Media Gallery

BAF F-16A, #FA-113, crashed during landing at Hradec-Kralove AFB, Czech Rep. in 1995. Annemie Janssens, the first Belgian female F-16 pilot, was at the controls. Note the landing lights are still on [BAF photo by Antoine Roels ]

Sometimes when aircraft systems designers integrate various components into an airframe they forget to examine what happens if a component should fail. Such was the case in the original F-16 design. An electrical connector. [Photo by Kim McCreight]

Two Greek Block 52 Plus aircraft, F-16C #501 and F-16D #601, showing the Conformal Fuel Tanks (CFTs) on both models, and the dorsal spine on the D model [ LMTAS photo]

F-16C block 30 #110 was the first F-16 delivered to the Hellenic Air Force. Note the distinctive three-tone color scheme applied to Greek F-16s [ LMTAS photo]

Rear view of USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0421 who crashed into F-16C block 40 #88-0516 at Al Udeid AB, Qatar on June 15th, 2003. Both aircraft suffered severe damage and it was a miracle hat nobody was hurt, considering the fact that the F-16 who was hit was the first of 7 in a...

Front view of ROKAF F-16D block 52 #92-4038. The aircraft was making a simulated dead stick training landing and hit the ground hard, throttled up and did a touch and go. On his next landing the landing gear collapsed. [ROKAF photo]

The tell-tale black radome identifies F-16A #FA-14 as a Block 1 aircraft. It was part of the first batch of F-16s delivered to the Belgian Air Force from 1979 to 1980. It is seen here armed with 4 AIM-9P Sidewinders. [ LMTAS photo]

This F-22A #03-4046 from the 27th Fighter Squadron went to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in 2005 for live weapons training. [U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers]

First F-16C Block 30B delivered to the Turkish AF (and built by Lockheed Forth Worth), #86-0066, flying over the Aya Sofia Mosque in Istanbul. [ LMTAS photo]