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Col. Reid Christopherson, points out sharp-tipped Sidewinder and Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air missiles.
• Belts of 20 mm shells have been cranked into fuselages for the M61 Vulcan cannons, electrically fired six-barreled Gatling guns.
• Christopherson also points to the bottom of the fuselage, where there are attached pods containing targeting equipment and countermeasures to jam radar signals of enemy missiles trying to home in on the plane.
• Portly wing tanks carrying fuel to extend the plane's range resemble the heavy bombs dropped from the belly of a World War II B-17.
• Real bombs, in fact, are going a different direction, according to Walz. Small diameter bombs are among upgrades the 114th hopes to get in the next few years, he

said.
• About two-thirds of the 114th pilots already have been checked out on an example of that technology, the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System, Walz said. It's an upgrade limited to Block 40 and newer F-16s.
• It allows a pilot to direct weapons against enemy fighters by pointing his or her head at a target even while performing extreme aircraft maneuvers. In air-to-ground missions, the cueing system meshes with other sensing

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