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F-16 Fighting Falconuncommon
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About this type
The F-16 Fighting Falcon, known to its pilots as the Viper, is the most numerous Western fighter ever built: about 4,600 airframes across dozens of blocks and licensed lines. It began as a lightweight day fighter and became everything.
Fighters rarely announce themselves on 1090 MHz, but training flights and ferry hops sometimes do. An F-16 in your Dex is the kind of catch you mention casually and often.
First flight: February 2, 1974 (accidentally, during a taxi test).
~4,600 built, flown by 25+ air forces.
Pilots call it the Viper, never the Fighting Falcon.
Engine
F110 / F100
Top speed
Mach 2+
Crew
1
Drawing: U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Source
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Resolver aliasesF-16F-16 Fighting Falcon