Flying with the Falcon

otal Immersion Fuel Tank Air-Borne Cables (TIFTAC) must exhibit extremely high integrity while fully immersed in jet fuel, lubricating oil, hydraulic fluid and other liquid chemicals. The cables must be able to withstand penetration and degradation from these caustic fluids for their entire life-span, as any failure could potentially cause a dangerous flight safety condition. This is especially true since the F-16, for reasons of efficiency, performance and resistance to battle damage carries no mechanical backup to its electronic flight control system. That the F-16 TIFTAC cables must provide such faultless performance under extreme conditions of strain, vibration, shock, and sudden changes of pressure and temperature only adds to the challenge of engineering and building these mission-critical cable assemblies.

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