| Have you ever wonder which fighter planes are | | | | In the first week of June 2008, more than 100 |
| mostly used in war against Iraq? | | | | Israeli F-16s and F-15s were engaged in |
| In "Desert Storm' operation as well as the recent | | | | maneuvers over the eastern Mediterranean and |
| Iraq attack, many F-16s were used so much that | | | | Greece. The aircraft reportedly flew more than |
| it is called the 'workhorse of the US Air Force" | | | | 900 mi (1,450 km), roughly the distance from |
| Prototyped in 1965 as the YF-16, the F-16 Fighting | | | | Israel to Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, |
| Falcon is an American multirole jet fighter aircraft | | | | and the exercise included refueling tankers and |
| originally developed by General Dynamics for the | | | | helicopters capable of rescuing downed pilots. |
| United States Air Force. A lightweight fighter, it | | | | Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov cautioned |
| evolved into a successful multirole aircraft, | | | | Israel against using military force against Iran. |
| successful on the export market and serving 24 | | | | Dogfighting armament includes AIM-7 Sparrow, |
| countries. It is nicknamed the "Viper", after the | | | | AIM-9 Sidewinder, IRIS-T, AIM-120 AMRAAM |
| Battlestar Galactica starfighter. | | | | anti-air missiles, as well as the staple M61 Vulcan |
| F-16 models are denoted by sequential block | | | | gatling gun. Ground strikes are carried out with |
| numbers to denote significant upgrades. The | | | | payloads including AGM-65 Mavericks, |
| blocks cover both single- and two-seat versions. | | | | Paveway-series laser-guided bombs and the B61 |
| A variety of software, hardware, systems, | | | | nuclear bomb. |
| weapons carriage, and structural enhancements | | | | The only real F-16s that I have seen are during air |
| have been instituted over the years to gradually | | | | shows where pilots do acrobatic maneuvers and |
| upgrade the F-16 and retroactively implement the | | | | my son will scream with flight as the combined |
| upgrades in previously delivered aircraft. | | | | decibels of the F-16s reached deafening levels. |
| F-16 have been widely used throughout the past | | | | With pictures I took from this air displays (I must |
| few decades and are still used extensively today. | | | | add it is difficult to capture these photos), I will sit |
| On 7 June 1981, eight Israeli F-16s, escorted by | | | | down and toy with some papers to make an F-16 |
| F-15s, executed Operation Opera, their first | | | | paper airplane. Some look mediocre while others |
| employment in a significant air-to-ground operation. | | | | look quite real. |
| This raid severely damaged Osiraq, an Iraqi | | | | In fact, recently, my neighbour, John and I sat |
| nuclear reactor under construction near Baghdad, | | | | down and experiment to make the F-16 and it |
| to prevent the regime of Saddam Hussein from | | | | turns out to be another of our origami creations. I |
| using the reactor for the creation of nuclear | | | | proudly display this new creation right on top of |
| weapons. | | | | my computer. |