Country of Origin. USA.
Similar Aircraft. F-5 Freedom Fighter,
F/A-18 Hornet.
Crew. One.
Role. All-weather tactical strike, fighter, reconnaissance.
Armament. Cannon, bombs, missiles.
Dimensions. Length: 54 ft, 9 in (16.7 m). Span: 22 ft (6.7 m).
Wings. Mid-mounted, equally tapered, with a negative slant.
Missiles or fuel tanks at the square tips.
Engine(s). One turbojet in midsection of the body. Semicircular air intakes
forward of the wings’ leading edges.
Fuselage. Long and slender, thickens at the air intakes. Sharp-pointed nose.
Bubble canopy.
Tail. Unequally tapered tail fin. About 1/3 of the fin overhangs the exhaust.
Tail flats are equally tapered with square tips mounted high on the tail fin forming a T.
Germany, Greece, Italy, Taiwan, Turkey.
Updated: 30 January 2008 | Born on 23 August 2000 |