs on the F-16: Top speed is Mach 2. That is about 1500 mph or 2414 kph. Payload capacity is up to 15,200 lbs of various weapons. The F-16 has a wingspan of 32 feet 8 inches or 9.8 meters. It is 49 feet 5 inches or 14.8 meters long.
NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Vehicles and Military Vehicles." Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of vehicle drawings to this title. Click on the title and you will have your printable coloring page.
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