The F-16 is slightly unstable to enhance maneuverability. It has a "side-stick" and not the traditional control stick between the pilots feet. The F-16 has an internally mounted M61A1 20 mm Vulcan gun with 515 rounds. The version F-16B is the two-seat trainer version. First Flight F-16A: December 8, 1976 First Flight F-16B: August 8, 1977.

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft with over 4,600 built since 1976. [4] .

Jan 5, 2010 · The F-16A/B was the first production version of the Fighting Falcon, the A being the single-seat version and the B being the two-seat version. Aside from the second seat, the A and B versions are essentially identical and have the same performance envelope and armament fit.

F-16s ADF can be identified by the searchlight, tail fin bulges, and bird slicers antenna's. Since the ADF testbed is a Bravo, it doesn't have the bulges, and the spotlight is on the port side. For some reason, it hasn't received the bird slicers, so luckily this one has ADF painted on its tail.

The AFTI F-16 was a modification of the sixth FSD F-16A, which had been previously fitted with a "big nose" and flown in trials of the AN/APG-65 radar used on the F/A-18 Hornet. The AFTI F-16 featured ventral fins under the engine intake as with the CCV YF-16, plus a triple redundant digital FBW system (in contrast to the analog FBW system of ...

During the operation of F-16 Block 1, it was discovered that rainwater could accumulate in certain spots within the fuselage, so drainage holes were drilled in the forward fuselage and tail fin area for Block 5 aircraft.

F-16A/B Block 15 introduced the first important changes to the F-16. Noteworthy in Block 15 is the extended horizontal stabilator, or 'big tail', now standard on these and all subsequent Fighting Falcons. Pilots prefer the small tail for dogfighting but the big tail gives greater rudder authority when carrying a heavy ordnance load.

It can be distinguished from the F-16A/B by the longer exhaust, extending well beyond the tail. The longer exhaust of the J79 is the main recognition point of the F-16/79, here in the shape of an F-16B.

The F-16A, a single-seat model, first flew in December 1976. The first operational F-16A was delivered in January 1979 to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The F-16B, a two-seat model, has tandem cockpits that are about the …

F-16C block 40 421st TFS/388th TFW "Black Widows", tail code "HL" - Hill AFB, UT, USA - Al Minhad AB, United Arab Emirates