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This F-16 with underwing AIM-7 pylons and also unconventional landing gear bay door pylons was shown to JASDF officials as part of the effort to sell the F-16 to Japan.

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19761004/25/1/
 

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Those door-mounted pylons were part of the early studies on the F-16A ADF as well.
 
TomS said:
Those door-mounted pylons were part of the early studies on the F-16A ADF as well.
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F 2228 The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and the Sparrow Missile 1977
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Nice find. Thanks.
 
I made some screencaps and tried to recover colours where possible.
 

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I made some screencaps and tried to recover colours where possible.
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Good work my dear Paul.
 
Can someone capture the soundtrack? I expected Benny Hill to show up :D
 
I forgot about those. Wonder if there was ever any thought to revisit the door pylons with AIM-120C? 200lb lighter and smaller wings could actually make this viable.
 
Jeb said:
I forgot about those. Wonder if there was ever any thought to revisit the door pylons with AIM-120C? 200lb lighter and smaller wings could actually make this viable.
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Probably not needed since AMRAAM is light enough to hang on the wingtip rails instead.
 
TomS said:
Jeb said:
I forgot about those. Wonder if there was ever any thought to revisit the door pylons with AIM-120C? 200lb lighter and smaller wings could actually make this viable.
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Probably not needed since AMRAAM is light enough to hang on the wingtip rails instead.
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Yeah, but if they wanted to missileer-up a modern Viper, this adds pylons. :)
 
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Yes. Sat down in the garage to look for something else and came across a ton of stuff I'd forgotten about.
 
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The Iraqi F-16IQs have the AIM-7M-F1/H Sparrow, since no one trusts them with the latest tech:

"When it comes to air-to-air weaponry, the F-16IQ will be armed with AIM-9L/M Sidewinders and AIM-7M Sparrows."

See:

jalopnik.com

Iraq's F-16s Have A Cool Paint Job But Antiquated Weapons

Post-Saddam Iraq's first tactical fighter aircraft has taken flight. Lockheed flew the Block 52 F-16D for the first time just a couple days ago, and deliveries of the first batch of four jets are said to be just a couple months away. It looks great, but...
jalopnik.com jalopnik.com
 
I always liked this idea, and was surprised the didn't use them, whether for Sparrows or AMRAAMs or even Mavericks. Tucked up like that almost semi-conformally near the axis of rotation I would have thought they would be lower drag and have little effect on performance.

Since these weren't implemented, what was the downside?
 

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