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*F-16 C/D (Block 20-50): [[USAF]] modern version, used by several air forces and have more advanced engines and [[avionics]].
*F-16 C/D (Block 20-50): [[USAF]] modern version, used by several air forces and have more advanced engines and [[avionics]].
*F-16 E/F (Block 60):Exclusively built for the [[United Arab Emirates]], one of the most advanced F-16 in the world.
*F-16 E/F (Block 60):Exclusively built for the [[United Arab Emirates]], one of the most advanced F-16 in the world.
*F-16 I (Block 52): Also know as Sufa, built for the [[Israeli airforce]].
*F-16 I (Block 52): Also known as Sufa, built for the [[Israeli airforce]].
*F-16N (Block 15) Aggressor version built for the [[US Navy]] was built without the 20mm Gatling Gun and the firing port was faired over with sheet metal. 2 Squadrons were equipped one in California and the other in Key West, FL. Aircraft were painted to resemble Soviet Block aircraft along with Soviet markings. All have since been retired to DMARC in New Mexico.
*F-16N (Block 15) Aggressor version built for the [[US Navy]] was built without the 20mm Gatling Gun and the firing port was faired over with sheet metal. 2 Squadrons were equipped one in California and the other in Key West, FL. Aircraft were painted to resemble Soviet Block aircraft along with Soviet markings. All have since been retired to DMARC in New Mexico.
*F-16 ADF (Air defense fighter): advanced upgrades for the USAF for the specific reason of interception of soviet bombers, Used also by the [[Royal Jordanian Airforce]]
*F-16 ADF (Air defense fighter): advanced upgrades for the USAF for the specific reason of interception of soviet bombers, Used also by the [[Royal Jordanian Airforce]]
==The F-16 in Media==
==The F-16 in Media==
The Falcon played the title role in the movie ''[[Iron Eagle]],'' and has been seen in the movies ''[[Blue Thunder]]'', ''[[X2: X-Men United]]'', ''[[The Sum of All Fears (film)|The Sum of All Fears]]'', and others. F-16s stood in for enemy MiGs in an episode of the short-lived ABC TV series, ''Supercarrier'', and played a brief, but dramatic, role at the end of the the CBS series, ''[[Jericho (television series)|Jericho]]''.
The Falcon played the title role in the movie ''[[Iron Eagle]],'' and has been seen in the movies ''[[Blue Thunder]]'', ''[[X2: X-Men United]]'', ''[[The Sum of All Fears (film)|The Sum of All Fears]]'', and others. F-16s stood in for enemy MiGs in an episode of the short-lived ABC TV series, ''Supercarrier'', and played a brief, but dramatic, role at the end of the CBS series, ''[[Jericho (television series)|Jericho]]''.
In literature,<ref>to use the term broadly</ref> the title character of the ''Wingman'' series of adventure novels is the pilot of the last F-16 to survive [[World War III]]. In ''Red Phoenix'', [[Larry Bond]]'s techno-thriller about a second [[Korean War]], one of the main characters, Tony "Saint" Christopher, is an American Falcon pilot stationed in [[South Korea]]. [[Dale Brown]] put F-16s into a memorable dogfight with [[Cuba]]n MiGs in his novel, ''Day of the Cheetah''.
In literature,<ref>to use the term broadly</ref> the title character of the ''Wingman'' series of adventure novels is the pilot of the last F-16 to survive [[World War III]]. In ''Red Phoenix'', [[Larry Bond]]'s techno-thriller about a second [[Korean War]], one of the main characters, Tony "Saint" Christopher, is an American Falcon pilot stationed in [[South Korea]]. [[Dale Brown]] put F-16s into a memorable dogfight with [[Cuba]]n MiGs in his novel, ''Day of the Cheetah''.