How many kills does the F-16 have?
How many kills does the F-16 have?
Engagements and Kills were recorded throughout more than 30,000 world-wide air-to-air and air-to-ground combat sorties. For western fighter on the overall, the 154 engagements resulted in at least 210 confirmed kills with two combat losses and four fratricides. Note that the 72 F-16 kills represents 47% of that number.
How many warthogs have been shot down?
seven Warthogs
(Many returned to base almost unflyable, but only seven Warthogs have ever been shot down or crashed due to combat.)
How many MiG 29 shot down?
six MiG-29s
A total of six MiG-29s were shot down during the NATO intervention in the Kosovo War, of which three were shot down by USAF F-15s, one by a USAF F-16, and one by a RNLAF F-16. One aircraft, according to pilot, was hit by friendly fire from the ground. Another four were destroyed on the ground.
How many F-16s have been lost in mishaps?
There were 122 F-16 Class A mishap accidents for the period from FY 89 to FY 98. These accidents consisted of mishaps involving destroyed aircraft. A total of 272 F-16 aircraft had been destroyed from the introduction of the F-16 in 1975 to 2003.
How many F-15’s have been lost in combat?
None have been confirmed as lost by air-to-air combat. As of 8 January 2014, 123 USAF F-15 aircraft had been destroyed in mishaps, with 52 fatalities. This was a lifetime average of 2.93 aircraft destroyed per year, or 1.99 aircraft destroyed per 100,000 flight hours.
What was the end of life rate for the F-16?
Particularly instructive is the end of life crash rate for the F-16A. The F-16A was the first model of the F-16. Most of them had been retired by 2003, and over the previous five years, the five-year and ten-year average accident rates for the F-16A remained flat.
What is the F-16 crash rate per mile?
The Air Force mishap data did not separate the mishaps into the four phases of flight and the ACRAM report did not divide the data into Class A and Class B type occurrences. On this premise, and including all years through 2003, the value for the F-16 crash rate is 4.10 x 10-8 per mile.