Academy 12105 1/35 F-16I SUFA

The F-16I is the Israeli Air Force's advanced tactical aircraft building upon their extensive combat experience in the earlier F-16 variants.

One of the most notable differences between the F-16I and earlier Vipers is the inclusion of the second cockpit. While F-16B and F-16D trainers have nearly identical combat capabilities as their single-seat counterparts, these two-seaters are used primarily for training.

The F-16I, like the F-15E Strike Eagle and the F-4 Phantom II before it, makes use of that crucial second set of eyes to aid the pilot with situational awareness as well as to operate the on-board mission systems leaving the pilot free to fly the aircraft.

Features

• Nice all-glass cockpits fore and aft
• Re-tooled instrument panel covers
• Choice of clear or tinted canopies
• Positionable canopy
• Choice of narrow or widemouth inlets (the Sufa uses the narrow mouth)
• Choice of Pratt or GE afterburner sections (again, the Sufa uses the Pratt)
• Full-length inlet with engine face
• Nicely detailed wheel wells
• Choice of standard F-16C/D tail base or dorsal spine (Sufa uses the dorsal)
• Choice of standard rear tail fairing or parapack housing
• Late block landing/taxi lights on nose gear door
• Bulged main gear doors and heavy duty main gear (so no backdating to a Block 25/30/32 without raiding the Hasegawa kit)
• Positionable speed brakes
• Positionable trailing edge flaps
• Positionable radome to reveal detailed radar
• Turned aluminum pitot tube and AOA sensors
• Sufa-specific lateral nose antennas (stock antennas also in the box)
• Advanced IFF antennas
• RHAW/EW antenna fairings on the inlet sides and under the inlet (standard nav light fairings also in the box)
• Optional boarding ladder
• Optional crew figures