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thefullmonte03 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
due it resembling a cobra snake and after the Battlestar Galactica starfighter.
thefullmonte03 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Sorry, but your friend is incorrect. Nor Lockheed or General Dynamics has EVER made an Aircraft called the F-16 Viper. Sometimes the names are used interchangably either by lay people or as jargon by pilots and air crewsAccording to Wikipedia, A book I read about the devolpment of the F-16, and the documentary F-16 "Bird of Prey,""Although the F-16's official name is "Fighting Falcon", it is known to its pilots as the "Viper",
duplex97 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
dude an f-16c pilot told me him self, how can you say i am incorrect
NickyLuvUSA (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Great Jet!
NickyLuvUSA (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Thanks too!I just know the differences,thanks ya!
thefullmonte03 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Both the F-16C Block 50, and the F-16E Block 60, are the both designated the Flying Falcon. Or the Israeli "Desert Falcon."
thefullmonte03 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Duplex is incorrect. Viper and Fighting Falcon are exactly the same thing. When the F-16 was introduced the airmen who operated it, joked that it looked like "Viper." The fighter from the television show Battlestar Galactica. General Dynamics and later Lockheed never made an aircraft which they called Viper. The unofficial nickname kind of stuck and worked its way into the vernacular of the Fighter enthusiast.
N444HM (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
thanks!
duplex97 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
really the only differences are that the f-16 viper is a block 50, or 60 model, meaning that the engine is more power ful. but their both sort of the same. kind of like the F-18 HORNET, AND THE F-18 SUPER HORNET, ONE IS STRONGER AND MORE ADVANCED THAN THE OTHER.
N444HM (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
what's the real difference between the F-16 VIPER and the F-16 Fighting Falcon? i don't see one. |