How Capable Would the F-16 Block 80 Fighter Be? A New Option For the U.S. Air Force

How Capable Would the F-16 Block 80 Fighter Be? A New Option For the U.S. Air Force

Questioning U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin regarding the future of the service, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee Senator Thomas Cotton on May 20 raised the possibility of a new variant of the F-16 fighter, an F-16 Block 80, being procured. The F-16 is currently the most widely fielded fighter class in the U.S. Air Force or anywhere in the Western world, and has gone through multiple production blocks from the 94 Blo…

Allvin to Congress: USAF Will Have More Control of F-47 Fighter

The F-47 fighter will be run differently than previous fighter programs and share the same mission systems architecture as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told the Senate Armed Services Committee. That means advances in one will fuel advances in the other. In a wide-ranging hearing, Allvin emphasized the continued need to acquire the E-7 Wedgetail as a successor to the aging E-3 AWACS; the burden on…