F-16 In Ukraine: Right Jet, Wrong Tactics—How Viper Pilots Rewrote The Playbook Forty-two years after its maiden flight, the F-16 Fighting Falcon fourth-generation fighter jet continues to prove its worth in combat.  Two non-Western nations’ air forces recently put the Viper to good use in the crucible of real-world combat: the post-Saddam Iraqi Air Force … Continue reading The U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon Was Built for a War with Russia (Just Not in Ukraine)