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F16
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
The Viper
“The fighter jet that changed everything.”
Lockheed Martin · military
Length
49 ft 5 in
Wingspan
32 ft 8 in
Max speed
Mach 2.0
Range
2,280 nmi
Ceiling
50,000+ ft
Engines
1x GE F110 or P&W F100
Crew
1
First flight
1974
In service
1978–present
Built
4,600+
The F-16 Fighting Falcon — pilots call it the Viper — is the most successful fighter aircraft of the modern era. Over 4,600 built, flown by 25 countries. It's fast, agile, and relatively affordable.
Fun fact
The F-16 was the first fighter to pull 9G maneuvers and the first with a frameless bubble canopy for unobstructed pilot visibility.
How to spot one
Single engine, delta wing with leading edge root extensions. Bubble canopy. The most produced Western fighter jet.
Crews call it
The Viper
Sounds like
Single afterburning turbofan — a screaming roar in full afterburner that you feel in your chest
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the The Viper from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook. Coming to iOS and Android.
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