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The Block 70/72 features advanced avionics, a proven Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, a modernized cockpit with new safety features, advanced weapons, conformal fuel tanks, an improved performance engine, and an industry-leading extended structural service life of 12,000 hours.
The Block 70/72 has an industry-leading extended structural life to 12,000 hours - more than 50 percent beyond that of previous production F-16 aircraft. That means a highly reliable, readily maintainable jet of at least 40 years of service life for most air forces, with no expected extended structural repairs throughout that entire lifetime.
Apr 6, 2023 · The Block 70/72 represents Lockheed Martin’s best attempt to build the very best F-16 that it can, fit to meet the challenges of the 21st Century battlespace and offering many of the capabilities of the fifth-generation F-35 at a fraction of the cost.
Apr 5, 2024 · The F-16 Block 70/72 model has 12,000+ hours of structural life, lasting 40+ years, superior to previous F-16 models. Enhanced engines offer better in-flight performance, fuel efficiency, and increased range with new fuel tanks.
Nov 22, 2022 · The first F-16 of the Block 70/72 configuration has rolled out of Lockheed Martin’s Greenville, S.C., facility in preparation for first flight early in 2023. The factory is geared up to build at least 128 more of the jets through the end of this decade.
Jan 24, 2023 · The new F-16 Block 70 is the world’s newest and most advanced production F-16. On Jan. 24, 2023, at 09.17AM ET, the first F-16 Block 70 jet carried out its inaugural flight from the...
Nov 24, 2022 · The Block 70/72 features a suite of “advanced avionics, proven Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, modernized cockpit with new safety features, advanced weapons, conformal fuel tanks, [and] an improved performance engine,” according to Lockheed.
