The F-16 has a length of 49ft 3.5in. The height is 16ft 8.5in. The wing area is 300sq.ft. At take-off the Viper weighs 27,500lb. The internal fuel weighs 7,162lb. The F-16 has one F100-P-129 augmented turbofan. the Fighting Falcon can go faster than Mach 2.00 and can slow down to Mach 1.20. The F-16 has a operation al ceiling of 50,000ft and has a climb rate of 50,000ft per min. The F-16 is armed with one 20mm M61A cannon with 511 rounds, four AIM-120 Amraam, and two Sidewinders or six Sidewinders or Python. the F-16 Fighting Falcon has many users such as Bahrain, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Greece, Holland, Indonesia, Israel, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USA, and Venezuela.
The first overseas air force unit to be equipped with the Viper was the Belgian 349 Squadron. By 1980, the lightweight fighter had vanished and multi-role requirements had taken over. The Viper had become an all-purpose bomb truck. The Fighting Falcon has has many air victories. An Israeli pilot has shoot down 44 jets, including MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-25, and one Mi-8 helicopter with cannon fire. The F-16 has had a lot of further development done to it. There was a proposal of a forward-sweep wing, but it was never built. The F-16As were being modified to have an air defense role. There are many variations of the F-16, sadly probably none of them will go into service. The Viper is planning to be replace by the Joint Strike Fighter.
