A view of the second YF-16 (#01568) mounted upside down onto a 30-foot high pedestal and fitted with an AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures pod, undergoes testing at the Rome ADC Newport Site on April 1st, 1982. [USAF photo]

FSD aircraft #75-0750 received a larger nosecone in 1979 accommodate the APG-65 radar which was more powerful. It is the radar used in the F/A-18. [USAF photo]

USAF FSD F-16A #75-0748 is adorned with a 'WA' code while currently on display at the USAF Academy at Colorado Springs, seen there in October of 2005. [Photo by Dirk A. Geerts]

Taken at Edwards AFB in 1976 for the 200th Birthday of the USA...Notice the Red, White and Blue Paint scheme.... [USAF photo via Thomas Warton]

USAF F-16B FSB #75-0752 has been used as a Wild Weasel testbed in the late seventies carrying an ALQ-119 ECM pod, two fuel cells, two AGM-78 Standard missiles, two AGM-45 Shrike missiles and two datalink pods on the wingtips. However this configuration has never flown...

A view of pre-production USAF F-16B #50752 as it taxies down the runway at RAF Alconbury. The aircraft is here for European tests and evaluations on January 1st, 1979. [USAF photo]

An air-to-air left underside view of USAF F-16B #05751 with two GBU-8 bombs (also referred to as HOBOS) mounted on the outboard wing pylons, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips, and an AN/ALQ-119 ECM pod on the fuselage centerline. A spin-control parachute is attached to...

An air-to-air left underside view of USAF F-16B #05751 with two GBU-8 bombs (also referred to as HOBOS) mounted on the outboard wing pylons, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wingtips, and an AN/ALQ-119 ECM pod on the fuselage centerline. A spin-control parachute is attached to...

An air-to-air left side view of USAF F-16B #50751 armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles mounted on the inboard and outboard wing pylons and the wingtips. A spin-control parachute container is attached to the aircraft's tail section and an AN/ALQ-119 ECM pod is attached to the...