PBNA F-02 Sabie

F-02 "Sabie"
A PAF F-02 "Sabie" taking off
Role	Multirole 4th gen Fighter Jet
National origin	Pavulturilor
Manufacturer	Pavulturilori National Aviation Bureau
First flight	2000 June 11th
Introduction	2002 December 19th
Status	In service
Primary user	Pavulturilori Air Force Jackian Air Force Eleutherian Federal Air Corps Baltanian Air Force
Produced	2002-present
Number built	246
Unit cost	₪122,500,000

The F-02 Sabie is a Single/Two seater (Vatiant dependable), single-engine, supersonic, all-weather, multirole fighter jet, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft. The F-02 Sabie was designed by Pavulturilori National Aviation Bureau and is primarily used by the Pavulturilori Air Force, along with several air forces wroldwide.

Variants

F-01A - enitial prototype

F-01B - two-seater prototype

F-02A - Single-seater production variant

F-02B - Two-seater production variant

F-02AU - Single-seater 4.5gen variant (Upgraded from F-02A variant)

F-02BU - Two-seater 4.5gen variant (Upgraded from F-02B variant)

Spesifictions

General Charachteristics

• Crew: 1 (A/AU) / 2 (B/BU)
• Length: 14.57 m (47 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 8.78 m (28 ft 10 in)
• Height: 4.78 m (15 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 33 m2 (360 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 7,031 kg (15,501 lb)
• Gross weight: 9,991 kg (22,026 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 19,277 kg (42,499 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney PW1120 afterburning turbofan, 91.5 kN (20,600 lbf) with afterburner

Preformance

• Maximum speed: 1,965 km/h (1,221 mph, 1,061 kn)
• Maximum speed: Mach 1.6
• Range: 3,700 km (2,300 mi, 2,000 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 15,240 m (50,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 254 m/s (50,000 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 303.2 kg/m2 (62.1 lb/sq ft)
• Thrust/weight: 0.94

Armament

• Guns - 1 30mm Autocannon
• 7 total: 2× wingtips missile launch rail, 4× under-wing, and 1× under-fuselage with a capacity of 13,700 lb external fuel and ordnance,with provisions to carry combinations of:

Rockets and Bombs

• Several types of 4 dumb rocket pods (4× hardpoints)
• Several types of bombs (Change in amount depends on wieght)

Missiles

Air to Air

• 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM's (2× wingtips)
• 6× AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM's (2× wingtips + 4× hardpoints)
• 2× AIM-120 AMRAAM AAM's (2× wingtips)
• 6× AIM-120 AMRAAM AAM's (2× wingtips + 4× hardpoints)
• 2× Piton3/4/5 AAM's (2× wingtips)
• 6× Piton3/4/5 AAM's (2× wingtips + 4× hardpoints)
• 10× Piton3/4/5 AAM's (2× wingtips + 8× doublerack hardpoints)

Air to Ground

• 4× BR3 Mustrare AGM (4× hardpoints)
• 4× AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile ARM (4× hardpoints)

Air to Sea

• 2× BR3 Mustrare (Anti-Ship Variant) ASM (2× hardpoints)

Avionics

FBW (Fly-By-Wire)

In Pop-Culture

In the film Înainte! the aircraft is shown in the final scene bombing an overwhelming infantry force.