General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

 

YF-16 01568, second prototype in demonstrator colors

This was the first glimpse I ever caught of an F-16. It appeared in a Belgian Air Force airshow at Brustem airfield and drew an immense crowd all day long, hence the not-so-good picture. Later that day it appeared in the flying programme as well, showing its incredible abilities. The crowd was pleased !

YF-16 01568 in air superiority color scheme

(General Dynamics photo)

F-16A 50745, first pre-production aircraft

(General Dynamics photo)

 

F-16A FA-20, Belgian Air Force No.349 Sqn.
Nice close-up shot on an F-16A cockpit
2 F-16A' of the Belgian Air Force's No.23 Sqn taking off at an airshow at their local Kleine Brogel base. One of the airshow's sponsors, the 'KB' bank provided the handsome stickers on the aircraft's tails. Coincidentally, KB is also used as the abbreviation of 'Kleine Brogel', so the stickers served a double purpose !
No.349 Squadron's specially painted aircraft takes the lead in a formation take-off
F-16A FA-18 in No.350 Squadron's commemorative paint scheme takes to the wild blue yonder.
F-16A, Belgian Air Force, undergoing restoration in the Beauvechain Historical Centre. Since the picture was taken, progress has been swift and a set of wings and a tailplane from another aircraft complete the airframe.

(picture provided by Stef De Wit)

 

F-16B FB-02 of the Belgian Air Force

 

F-16A J-616 of the Dutch Air Force's No.311 Squadron 35th anniversary colors (1986)

 

F-16A 15117 of the Portuguese Air Force

 

F-16D 86-3003 of the Turkish Air Force

 

F-16C of the USAFE, Torrejon (Spain) Air Base

 

F-16 artwork : some of my very first trials (it shows !)

 

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