We can lift onto your trucker’s commercial flatbed 18 wheeler or any car hauler can move it. Own a real piece of Cold War history. Poor man’s warbird. With original factory military container included. Tail# 2 so 2nd one built and only one in the world to survive this long. Built by Durodyne in Tucson Arizona Circa 1988. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio. The home of the US Air Force Museum. This is the only one in civilian hands that we know of. Out of only around 36 built, this is the last example in the world to survive. A spectacular relic of the US Air Force COLD WAR, C. Plan, Camouflage, Concealment and Deception. 1 Make the enemy think we have more F-16’s than we really do. 2 Make the enemy think we have F-16’s where we really don’t. 3 Get the enemy to waste his expensive ordinance on an inexpensive decoy and save a 30 million dollar F-16. The decoy is full size around 31′ wing tip to wing tip x 41′ nose to tail x 17′ tall to the top of the vertical stabilizer. Completely collapsible and fits in the OD green clam shell box at only 8′ wide x 15′ long x 2′ deep at a total combined weight of only 3,000 lbs. Once assembled it is towable with a common military style pintle hook. 1:1 ratio scale of an actual USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon / Viper. Made of aluminum bulkheads and 4″ x 4″ square aluminum tubing that telescopes in and out on itself like a portable radio antenna. Once assembled you skin the aluminum skeleton frame in canvas. Looks like a box kite from the ground but from the air it has perfect fidelity. When the decoy was parked next to a real F-16 and attacked by USAF fighter pilots in F-4 F Phantoms during testing, our pilots chose the decoy as their target while using gun cameras, 50% of the time. Our own pilots can not tell the difference. I bought it at action, as scrap, in 1996 from the DRMO, Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office in Columbus, OH. This was way before 911. Items could leave base relatively intact. It was demilitarized by throwing away the instructions and about five parts. You are welcome to join us setting it up at the Cleveland, OH National Airshow to learn how to set it up. The item “USAF F-16 PROTOTYPE GROUND DECOY FROM THE US AIR FORCE MUSEUM” is in sale since Monday, May 25, 2020. This item is in the category “eBay Motors\Parts & Accessories\Aviation Parts & Accessories\Parts”. The seller is “museum3″ and is located in Wickliffe, Ohio. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.
- Manufacturer Part Number: NA
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Brand: Durodyne
- Warranty: No
- Compatible Make: Dyrodyne
- Compatible Model: USAF F-16
