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L'F-16 Fighting Falcon è un aereo da combattimento multiruolo, monomotore, sviluppato in origine dalla General Dynamics per l'Aeronautica Militare statunitense. Progettato come caccia leggero, si è poi evoluto in velivolo multiruolo con una massima quota raggiungibile di circa 15 000 metri. È stato scelto dalle forze aeree di 25 ...
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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.
- 20 January 1974; 49 years ago (unplanned), 2 February 1974; 49 years ago (official)
- 1973–2017, 2019–present
- 4,604 (June 2018)
- General Dynamics X-62 VISTA
A large number of variants of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon have been produced by General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and various licensed manufacturers. The details of the F-16 variants, along with major modification programs and derivative designs significantly influenced by the F-16, are described below.
- 20 January 1974
- One (A/C/E model) / Two (B/D/F model)
- 4,500+
- 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
29 mar 2024 · La guerra in Ucraina. 29.03.2024. Come funzionano gli F-16. Sono gli aerei da combattimento occidentali più diffusi al mondo e daranno all'Ucraina la possibilità di contrastare l'aviazione...
- United States
- Israel
- Egypt
- The Netherlands
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Turkey
- Venezuela
The F-16 is in service with United States Air Force active, reserve, and Air National Guard units, and is used by the USAF aerial demonstration team, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, and as an adversary/aggressor aircraft by the United States Navy.
Bekaa Valley and Osiraq raid
The F-16's first air-to-air combat success was achieved by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) over the Bekaa Valley on 28 April 1981, against a Syrian Mi-8 helicopter, which was downed with cannon fire following an unsuccessful attempt with an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile (AAM).Several months later, on 14 July 1981, the IAF achieved the first F-16 "kill" of another fighter with a successful AAM shoot-down of a Syrian MiG-21. On 7 June 1981, eight Israeli F-16s, escorted by F-15s, executed Ope...
Operation Peace for Galilee
The following year, during Operation Peace for Galilee (Lebanon War) Israeli F-16s engaged Syrian aircraft in one of the largest air battles involving jet aircraft, which began on 9 June and continued for two more days (Operation Mole Cricket 19). At the end of the conflict, the Israeli Air Force credited their F-16s with 44 air-to-air kills, mostly of MiG-21s and MiG-23s, while suffering no air-to-air losses of their own. F-16s were also used in their ground-attack role for strikes against t...
Second Lebanon War
Israeli F-16s, the bomber workhorse of the Israel Defense Forces, participated in the 2006 Lebanon War. The only reported F-16 loss was an IDF F-16I that crashed on 19 July when one of its tires burst as it took off for Lebanon from an air base in the Negev. The pilots ejected safely and there were no casualties on the ground. On 7 and 13 August 2006, Israeli F-16C, serial 364 and F-16D, serial 074, shot down two or three Hezbollah-operated Ababil-T UAVs during the war using Python-5missiles.
On 16 February 2015, Egyptian F-16s performed air strikes on jihadi weapons caches and training camps in Libya in response to the murders of 21 Egyptian workersby masked militants affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The air strikes killed 64 ISIS fighters, including three leaders in Derna and Sirte on the coast.
Yugoslavia
F-16s were employed by NATO during Bosnian peacekeeping operations in 1994–95 in ground-attack missions and enforcing the no-fly-zone over Bosnia (Operation Deny Flight). NATO F-16s also participated in air strikes against Serbian forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina during Operation Deliberate Force in August–September 1995, and again in Operation Allied Force over Yugoslavia from March–June 1999. During Allied Force, Dutch F-16 J-063 flown by Major Peter Tankink shot down one Yugoslavian MiG-29...
Operations in Afghanistan
After April 2005, eight Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16s, joined by four Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16s in February 2006, supported International Security Assistance Force ground troops the southern provinces of Afghanistan. The detachment is known as the 1st Netherlands-Norwegian European Participating Forces Expeditionary Air Wing (1 NLD/NOR EEAW). On 31 August 2006, a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM crashed in Ghazni province and the pilot, Capt. Michael Donkervoort, was killed. No ca...
Libya 2011
Six Dutch F-16s operating from Italian base in the framework of Operation Odyssey Dawn.
Balkans
Just before the Kosovo war started in March 1999, the first MLU aircraft were sent over to Italy. During that war, twelve F-16s of 349 sqn dropped live GBU-12 weapons. At that time the fighters were based at Amendola AFB in the south of Italy. After the conflict the number of F-16s decreased until the last F-16 returned home in 2001.
Libya 2011
Six Belgian F-16 participated in missions in Libya in order to enforce the no fly-zone.
Afghanistan
From July 2005 to January 2006 4 Belgian F-16s formed a DATF agreement unit with 4 Dutch F-16s in Afghanistan. From 2008 onwards Belgian air force provided flights of 4 to 6 F-16s.
Kosovo
Six Danish F16s, later extended to nine, flew air defence and escort missions over Kosovo along with the Norwegian Air Force F16s. During the final phases of the campaign, the fighters also took part in several offensive missions targeting Yugoslav radar installations, fuel depots and command centers.
Afghanistan
Six Danish F-16s flew 743 missions over Afghanistan from Manas Air Base in Kirgistan during operation Enduring Freedom, as part of the European Participating Air Forces group along with Norway and the Netherlands, the missions included several weapon deliveries against various Taliban and Al Qaeda targets.
Libya 2011
Six Danish F-16 fighters performed high-risk missions over Libya in order to enforce the no-fly zone.[citation needed]
The F-16 is no longer in operational service in the Norwegian Air Force. It has been replaced by the F-35.
Incidents during the Soviet–Afghan War
During the Soviet–Afghan War, between May 1986 and January 1989, Pakistan Air Force F-16s shot down at least 10 intruders from Afghanistan. Four of the kills were Afghan Su-22s bombers, three were Afghan transports (two An-26s and one An-24), and one was a Soviet Su-25 bomber. Most of these kills were achieved using the AIM-9 Sidewinder, but a Su-22 was destroyed by cannon fire and the one An-24 crash landed after being forced to land upon interception.[citation needed] Afghanistan claimed to...
Kargil War
Although F-16As of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) did not see combat in the 1999 Kargil War, they were initially employed in patrolling the border to ensure Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters did not cross the line of control. Later in the war, lack of spare parts due to sanctions imposed on Pakistan forced the PAF to withdraw its F-16 fleet from regular patrol duties. The PAF's main opposition was the MiG-29, used by the IAF to provide fighter escort for Mirage 2000s which were attacking enemy ta...
Operations in North-West Pakistan
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has been using their F-16A fleet to attack militant positions and support the Pakistan Army's operations in North-West Pakistan against the Taliban insurgency. Since May 2009, PAF F-16s have used 500 lb and 2,000 lb unguided and laser-guided bombs to attack caves, tunnels, training camps, ammunition dumps and hide-outs used by the militants. Over 100 combat missions have been flown in South Waziristan and over 300 in the Swat Valleyas of 29 July 2009. Prior to the...
The Turkish Air Force acquired its first F-16s in 1987. 196 F-16C and 44 F-16D fighters were in service with the Turkish Air Force as of January 2012.Turkish F-16s also participated in the 2006 Baltic Aviation Police Mission in 2006.
Venezuelan coup attempt
On 27 November 1992, two Venezuelan F-16s took part in the November Venezuelan Coup Attempt on the side of the government over the city of Barquisimeto and its Military Air Base. In particular, the two F-16As strafed targets on the ground and shot down one AT-27 Tucano and two OV-10 Broncos as these rebel-flown aircraft attacked loyalist army positions. At least one of the downed OV-10 Broncos was shot down with cannon fire at low speed and low altitude as captured on video.To avoid hitting c...
Anti drug operations
On 29 January 2015, a US registered Bombardier CL601was chased and shot down off Boca Druif, Aruba by Venezuelan Air Force F-16s after failing to respond. Three bodies and 400 packets of drugs, mainly cocaine, were found.
F-16 Fighting Falcon History | Lockheed Martin. Back to the News Hub. F-16 Fighting Falcon. October 01, 2020. On May 2, 2011, while on patrol near the Nuristan province of Afghanistan, U. S. Air Force Maj. John Caldwell peered out from the bubbled canopy of his F-16 and saw nothing but desert. Everything seemed still and silent. No action.
L'F-16 Fighting Falcon è un aereo da combattimento multiruolo, monomotore, sviluppato in origine dalla General Dynamics per l'Aeronautica Militare statunitense.
