Fire Control System
The Fire Control System assists aiming process and provides the pilot with indications and commands
required for weapon employment.
The Fire Control System consists of:
• AN/APQ-159(V)-3 Fire Control Radar (FCR).
• AN/ASG-31 Lead Computing Optical Sight System (LCOSS).
The AN/APQ-159(V)-3 and AN/ASG-31 may operate jointly or separately during air-to-air attacks.
During air-to-ground attacks, only AN/ASG–31 is used.
Guns and IR seeking missiles are used for air-to-air attacks.
Table 6. Fire control system
1. Bombs Arm Switch Selects arming circuits to respective bomb rack solenoids.
2. Guns/Missile, and Camera Switch
Turns on sight camera and arms guns and wingtip missiles.
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