F-16: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Fighting Falcon

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F-16 fighter jets

F-16 Fighting Falcon

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatic squadron performing a "calypso" maneuver over Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, S.D., May 30, 2009.

AN/APG-66 radar in an F-16 fighter aircraft

See how F-16 Fighting Falcon performs a control-surface check before takeoff

See two F-16 Fighting Falcons flying in formation

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