COMPARISON OF MIG-29 AND F-16 AIRCRAFT IN THE FIELD OF SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DESTRUCTION IN COMBAT

Because the Polish Air Force currently uses F-16 and MiG-29 aircraft, aim of study was to conduct a comparison susceptibility destruction in combat these two aircraft. The first part work concerned analysis individual critical components, such as: general characteristics airframe structure, aircraft engine, flight control system, fuel weapons, radar system. index defined considering listed components following types enemy weapon: gun, air-to-air missile, anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile. proved that have similar damage combat, slight advantage this respect determined. presented scheme can be used analyze other Proposals modifications, directions further actions, possibilities using described method were presented. making decisions by governments regarding purchase for their fleets identify with high order introduce appropriate modifications military manufacturers.