USAF F-16C block 30 #86366, assigned to the 52FW from Spangdahlem AB, parked at Lakenheath AFB on June 5th, 1993. [ Robs Aircraft Picture Library photo by John Smith]

USAF F-16D block 30, #87372, of the 52FW, 81FS parked with opened canopy and armed with a AGM-65 at Lakenheath AFB on June 5th, 1993. [ Robs Aircraft Picture Library photo by John Smith]

USAF F-16C block 30, #87287, of the 52FW, 81FS in the row at Lakenheath AFB on June 5th, 1993. [ Robs Aircraft Picture Library photo by John Smith]

USAF F-16C block 30, #86348, of the 52FW, 480FS on the tarmac at Lakenheath AFB on June 5th, 1993. [ Robs Aircraft Picture Library photo by John Smith]

USAF F-16C block 50 #91415, of the 52FW, on static display at Fairford AFB on July 30th, 1994. This aircraft crashed at Lancheid on March 20th 2002 [ Robs Aircraft Picture Library photo by John Smith]

USAF F-16D block 40, #90796, of the 31FW, 510FS based at Aviano, now displaying at Fairford AFB on July 19th, 1997. [ Robs Aircraft Picture Library photo by John Smith]

USAF F-16C block 40, #89050, of the 31FW, 510FS wearing the 50 year USAF celebration scheme, seen at Fairford AFB on July 19th, 1997. [ Robs Aircraft Picture Library photo by John Smith]

USAF F-16C block 50, #91338, of the 52FW, 22FS parked at Waddington AFB on June 28th, 1998. [ Robs Aircraft Picture Library photo by John Smith]

Four USAF F-16CJ block 50/52 aircraft (#90813 at the front) from the 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron 'Stingers' originally from Spangdahlem AB, and the 157th EFS 'Swamp Foxes' South Carolina ANG, await takeoff clearance at a forward deployed location prior to a combat...