F-16 Fighting Falcon (wallpaper 3) aircraft photo gallery | AirSkyBuster

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F-16 Fighting Falcon (wallpaper 3). F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft images wallpaper gallery 3. F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pictures collection 3. The F-16 design employs a cropped-delta planform incorporating wing-fuselage blending and forebody vortex-control strakes; a fixed-geometry, underslung air intake inlet supplying airflow to the single turbofan jet engine; a conventional tri-plane empennage arrangement with all-moving horizontal “stabilator” tailplanes; a pair of ventral fins beneath the fuselage aft of the wing’s trailing edge; a single-piece, bird-proof “bubble” canopy; and a tricycle landing gear configuration with the aft-retracting, steerable nose gear deploying a short distance behind the inlet lip. There is a boom-style aerial refueling receptacle located a short distance behind the rear of the canopy. F-16 Fighting Falcon (wallpaper 3). F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft images wallpaper gallery 3. F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pictures collection 3. Split-flap speedbrakes are located at the aft end of the wing-body fairing, and an arrestor hook is mounted underneath the aft fuselage. Another fairing is situated at the base of the vertical tail, beneath the bottom of the rudder, and is used to house various items of equipment such as ECM gear or drag chutes. Several later F-16 models, such as the F-16I variant of the Block 50 aircraft, also have a long dorsal fairing “bulge” that runs along the “spine” of the fuselage from the rear of the cockpit to the tail fairing; these fairings can be used to house additional equipment or fuel. The air intake was designed to be "far enough forward to allow a gradual bend in the air duct up to the engine face to minimize flow losses and far enough aft so it wouldn’t weigh too much or be too draggy or destabilizing. F-16 Fighting Falcon (wallpaper 3). F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft images wallpaper gallery 3. F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pictures collection 3.