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  1. direct PDF link AFMAN 11-2F-16V3 RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication. page 15, para 3.3.1
  2. Not sure what you are trying to say. Check out this block 42 from Luke AFB 308th Squadron 0:47, 2:37, 2:49, 3:00 https://youtu.be/MFQ21UWfqu8?t=47 79th FS, Shaw AFB, block 50 1:55, 6:02 https://youtu.be/_Stevja1_OM?t=115 14 FS, Misawa AB, block 50 while TDY to Eielson AFB 1:01, 1:06, 1:30, 1:52, 2:49, 3:01, 3:13, 3:30, 3:54, 5:17 https://youtu.be/zAoMQIErRLQ 480th FS, Spangdahlem AB, block 50 2:30, 3:04, 3:37, 3:42, 4:17 https://youtu.be/z-orhkJpJCc I guess I'm trying to say that is normal so not sure what you are saying
  3. Beside the A-10, I cant think of any USAF aircraft with self sealing tanks.
  4. IIRC, back when I work on them (10 years removed now). So if the jet loses electrical power or hydraulic pressure gets below a certain number the EPU will activate. The pilot could also choose to turn it on. Any way, the EPU will initially use hydrazine to achieve operation speed, after switching to bleed air if it can. Yes Yes You don't need and generator to call it APU. Again, using the only APU I ever work with as an example, F-117 APU was not connected to a generator nor a hydraulic pump. It simply ran an air compressor, which in tern is used for several things ( Air starting system call P.A.S.S, supplement environmental control, emergency power unit, etc.) Anyway, the thing that looks like it has tin foil around it, is the JFS, very compact, even tho the engine is removed..where would fit the generator? JFS bay photo Keep in mind, above the JFS is the JFS controller (basically a fuel pump), behind the JFS (inboard) there is hydraulic pump, middle is where the engine connect to the Accessory Drive Gearbox (ADG) and on the right side there is Main gen, stand other hydraulic pump and stand by gen and on the door there is a frequency converter for the stand by gen.
  5. It can't run on JP-8, it has no way to do so. It can run with bleed air from the engine, but it will always use hydrazine when it initially starts. Only time it only uses bleed air is while being testing on the ground... and some time the jet decides to use hydrazine when doing that, that is why pilots go to a 100% oxygen when testing the EPU during launch.
  6. I don't know the answer to your question, but in the F-117, there is and APU that runs the entire flight and the same EPU that is used in and F-16 ( except it does not have fuel/oil cooler and does not use hydrazine). So and APU would not preclude an EPU. F-15A to C does not even have a battery, no APU nor an EPU...not related, just thought is interesting.
  7. LOL, some people make up some crazy theories. The guys in the video says the whistle is from a sensor when the aircraft is close to the ground...why would the aircraft have something like that on the outside? lol. I hated being on airshows next to the jet, granted only did it once in Oshkosh EAA 1999 . So many want verification on their misconceptions and did not like when you told them it did not work how they believe it did.
  8. Then is very likely to be the engine nozzle. Look for Convergent Exhaust Nozzle Control (CENC) here or in google. I have posted many time about it.
  9. This is a wild ass guess from me, but the only two things that whistle like that in an F-16AM are the EPU when activating or the nozzle of the engine. My time with A models is limited to the training aircraft that had not flown in years.
  10. I don't know. There are to many unknowns. I have never work on a F-16 that suffer combat damage ( hit by enemy fire) Not sure what would happen. There are some photos of F-16 receiving very bad damage and making it back. But there are to many variables. Link to the Washington Post article 86-0269 after a mid air
  11. In RL, no. The switch determine where to use fuel from, would not prevent fuel loss due to damage and would not isolate tanks. A-1 is also the biggest tank in the aircraft, not using it will make the aircraft to aft heavy, not sure if you could fly it even if you isolated the tank.
  12. I know videos are not a good source, and this is a different block. This is block 30 with different engine and many other differences Just trying to help. JFS door open at the begging of the video. The next sound is the hydraulic fluid spinning the Hydraulic Start Motor (HSM). JFS ignites at 11 seconds. Turns off at 41 seconds. Notice door stay open, they close after JFS spins down. https://youtu.be/wIrrKFKEOoQ
  13. I dare say anything you find online will not be 100% reliable. Books, magazine, documentaries, movies, etc. will have missing details or wrong details, misconceptions and so on. Even manuals you find online are only specific to a certain number of aircraft and a specific date in time. If your missing the list of aircraft (normally in the first couple of pages there should be all the serial number the manuals applies to) you will have and incomplete manual. If your missing dates from front page, is incomplete. What ever you do find, read it for entertainment, not so much and "The Source" of X,Y and Z info.
  14. That is how the OFP are named or labeled in USAF manuals at the time (circa 2007) all of the OFP TCTO mention in the manuals have a plus at the end.
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