Archive for the month of September 1992

F-16's over Bosnia

F-16 self protection

During a mission in the airspace of the countries of the former Yugoslavia, RNLAF F-16s carry a variety of equipment in order to protect the aircraft against a variety of threats. The Northrop-Grumman ALQ-131 pod is carried as an advanced Electronic Counter Measure to protect the aircraft against radar threats. The 600 lbs pod accomplishes this with a combination of noise, repeater or transponder electronic jamming techniques. The pod is capable of jamming enemy radar systems and is programmed in advance, depending on the threats to be expected, and can quickly be re-programmed against changing threats. For missions in Bosnian airspace, these threats will mainly consist of missiles of Russian manufacturers.