The red, white and blue paint scheme was the original livery worn by the YF-16 prototype first flown in 1974. On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team revealed a special ...

During the 1960s, the U.S. Air Force felt the need for a lightweight aircraft to be used alongside its larger F-15 Eagles. As a result, the service initiated a Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology ...

The No. 2 General Dynamics YF-16 lightweight fighter prototype, painted in sky blue and white camouflage, was featured on Aviation Week’s cover on April 1, 1974, a little more than a month before its ...

Only two prototypes were built. One of these is the example 72-1569 that has just undergone several hundred hours of restoration work at the Western Museum of Flight in California. Now it sports an ...

In late January, Lockheed Martin will mark a major anniversary in the astonishing history of its F-16 programme: 50 years since the first flight of a prototype developed for the US Air Force (USAF).

The U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team unveiled a 50th-anniversary paint scheme at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., that honors the original aircraft. The red, white and blue paint scheme was ...