F-16C Fighting Falcon

U.S. Air Force photo by Fernando Serna

F-16C "Fighting Falcon"

Compact, multirole fighter aircraft.
Highly maneuverable and has proven itself in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack.
Provides a relatively low-cost, high-performance weapon system for the United States and allied nations.
In an air combat role, the F-16's maneuverability and combat radius (distance it can fly to enter air combat, stay, fight and return) exceeds that of all potential threat fighter aircraft.
Can locate targets in all weather conditions and detect low flying aircraft in radar ground clutter.
Can fly more than 500 miles (860 kilometers), deliver its weapons with superior accuracy, defend itself against enemy aircraft, and return to its starting point.
All-weather capability allows it to accurately deliver ordnance during non-visual bombing conditions.