PBNA F-76 Suliţă

F-76 "Suliţă"
2 F-76 "Suliţă"s during patrol
Role	Multirole 3rd gen Fighter Jet
National origin	Pavulturilor
Manufacturer	Pavulturilori National Aviation Bureau
First flight	1973 January 18th
Introduction	1976 October 21st
Status	In service
Primary user	Pavulturilori Air Force
Produced	1976-1991
Number built	144
Unit cost	₪70,000,000
Developed into	F-02 Sabie

The F-76 Suliţă is a single-engine, supersonic, all-weather, multirole fighter jet, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft. The F-76 Suliţă was designed by Pavulturilori National Aviation Bureau and is primarily used by the Pavulturilori Air Force while being phased out in favor of the F-02 Sabie.

Variants

• F-E - initial prototype
• F-76 - production variant
• F-76M - modernized variant
• F-76MS - modernized ground attack variant

Spesifications

Data from Pavulturilori National Aviation Bureau

General Preformance

• Crew: 1
• Length: 15.65 m (51 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 8.22 m (27 ft 0 in)
• Height: 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in)
• Wing area: 34.8 m2 (375 sq ft)
• Airfoil: 3.5&[53]
• Empty weight: 7,285 kg (16,061 lb)
• Gross weight: 11,603 kg (25,580 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 16,200 kg (35,715 lb)
• Powerplant: 1× General Electric J79-J1E turbojet, 52.9 kN (11,900 lbf) thrust dry, 79.62 kN (17,900 lbf) with afterburner

Preformance

• Maximum speed: 2,440 km/h (1,520 mph, 1,320 kn) above 11,000 m (36,089 ft)
• Maximum speed: Mach 2.3
• Combat range: 768 km (477 mi, 415 nmi) (ground attack, hi-lo-hi profile, seven 227 kg (500 lb) bombs, two AAMs, two 1,300 L (340 US gal; 290 imp gal) drop tanks)
• Service ceiling: 17,680 m (58,010 ft)
• Rate of climb: 233 m/s (45,900 ft/min)

Armament

• Guns - 2× 30mm Autocannons + 7× hardpoints (2× wingtips + 4× underwing + fusalage

Rockets and Bombs

• Several types of 4 rocket pods (4× hardpoints)
• Several types of bombs (changes depend on weight)

Missiles

Air to Air

• 2× AIM-9 Sidewinders (2× wingtips) + 4× Piton3/4/5 (4× hardpoints)
• 6× Piton3/4/5 (2× wingtips + 4× hardpoints)