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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon 3-view drawing Source: https://airdefense.bliss.army.mil {{PD-USArmy}} Category:Aircraft line drawings File usage The following page uses this file:
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Greece denies that the F-16 was shot down. [159] Both Mirage 2000 pilots reported that the F-16 caught fire and they saw one parachute. [160] [161] On 23 May 2006, two Greek F-16s intercepted a Turkish RF-4 reconnaissance aircraft and two F-16 escorts off the coast of the Greek island of Karpathos, within the Athens FIR.
The F-16XL-2 also received a larger inlet which would go on to be included in later F-16 variants. [ 20 ] These changes resulted in a 25% improvement in lift-to-drag ratio in supersonic flight [ 21 ] while remaining comparable in subsonic flight, [ 22 ] and a plane that reportedly handled smoothly at high speeds and low altitudes. [ 23 ]
Basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) are actions that a fighter aircraft makes during air combat maneuvering, historically known as dogfighting.The development of BFM began with the first fighter aircraft, during World War I, then continued with each following war, adapting to the changing weapons and technologies.
SONIC BOOM: People in Annandale, Virginia, heard a sudden sonic boom on Sunday when F-16 planes intercepted an unresponsive aircraft that eventually crashed near the George Washington National Forest.
A fighter jet was flying above them in an "inverted" position, they said, before they heard a "boom" moments later. "Our kids always give a little salute, so we said, 'Look at the plane. Oh my ...
Another first for the F-16 came when the M3.1B software equipped F-16CJs of the 157th FS were the only F-16s in the theater which could independently fulfill the entire Air-to-Air ID matrix to satisfy the rules of engagement to shoot down enemy aircraft. [75] The F-16CJ was also used to conduct air support by the same squadron during Operation ...