Code One, Volume 1, Number 3, Summer 1986 Page: 5
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By TiE (THOMAS) COLLINS
Director, F-16A/B OCU Program
he F-16's multimission performance capabilities have made it a
spected weapons platform in both the air-to-air and air-to-ground
ole. However, operational use over the last eight years has dictated a
requirement to enhance the aircraft's subsystems and capabilities to meet
the challenge of the ever-increasing threat. This enhancement is called the Opera-
tional Capabilities Upgrade (OCU) Program and, just as its name implies, it's aimed
at broadening the F-16's capabilities - specifically the F-16A/B Block 15 aircraft.
OCU is a multinational effort by the United States, Belgium, Denmark, The Nether-
lands, and Norway to assure the operational viability of Block 15 aircraft well into
the 1990s.
From extended operational usage - in varying mission roles and in different
operating environments - has evolved a set of desired operational upgrades: the
long-sought AMRAAM, the Penguin missile, a low-altitude warning system, and
enhanced capabilities for the radar, avionics, and computer systems.
Incorporation of these enhancements into current F-16A/B Block 15 aircraft is
made possible through Stage I of the Multinational Staged Improvement Program
(MSIP), through select su system developments of MSIP
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