This year's theme at the Royal Internation Air Tattoo was 50 years of the F-16. Yes, it is really that 'old', it having first flown just after I turned 20 !

Aircraft E-006 marks this anniversary as well as the red and white Danish flag.

Fairford, Gloucestershire

18th July 2024

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US Air Force General-Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 88-0495/HL of the 4th FS seen sans engine at home-base Hill AFB, Utah

Scanned Kodak 35mm transparency

Belgian F-16 Demo @ RIAT 15

An F-16C from the 457th Fighter Squadron returns to Navy Fort Worth.

Royal Netherlands Air Force

Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon

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RAF Fairford FFD

12/07/2018

Air Defender 2023

Frisian Flag 2019

0082 (MSN CC-204) Active in January 2009 as F-16CJ with 23rd Fighter Squadron/52nd Fighter Wing at

Spangdahlem, Germany and as F-16CM in April 2019 with 179th Fighter Squadron Minnesota ANG at Duluth ANG Base.

A pair of Turkish Air Force General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons heading down the taxiway at RAF Waddington during their deployment for Exercise Cobra Warrior 25-1. A single-seat F-16C leads a twin-seat F-16D.

FA-123 Belgian Air Force General DynamIcs (SABCA) F-16AM

Fighting Falcon "Solo Display" Tom "Gizmo" De Moortel

RAF Lakenheath

An F-16C Fighting Falcon, marked for the 93d Fighter Squadron but operated by the 457th Fighter Squadron, returns to Carswell with an inert laser-guided bomb.

Scanned from a Kodachrome slide, received by exchange

Credit: Gijs Hiltermann

63rd Fighter Squadron F-16D 90-0786/LF at Luke AFB in October 1995.

Lockheed (GD) F-16C 86-0280 (5C-386) WA80 (64th AGRS/57th ATG) at Red Flag 16-4 KLSV.

Hey, how did these metal birds get in here???

107 Squadron

Departing RAF Lakenheath.

Abbotsford Air Show 2022.

182nd Fighter Squadron 'Lone Star Gunfighters' Texas Air National Guard taxiing at San Juan International Airport, Puerto Rico before perform the Missing Man Formation over Old San Juan. Military honor to the fallen in combat

Esquadra 301, Portuguese Air Force F-16A 15105 at Mont De Marsan on 17th May 2019.

Scanned from a Kodachrome slide

Credit: Bob Rys

17 October 2016, RAF Lossiemouth

An F-16C from the 457th Fighter Squadron departs Navy Fort Worth. This aircraft has since been transferred to the 93d Fighter Squadron Makos.

Meeting d'Albert Picardie

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313 Squadron, Netherlands Air Force F-16AM J-008 at BAN Landivisiau for the 2017 NATO Tiger Meet.

Composite image

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Original aircraft image was taken on June 7th, 2015

at Turku Air Show.

Used by the Flight Research Lab of the National Research of Canada.

8 September 2013, RAF Leuchars

General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon

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Vador Force and the Dark Falcon arriving at this 2019's The Royal International Air Tattoo held at RAF Fairford, UK

Such a cool paint scheme on this jet!!

Afterburner Thursday!

© Nir Ben-Yosef (xnir)

Departing for its performance on the Friday night show as "FANG01." based at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado.

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RIAT 23, RAF Fairford

AF89-001 USAF Lockheed Martin (General Dynamics) F-16CM-40-CF Fighting Falcon c/n 1C-137

Eskadrille 730 | Skrydstrup Air Station

F-16 Viper Demo Team pilot Maj Craig "Rocket" Baker performing in the General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon at the 2016 Planes of Fame Air Show held in Chino, California, April 29-May 1, 2016.

Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16AM Fighting Falcon 276 at Kleinwe Brogel, Belgium on 18th September 2009.