Viper” to its crews—started as a nimble, low-cost day fighter and became the backbone of Western airpower. -The U.S. military ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Glass build-up from Iceland's volcanic eruption has been found in an engine of a NATO F-16 fighter plane, a U.S. official said on Monday, underlining the dangers to aircraft of ...
An F-16 engine, right-hand aft strake, horizontal tail and speed brake at the site of the April 2024 crash. Credit: U.S. Air Force Fan blade failure in a known “blind spot” of F-16 engine maintenance ...
At supersonic speeds, the XL proved more efficient than the standard F-16, with the potential for greater un-refueled range—exactly what the Air Force needed for deep-strike missions.