F-36 Kingsnake Fighter Jet: Is It Will be Real?

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F-36 Kingsnake Fighter Jet to replace F-16 Viper

defenseuptodate.com will review the F-36 Kingsnake, Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown said he wants a new aircraft to replace the service of the F-16 Viper. Then came the new fighter was designed by experts as featured by alternative aviation magazine Hush-Kit.

F-16 viper of US Airforce – Source : Dvid Image

Chief of Staff General C.Q. Brown wants a fighter jet that has the criteria of the lightweight, cheap fighter jet, and also does not feature stealth. This has been guided by Hush-Kit magazine in designing the F-36 Kingsnake. The aircraft is expected to service before 2030.

The F-36 design was illustrated by Andy Godfrey from Teasel Studio. It look like F-36 Viper genetics. Andy teasel took the idea from Hush-Kit when he gathered with aviation authorities Stephen Mcparlin and James Smith. Now, the F-36 Kingsnake Design was published to the media.

F-36 Kingsnake manufacture
F-36 Kingsnake Design Source: Hush-Kit Magazine and Teasel Studio

The F-36 Kingsnake is not planned to be a sixth-generation fighter jet. But only 4.5 generation or fifth-gen-minus fighter jet. For the manufacture of the sixth-generation fighter jet, it will be built in the NGAD program.

NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) Program is a sixth-generation jet fighter program from the US Air Force and US Navy. The US Airforce’s NGAD Program is expected to replace the F-22 Raptor while the US Navy’s NGAD Program is referred to as the FA-XX. These two NGAD programs also are expected to operate before 2030.

The ‘Secret’ NGAD Program is so great, many people want to know  about this program. NGAD also become the most expensive 6th generation fighter jet in the world which take costs hundreds of millions of dollars.

For the technology of F-36 Kingsnake, it still re-uses the F-16’s AN/APG-83 advanced electronically scanned array radar, the F-22 Raptor’s F-119 afterburning turbofan engine, and the derivatives from Legion electro-optical targeting pod’s infrared sensor system.

We try to find information about kingsnake name, we found in wikipedia website that Kingsnake is the name of predator snake that has a habitat in North America that can live up to the age of 30 years.

The F-36 Kingsnake has the same role as the F-16 it replaces, namely a non-stealth aircraft that is also a multi-role fighter that carries bombs and missiles mounted on its wings. With these capabilities, the F-36 Kingsnake will be easy to destroy enemy ground troops with the fire of its weapons.

If the US Airforce want a new generation aircraft that can finish for 2023, the F-36 Kingsnake may be can be a solution. Many military enthusiasts want to know when this program was started or it only become mere issue.

The F-36 Kingsnake’s specifications can make it capable to complement the F-35 and F-22 Raptor on duty. Although based on technology, this aircraft still below the two fighter jets.

This will make the U.S. Airforce very strong in the air-to-air and air-to-ground missions when destroying the enemy in combat.

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