RSAF F-16D Blk 52 + with Litening III pod

• alert5

  12 Jun 05, 14:41

  RSAF choose to unveil its Litening III pod today at National Runway Cycling 2005.
  
  pictures
• Paladin

  12 Jun 05, 18:46

  
  Thumbs up!
• duotiga83

  12 Jun 05, 18:59

  also can see the AMRAAM attached to the wing tips also
• SMAPLionHeart

  14 Jun 05, 02:45

  Modified by Rafael !!
  
  I saw Rafael Litening III there..
  
  
  
  That means its quite similar to Israel's Soufa..
  
  cool ...
• wd1

  14 Jun 05, 04:56

  guys. notice the protruding blisters/bulges either side of the intake of the F-16Ds? they're fairly large and significant. at first glance i thought they might be HTS, but we don't have HARMs, and HTS is totally different anyway - a pod on its own, not a blister.
  
  i wonder what they're for.
  
  the same blisters are present on Israeli Delta-52s, but not on the Hellenic AF 52Ds nor the UAE blk 60s.
  
  perhaps EW equipment of some sort? but those are supposed to be in the dorsal spine.
• coolant

  14 Jun 05, 08:30

  No chance to go leh, otherwise my Nikon D70 would fire much more shots
• Rockhound

  14 Jun 05, 08:32

  Originally posted by wd1:

  guys. notice the protruding blisters/bulges either side of the intake of the F-16Ds? they're fairly large and significant. at first glance i thought they might be HTS, but we don't have HARMs, and HTS is totally different anyway - a pod on its own, not a blister.
  
  i wonder what they're for.
  
  the same blisters are present on Israeli Delta-52s, but not on the Hellenic AF 52Ds nor the UAE blk 60s.
  
  perhaps EW equipment of some sort? but those are supposed to be in the dorsal spine.

  streamlined fuel tanks..
• alert5

  14 Jun 05, 11:00

  Originally posted by Rockhound:

  streamlined fuel tanks..

  He is referring to this
  
  
• Rockhound

  14 Jun 05, 11:31

  Originally posted by alert5:

  He is referring to this
  
  

  oooh...that.....haha...beats me...
  
  i kinda like the headlights...
• 21Alpha

  14 Jun 05, 12:39

  Maybe hor, they just stick it there to make you confuse only....
• wd1

  14 Jun 05, 15:51

  no not those! im referring to the blisters on the LEFT and RIGHT sides of the intake. the F-16Ds have big blisters while Cs have only the navigation light. just about where the HTS is on USAF F-16s.
• Rockhound

  14 Jun 05, 16:56

  Originally posted by wd1:

  no not those! im referring to the blisters on the LEFT and RIGHT sides of the intake. the F-16Ds have big blisters while Cs have only the navigation light. just about where the HTS is on USAF F-16s.

  FASTPACK streamlined fuel tanks?...
  
  sori...juz cant stop thinking abt them
• alert5

  14 Jun 05, 17:38

  
  
  
  
  IR based missile sensors. forward and rear hemisphere.
• cleong

  15 Jun 05, 09:11

  Did anyone notice that inert versions of both the AIM-7 Sparrow (on the F-16C) and the AIM-120C AMRAAM (on the F-16D) were shown in the pictures? Interesting......
• duotiga83

  16 Jun 05, 22:13

  thisd pic is damn chio
  
  
• oerlikon

  18 Jun 05, 18:04

  Can someone help to explain what does the Liening III pod does ? Thanks.