T he F-16 Fighting Falcon—or the “Viper,” if you prefer—remains the most successful, combat-proven multi-role jet fighter ...

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 ...

US Air Force Maj. Garrett Schmitz, pilot for the F-16 Viper Demonstration Team, performs aerial maneuvers with an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is the world’s most common fixed-wing aircraft in military service. The United States Air Force is chockful of warplanes that bear both an official moniker and an ...

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The F-16 fighting falcon was built under an unusual agreement creating a consortium between the United States and four NATO countries: Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway.

“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-to-surface attack.

America has the largest fleet, of course, with many of its pilots climbing inside F-16 cockpits each day. Some of them, quite a lot, do not call the plane Fighting Falcon, but Viper.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon—or the “Viper,” if you prefer—remains the most successful, combat-proven multi-role jet fighter ever produced. It has been 51 years since the F-16 Fighting Falcon ...