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Highly agile, the F-16 was the first fighter aircraft purpose-built to pull 9-g maneuvers and can reach a maximum speed of over Mach 2. Innovations include a frameless bubble canopy for better visibility, a side-mounted control stick, and a reclined seat to reduce g-force effects on the pilot.
An F-16 fighter takes off from Chiayi Air Base in Southern Taiwan. Taiwan is a major F-16 customer. In 1992, 150 F-16A/B Block 20s were ordered while at the same time Taiwan ordered 60 Dassault Mirage 2000s and launched its own indigenous fighter program, the AIDC Ching-Kuo. Delivery of all F-16s was completed in 2001.
In October 2017, the US approved the sale of 123 upgrade kits to Greece to bring their existing F-16C and D fighters up to the new F-16 Block 72 standard. [33] On 28 April 2018, Greece decided to upgrade 84 aircraft. [34] Republic of Korea Air Force. South Korea also plans to upgrade 134 of its F-16C/D fleet to F-16V standard by November 2025. [35]
The Mitsubishi F-2 is a multirole fighter derived from the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, and manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, with a 60/40 split in manufacturing between Japan and the United States.
Heinrich, in 2020, along with former senator Tom Udall and then U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small were notified of the Air Force's decision use the base to house a training squadron of F-16 fighter jets.
F-16 Fighting Falcon: United States multirole F-16C: 726 726 F-16C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 418 F-16C - Active. 258 F-16C - Air National Guard. 50 F-16C - Reserve. 708 F-16C operational (WAF 2025). [2] Trainer aircraft listed separately. F-22 Raptor: United States stealth air superiority F-22A 185
Pellegrini was the prime minister in 2018 when the government signed the $1.8 billion deal to purchase 14 U.S. F-16 Block 70/72 fighter jets in a move meant to replace the obsolete Soviet-made ...
Ukraine said Thursday that one of its F-16 fighter jets made by the United States crashed while repelling a Russian air strike, killing the pilot onboard. A U.S. official confirmed to CBS News the ...