USAF F-16A block 5 #78055, carrying a yellow AMRAAM and AIM-9J Sidewinder missiles on the wing tips at Eglin AFB on January 1st, 1981 [USAF photo]

USAF F-16A block 5 #78064 void of any unit markings equipped with 600-gallon fuel tanks on the wing pylons and AIM-9 missiles on the wingtips on August 28th, 1980. This is the first flight of an F-16 with 600-gallon tanks. [Photo by Porter]

USAF F-16A block 15 #81761 carrying a BDU-12 bomb attached to the multi-purpose wing pylon of an F-16, parked on the flight line at Eglin AFB on May 22nd, 1984. [USAF photo]

USAF F-16B block 15 #82-1037 fires an AIM-9P4 missile at an MGM-107 target drone over White Sands Missile Test Range on April 7th, 1988 [Photo by MSgt Lochner]

Rare F-16D block 32 #86039, this was one of my first F-16 shots, taken at London, Ontario, Canada in June of 1993 on a rainy day. [Photo by Jon Somerville]

USAF F-16C block 40 #87-0352 from 416 FLTS of 412 TW parked in the static at the Edwards open day in 2003. [ Airsceneuk photo by Dave Jones]

Members from the 416th Flight Test Squadron successfully fire the newest variant of the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile for the first time from F-16C #87-0392 April 9. Maj. Ray Toth, 416th FLTS test pilot, and Capt. Nick Hague, 416th FLTS project engineer, flew the F-16 during the...

USAF F-16B block 15 #90-0952 is one of the ex-Pakistani F-16s who perform photo-chase missions within the USAF now. [Photo by Jake Melampy ]

USAF F-16B block 15 #90-0948 still wearing the two-tone camouflage of its original customer (Pakistan). [Photo by Steve]