F-16 Falcon / USAF Aggressor "Desert Flanker Scheme" Foreign Military As a long-range surveillance and

As a long-range surveillance and transport aircraft

entered production early in 1966

including the massive 74-ton mobile scissors bridge

1977 also saw a change in engine on the turbocharged version to a Continental TSIO-520-M producing 310 hp

750 B-17's built by the Boeing Aircraft Co

F-16 Falcon / USAF Aggressor "Desert Flanker Scheme" Foreign Military As a long-range surveillance andUSAF Red Flag Aggressor F 16 Falcon airplane model. 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) exceed that of all potential threat fighter aircraft. It can locate targets in all weather conditions and detect low flying aircraft in radar ground clutter. In an air to surface role, the F 16 can fly more than 500 miles (860 kilometers), deliver its weapons with