1/48 IDF F-16C Block 40 “Barak”

Description

This is an injection-plastic jet aircraft model kit.

From the manufacturer description:

Following the cancellation of the Lavi project (an all-Israeli military aircraft) in May of 1988, Israel ordered 60 F-16C/D Block 40 aircraft (30 F-16Cs and 30 F-16Ds), plus an option for 15 more under the Peace Marble III program. The first of these PM III F-16C/D Block 40, all nicknamed “Barak II” (Lightning), arrived in Israel in August of 1991 and entered service with the First Fighter Squadron and the Scorpion Squadron.

Israeli F-16Cs have extensive local modifications, with different avionics fits and higher gross weight than the USAF F-16C. The maximum all-up weight of an Israeli F-16 is 48,000 pounds, wehreas the weight of a USAF Block 40 F-16C is 42,300 pounds. The additional weight requires changes in the landing gear and the use of new wheels. The third batch of F-16Cs is installed with Elta’s EL/L-8240 ECM, an internally mounted self-protection ECM, in replacing of Lockheed Martin Defense Systems (LMDS) AN/ALQ-178 Rapport III internal ECM. F-16Cs appear to have larger navigation light mountings on the intake, which might be used to house electronics. As IAF-F-16Cs were received as a substitute for the canceled Lavi Project, all are fitted with Elisra’s Israeli ECM systems and Elbit’s flight management computers.

Weapons set inclues: AIM-9M/X Sidewinder, AIM-120B/CM AMRAAM, AGM-65 Maverick, GBU-24 Paveway III, GBU-31 JDAM, CBU-87 Cluster Bomb, GBU-12 Paveway II, Mk 82 Dumb Bomb, AN/AAQ-28 Litening AT