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USAF F-16C #88-0520 from the 162nd Wing, Arizona Air National Guard, taxis out to the runway, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon on September 16, 2024. [ANG photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar]

USAF F-16C #89-2129of the 112th FS, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, stands ready on a foggy morning on the flight-line in Swanton, Ohio on September 19, 2024. [ANG photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Battani]

USAF F-16C #86-0289 from the 113th Wing, District of Columbia ANG on September 20, 2024 during their exercise Operation Bison Stampede, a Combat Readiness Inspection. [USAF photo by Master Sgt. Joshua Williams]

USAF F-16C #87-0268 intercepts a Russian Navy Tu-142 Bear F/J in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone in September 2024 under Operation Noble Eagle. [USAF photo]

USAF F-16C #86-0308 intercepts a Russian IL-38 in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone in September 2024 under Operation Noble Eagle. NORAD employs a layered defense network of satellites, ground-based and airborne radars and fighter aircraft in seamless interoperability to detect and track aircraft and inform appropriate actions. [USAF photo]

USAF F-16C #89-2105 assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, and the 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard, return from a deployment to the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, on October 7, 2024. [ANG photo by Audra Flanagan)

USAF F-16C #90-0812 assigned to the 14th Fighter Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan, flies over Yokota AB, Japan, October 7, 2024, during an annual aircraft arresting system certification test. The tail-hook latches onto the AAS cable which then rapidly decelerates the aircraft in the event of an emergency landing. Certifying the BAK-12 system gives Yokota’s airfield the ability to host fighter aircraft during contingency operations. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]

USAF F-16C #90-0812 assigned to the 14th FS, Misawa AB, Japan, approaches a barrier cable during an annual flightline aircraft arresting system certification test at Yokota AB, Japan on October 7, 2024. The tail-hook latches onto the AAS cable which then rapidly decelerates the aircraft in the event of an emergency landing. Certifying the BAK-12 system gives Yokota’s airfield the ability to host fighter aircraft during contingency operations. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]

A photo of the prototype collapsible F-16 ladder. [Photo by U.S. Air Force]

A prototype collapsible F-16 ladder stowed in the F-16 cockpit map [Photo by U.S. Air Force]

USAF F-16C #89-2004 taking off from Aviano Air Base, Italy. Image is cropped of a photoshop of the aircraft onto a blue sky with mountain background. Can see that the blue does not translate through the canopy. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Noah Sudolcan]

USAF F-16C #00-6035 at Kadena AB, Japan, November 14, 2024. As a part of a no-notice communications outage exercise, the 18th Wing maintained mission readiness, utilizing multiple methods that enabled members to continue operations and generate sorties. [USAF photo by Senior Airman Cedrique Oldaker]

USAF F-16C #86-0303 from the 119th FS, 177th FW of the New Jersey ANG sit on the flight line at the 156th Wing, Muñiz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, PR on January 23, 2022. The 177FW F-16s were flown to Puerto Rico for the NJ ANG’s first Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training exercise. [ANG photo by Senior Airman Hunter Hires]

Marines Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie fly with an Air Force F-16 on Oct. 2, 2023. [US Marines Photo]

A 40th Flight Test Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon releases a Stand-in Attack Weapon for the first time Nov. 7 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The mission marked the first time the weapon was successfully released from an aircraft. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Wiles]