A right-side view of a YF-16 (foreground) and a Northrop YF-17 , each armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles
YF-16 on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center
An F-16C of the Colorado Air National Guard with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, an Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation pod, and a centerline fuel tank (300 US gal or 1,100 L capacity)
F-16CJ of the 20th Fighter Wing from Shaw AFB , South Carolina , armed with a mix of air-to-air missiles , anti-radiation missiles , external fuel tanks and support equipment
A Portuguese Air Force F-16A outfitted with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, AN/ALQ-131 ECM pod, and external fuel tanks
F-16C of the South Carolina Air National Guard in-flight over North Carolina equipped with air-to-air missiles, bomb rack, targeting pods, and electronic countermeasures pods
Bubble canopy, allowing all-round visibility
F-16 ground trainer cockpit (F-16 Mid-Life Update (MLU))
F-16 pilot with Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System and cockpit head-up display
AN/APG-68, as fitted to the nose
Afterburner – concentric ring structure inside the exhaust
Adjustable exhaust nozzle in contracted position
A U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 480th Fighter Squadron takes off from Spangdahlem Air Base in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn
Israeli Air Force F-16A Netz 107 with 6.5 kill marks of other aircraft, a record for an F-16, as well as one kill mark of an Iraqi nuclear reactor . [ 121 ]
The PAF F-16BM (S. No. 84-606)
F-16 SoloTürk aerial aerobatic aircraft
An F-16C of the Egyptian Air Force in 2022
F-16AM in the type's last year of service for the Royal Danish Air Force in 2025.
Ukrainian Air Force F-16s
A Republic of China Air Force F-16B landing at Hualien Air Force Base
Venezuelan Air Force F-16B
Testing of the F-35 diverterless supersonic inlet on an F-16 testbed. The original intake with splitter plate is shown in the top image.
An F-16D assigned to the 416th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing, Air Force Test Center, flies over the Mojave Desert near Edwards AFB, California
F-16C Block 50M of the Chilean Air Force
United Arab Emirates Air Force F-16E Block 60 with the IFTS pod, CFTs, and various external armament taking off
USAF QF-16A, on its first unmanned test flight, over the Gulf of Mexico
F-16C Block 52 of the Hellenic Air Force with conformal fuel tanks and Advanced IFF (AIFF)
A U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot ejects from the F-16 just before impact at an air show in September 2003 at Mountain Home Air Force Base
The underside of an F-16 during a vertical climb
Weapons Storage and Security System vault in raised position holding a B61 nuclear bomb , adjacent to an F-16. The vault is within a Protective Aircraft Shelter .
A view of an AGM-84 Harpoon air-to-surface anti-ship missile fixed under the wing of an F-16 of the Republic of China Air Force
F-16 armed with AGM-88 HARMs, AIM-9X Sidewinders, and AIM-120 AMRAAMs during Operation Epic Fury