Brand: Hobby Master
Model: HA38036, F-16V "Yellow
Viper" 6666, ROCAF, 2023 (with 2 x AIM-9x, 1 x middle fuel tank)
Material: Diecast
Type: Military Aircraft
Scale: 1/72
Length: 21cm, Wingspan:13.1cm, Height:7cm
[Stock Available. Original, Brand new and
unused]
Features:
True 1/72 scale.
Professionally painted.
Great attention to detail.
All markings are Tampoed (pad applied).
Option to display the model on a stand that is provided.
Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or
up positions.
Canopy can be displayed open or closed.
Pilot figure included.
Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic.
Highly collectable.
Background:
On 15 February 2012, Lockheed Martin unveiled a new version of their F-16 at
the 2012 Singapore Airshow. The F-16V will feature enhancements including an
AN/APG-83 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, an upgraded mission
computer and architecture, and improvements to the cockpit – all capabilities
identified by the U.S. Air Force and several international customers for future
improvements. The new variant is dubbed the "Viper", which is
intended to better operate with fifth-generation fighters, and should not be
confused with Lockheed's F-16IN Block 70/72 "Super Viper", which was
offered to India for the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft competition and
showcased at the 2009 Aero India Air Show. "The new F-16V will become the
new F-16 baseline," said George Standridge, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics'
vice president of business development. On 16 October 2015, the F-16V flew for
the first time with an APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar AESA, a new Center
Pedestal Display, a modernized mission computer, Automatic Ground Collision
Avoidance System, and many other upgrades. This can be fitted on new production
F-16s or retrofitted on existing ones. The first of these were for Republic of
China Air Force (Taiwan) F-16A/B Block 20s. The upgrade of its 144 aircraft
fleet started in January 2017 and is expected to complete by 2023. In 2019,
Taiwan and the United States signed an $8 billion deal that would deliver 66
new-build Block 70 aircraft.
The Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF; also retroactively known by its
historical name the Chinese Air Force and colloquially referred to as the
Taiwanese Air Force) is the military aviation branch of the Republic of China
Armed Forces, based in Taiwan since 1949. The ROCAF was founded in 1920 by the
Kuomintang. While its historical name is sometimes used especially in domestic
circles, it is not used as often internationally due to the current ambiguous
political status of Taiwan and to avoid confusion with the People's Liberation
Army Air Force of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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