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  2. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon operational history

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    In Operation Desert Storm of 1991, 249 USAF F-16s flew 13,340 sorties in strikes against Iraq, the most of any Coalition aircraft. Falcons often had AGM-65s (up to six), or two Mk84 2,000 lb bombs (middle underwing pylons), two 1,400 L fuel tanks, two AIM-9 and an underbelly ECM pod, such as the AN/ALQ-131.

  3. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 480th Fighter Squadron takes off from Spangdahlem Air Base in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn. The F-16 is being used by the active-duty USAF, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard units, the USAF aerial demonstration team, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, and as an adversary-aggressor aircraft by the United ...

  4. Dogfights (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    The series was created after the airing of a one-time special called Dogfights: The Greatest Air Battles in September 2005. That program's combination of realistic-looking CGI dogfights, interviews, period documentary footage, and voice-over narration proved so successful, that the History Channel requested the production of an entire TV series, which became Dogfights. [2]

  5. Package Q Strike - Wikipedia

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    The Package Q Airstrike was the largest airstrike of the Gulf War and the largest strike of F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft in military history. Many aircraft, including the F-117 Nighthawk, were used to attack targets in Baghdad, which was the most heavily defended area of Iraq.

  6. Netz 107 - Wikipedia

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    Netz 107 was the first F-16 to touch Israeli soil when it landed on 2 July 1980 at Ramat David Airbase. On 7 June 1981 Netz 107 took part in Operation Opera , piloted by Amos Yadlin , and was the second F-16 to strike the Osiraq nuclear reactor after wing leader Zeev Raz .

  7. Video captures a Russian fighter jet dangerously ripping past ...

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    NORAD's video of the incident shows the US F-16 flying far from a lumbering Russian military aircraft. A Su-35 approaching from behind then suddenly soars in between them, flying close to the F-16 ...

  8. Dan "Two Dogs" Hampton - Wikipedia

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    In his 2014 bestselling book Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16, he writes a comprehensive history of military combat aviation from World War I to the present day. Another national bestseller, The Hunter Killers, was released in 2015. Based on interviews with Wild Weasel veterans and previously ...

  9. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon operators - Wikipedia

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    The first F-16 AM was delivered in June 2003, and the FAP personnel performed the modification of the remaining 18 aircraft. Currently the Portuguese F-16 fleet uses the AN/ALQ-131 ECM pods, that had originally been bought for the A-7P Corsair IIs, and the new Rafael LITENING II targeting pods. One aircraft has been preserved for public display ...