From the video I can tell it’s a PW F100 powered F-16, but as for which model F-100, I can’t tell.

No Idea on the F-15.

Possibly the USAF will decide one day that a completely rebuild wing is the best way forward (would increase the life-span to in-definite periods). Then the engine positions can be changed (more inward).

That’s what I kept coming to as well. You’d need to move the outer engine in for some for clearance, but then you’d have to re-do the flaps. If you’re going to reposition to nacelle anf flaps, why not just do a new wing which is probably what kept the AF and Boeing from doing all this in the first place.

Does anybody have any diagrams or artists impressions of a four engined B-52? How practical would it be to re-engine the Buff and which engines would you use?

The engines they planned to use were RR RB211-535E4 with 40,000lbs thrust. This would improve thrust by ~24,000 for all 4 engines compared with 8 17,000lb thrust TF33’s. I’ve seen several artist concepts of it, but never anything official. I would think that it would not be practical since the outer engines would be VERY close to the ground proving very dangerous to local wildlife near the runways. Also, if the outrigger wheels fail to deploy, you’d likely drag the engine instead of the external fuel tank. I could see using the CFM-56 to keep commonality with the KC-135R, but that version only has ~25,000lbs of thrust.

These kids and their drifting.

This weapon fascinates me. All the material I’ve read on it says it has the same specific thrust of the J58 meaning for the same air it intakes it makes the same thrust, only the YJ102R does it without afterburners. They also mention that the design is scalable to full size engine.

Would this be a revolution in powerplants that makes all existing high performance aircraft engines obsolete? Would it also be scalable downward, possibly for A-A missle application?

What about the civilian market? Will this spawn a new age of very light supersonic general aviation aircraft?

Not all F-14Ds were remanufactured As, I forget but out of the 55 F-14Ds made either 37 were new build or 18 were new build and the balance were remanufactured F-14D(R)s.

I thought all D’s were new build and that the re-engined/re-built A’s were renamed as B’s. If not, I stand corrected.

Don’t forget there are no real wingtip stations, but missile rails near the wingtips for Sidewinder only carriage. The pylons itself will likely increase the rcs further.

And the wave propogation of the wing/pylon/missle fins. Overall, I think it’d negate it’s stealth far too much. 4 internal AMRAAMs should be enough for any A-A mission a JSF would be called on to perform. Remember… you’re not likely going to be facing an incoming barage of missles in 5th generation fighters…. you have the ability to stalk your target and get in the optimum firing position without your target knowing you’re there. If the AMRAAM-D has such good kinematics and a large no escape zone, then the need to carry more missles is reduced.

Still, I do understand the warm and fuzzy feeling a combat pilot feels when they have the ability to carry as much as possible.