F16 Falcons are extremely capable combat aircraft. Able to withstand a 9G turn, it's likely the pilot will fail before the airframe does.
The first F16 took to the skies late in 1976, delivery to combat squadrons followed in Jan 1979. The Falcon was one of the first to use the now standard...
An F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 186th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Montana Air National Guard, escorts a Soviet Su-27 Flanker aircraft to the Canadian border after an air show.
Location: PAINE FIELD, WASHINGTON (WA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Date Shot: 01 AUG 1990Camera...
186th fighter interceptor squadron
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A right side view of aircraft in flight over the pyramids during exercise Bright Star `82. The aircraft are, from front to back: a MiG-21, F-16 Fighting Falcon, MiG-17 and an A-10 Thunderbolt II.
Location: EGYPT (EGY)
Date Shot: 01 NOV 1981Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. BILL THOMPSON
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Orli Szpon'97 (Eagle's Talon'97)was exercise USAFF in Poland.
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photo Jarosław Kantor
The F-16 evolved from a 1972 USAF Lightweight Fighter (LWF) prototype program which sought a small, lightweight, low cost, air superiority day fighter designed for high performance and ease of maintenance. The YF-16 was selected the winner, over the Northrop YF-17, after the LWF fly-off...
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