In capable hands, an F-16 Fighting Falcon can take on fifth-generation stealth fighter jets like the F-35 Lightning II and even the F-22 Raptor. For decades, the F-16 Fighting Falcon has been the ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Air Force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon, a global mainstay in air superiority for over 50 years, has always lacked a built-in boarding ladder, limiting operations in austere ...

The F-16 Fighting Falcon—or the “Viper,” if you prefer—remains the most successful, combat-proven multi-role jet fighter ever produced. It has been 51 years since the F-16 Fighting Falcon made its ...

Before the introduction of the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II, the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon were the US Air Force's primary fighter jets. Both of these planes were a part of the ...

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is one of the most successful fighter jets ever made, but it flies with a shocking, fundamental flaw: it was deliberately designed to be aerodynamically UNSTABLE. In the world ...