Section 1980-10-29. USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The General Dynamics F-16 is equipped with the General Electric J-79 engine from the F-4 and F-104 fighters and B-58 Hustler bombers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This variant of the General Dynamics F-16 was developed at the request of the US Department of Defense for export to countries with smaller defense budgets. General Dynamics proposed the F-16 with the older, single-cylinder General Electric J-79 GE-17X (later 119) engine, which produces 44.50 kN (10,000 lbf) of thrust and 76.00 kN (17,000 lbf) with afterburner. A version of the General Electric J-79 GE-119 engine has a maximum thrust of 83.00 kN. The General Electric J-79 GE-119 engine allowed the F-16 to achieve a maximum speed of Mach 2.1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The F-16 also had to undergo structural modifications to the engine’s intake and air ducting to ensure adequate air pressure. The rear fuselage section was narrowed. Because the J-79 engine is longer, its nozzle extends far beyond the fuselage outline. Its length increased by 45.70 cm. The engine nozzle was modified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pre-series F-16 A FSD aircraft, number 75-0752, underwent the conversion, and with the new powerplant, it made its first flight on October 29, 1980. Other data indicates the following day: October 30, 1980. Testing proceeded as planned and was completed in January 1981. A two-seat F-16 B\/79, powered by the J-79 engine, was also built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The F-16\/79 was offered for export as a modern, low-cost fighter with good interception and tactical battlefield support capabilities. The aircraft was offered in single- and two-seat versions. Thailand ordered a number of F-16\/79 aircraft, but the order was later changed to the standard F-16 A\/B. In 1985, Singapore also expressed interest in purchasing these aircraft. A preliminary agreement was even signed. However, the contract was ultimately changed to the standard F-16. Venezuela was also offered the F-16\/79, but it vehemently opposed the offer and requested the F-16 A\/B Block 15 aircraft. Ultimately, no country ordered the F-16\/79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Written by Karol Placha Hetman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Krak\u00f3w 2005-03-11 General Dynamics F-16 \/ 79. Section 1980-10-29. USA. The General Dynamics F-16 is equipped with the General Electric J-79 engine from the F-4 and F-104 fighters and B-58 Hustler bombers. This variant of the General Dynamics F-16 was developed at the request of the US Department of Defense for export to countries with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airplanes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7419,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7418\/revisions\/7419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/polot.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/General-Electric-J-79.-2017-rok.-Zdjecie-Karol-Placha-Hetman01-1024x764.png\")
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