Everybody was happy. “The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft,” the Air Force says. “It is highly maneuverable and has proven itself in air-to-air combat and air ...

In capable hands, an F-16 Fighting Falcon can take on fifth-generation stealth fighter jets like the F-35 Lightning II and even the F-22 Raptor. For decades, the F-16 Fighting Falcon has been the ...

The F-16 Block 70 jets are a significantly upgraded version of the decades-old Fighting Falcon. The aircraft are equipped with the Northrop Grumman APG-83 AESA Radar, advanced avionics ...

Here are some of the more notable moments from the Fighting Falcon’s distinguished, five-decade-long combat career. Israeli Air Force F-16, sometime in the 1980s. Launched on June 7, 1981 ...

Today, Jan. 20, 2024, marks half a century since the first flight of one of the world’s most popular and most recognizable fighter jets, the F-16 Fighting Falcon. The “Viper”, as the F-16 is ...

Inset: A F-16 “Fighting Falcon” fighter jet flies... MiG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force take part in a NATO shielding exercise at the Lask Air Base on October 12, 2022, in Lask ...

Four squadrons of F-16s are based at the Air National Guard 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport, which mainly trains foreign pilots, while a small detachment from the 162nd is based ...