Does anyone know the name of the F-16's new TACAN+VOR navigation system?
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I taked to a South Carolina ANG F-16 pilot at an airshow and asked him if there is any possible way he can see VOR signals instead of TACAN and he said they have both on the upgraded F-16s. He said it is a package that shows both VOR and TACAN and he mentioned the name of the system package but I forgot the name of it. I tried to google it but nothing showed up.
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Don’t take my words as written in stone, it was several years ago I was learning for the PPL, additionally I forgot a lot due to not playing neither FSX, F4BMS nor Flightgear for a long time now.
Generally put, a TACAN station is simply a VOR + DME, so you not only get the radial you’re on, but also the distance to the station. The Tacans VOR uses UHF while civilan VOR use VHF.
I guess the package is capable to listen on VHF and UHF then? -
I guess the pilot was talking about VORTAC.