Egyptian and Turkish F16 and AIM7 sparrow

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Was the AIM 7 sparrow used by the Egyptian and Turkish F16s prior to 1990 ?

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It was used by F4E or F16 ?

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Thank you
Do you have any information on Turkish f16 in 1980s operating Sparrows ?

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Both fighters in Egypt.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f16_18.html

F-16s were delivered with Sparrow capability but it doesn't say if they were actually in use during the 80s.

Egypt:
http://www.f-16.net/g3/f-16-photos/album07/album34/9811
http://www.f-16.net/g3/f-16-photos/album07/album34/9735

Those pics are not from the 80s.
First one shows a Block 40 with LANTIRN pods, not available in the 80s.
And of course its a Peace Vector III jet, delivered 1991-1995.
Second pic is a Peace Vector VI jet, 2001-2002.

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As far as I know, Turkish F-16's never used AIM-7. They were used by F-4E's, but the capability was removed (again, AFAIK) in the F-4E 2020 upgrade programme.

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Egypt: F-4E with AIM-7 from summer 1979 and F-16C with AIM-7 since 1986
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article4.html
For good reasons you will seldom see a pic with the related AAM with the exception of public displays. Just a limited number at hand and a limited life-time when flown really.

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Egypt: F-4E with AIM-7 from summer 1979 and F-16C with AIM-7 since 1986

Again, the article only says when AIM-7 capable F-16s where delivered, not if AIM-7 was actually delivered and used by the Egyptians.

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SPIRI has 282 AIM-7M delivered for F-16C 1991-92, so possibly with first Block 40s?

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^ so before 1991 the f16 were not using AIM 7 in Egyptian air force?

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The Egyptians got AIM-7E and F before the AIM-7M later on. The Egyptian F-16 C/D Block32 were delivered. In October of 1986, the first F-16C arrived in Egypt under Peace Vector II. The 242nd Regiment at Beni Suef began operating F-16C/D's in October 1986 as an intended replacemant for the F-4E and its AIM-7E and F.
So you assume, the Egyptians did not use the AIM-7E and F in stock for what reason ever?!
Egypt got 80 Super 530F for its Mirage 2000EM/BM from 1986-88.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294512039_Egypt_tests_upgraded_Amoun_air-defence_system Here you got an idea as well, what Sparrows were at hand in Egypt for some time.

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Egyptian Air Force F-4E Phantom IIs of the 222nd Tactical Fighter Brigade in formation with a U.S Air Force 347th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4E Phantom II during exercise Proud Phantom
In 1979, the Egyptian Air Force purchased 35 former USAF F-4Es along with a number of Sparrow, Sidewinder, and Maverick missiles from the U.S. for $594 million as part of the "Peace Pharaoh" program.[93] An additional seven surplus USAF aircraft were purchased in 1988.[94] Three attrition replacements had been received by the end of the 1990s.[91] John Lake gave 70 Sparrow in that first delivery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II#/media/File:F-4E_Egypt_347TFW.JPEG
http://www.f-4.nl/f4_42.html

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A bit off topic but still about Egyptian air defenses. Does anyone have a single image of an Egyptian Patriot battery component? Or a news article commenting on delivery of patriot to Egypt? Or an article commenting on cancellation of alleged 1999 contract?

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SORRY to dig up this old thread
but did the TURKISH F-16 in the late 1980s and 1990 have AIM-7 capability before AIM-120 was delievered to the turk f-16 ?

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Peace Onyx I f-16 Block 40's of the Turkish Aircraft were AIM-7 Sparrow capable: http://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article21.html

So per article the block 40 versions were manufactured starting with the 44th aircraft so it's safe to assume that the versions manufactured Before that i.e 1 to 43 were not block 40 and hence not compatible to carry aim 7 sparrow?

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Turkey never used AIM-7 with F-16's and I doubt any version in TurAF inventory was AIM-7 capable.

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Turkey never used AIM-7 with F-16's and I doubt any version in TurAF inventory was AIM-7 capable.

Not even the BLK 40 versions ?

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Not even the BLK 40 versions ?

Turkey used AIM-7 only with F-4E Phantom II's. Upgraded F-4E 2020's did not retain the capability.