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The article makes it sound like all Block 40 and newer F-16 have AGCAS. While this might be correct, it's worth mentioning that AGCAS was implemented around 201
by numlock86 6y ago
The article makes it sound like all Block 40 and newer F-16 have AGCAS. While this might be correct, it's worth mentioning that AGCAS was implemented around 2014 and started rolling out on F-16 after. Block 40/50 F-16s are way way way older than 2014 ... plus most non-US F-16 units didn't and won't get the update at all.
- cgearhart 6y agoSimilar story for the F/A-18, but even later. The technology exists—Boeing even did a demonstration in the early/mid 2010’s. Navy only finally approved installing it in FY2019 budget, so it may not even be fielded yet. I used to work with a Marine F/A-18 pilot who came to the program office with an axe to grind about this. He requested meetings with PMA-265 (not our office, but same building—this was a very weird thing to do) to _politely_ show them the USAF F-16 AGCAS video and a list of folks he personally knew who died because we didn’t have AGCAS in F/A-18. I just looked him up, and he’s been promoted to Lt.CoL.; now working as the air systems lead for legacy F/A-18 in PMA-265–and it sounds like even legacy hornet is going to get AGCAS. I’m impressed (but perhaps not surprised) that he’s been able to get them to invest AGCAS in a platform that hits end-of-life in 2030. 11/10 would work with SOCK again.