Sonic Mayhem! How US F-16 Fighters ‘BLASTED’ 500 Enemy Soldiers & Saved British Troops Without Firing A Missile

If one has to summarise the four-and-a-half decades-long operational history in numbers, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, since its first flight in 1979, has seen over 30,000 worldwide air-to-air and air-to-ground combat sorties. In an operational career of four and a half decades, the combat jet has seen 154 engagements that have resulted in at least 210 confirmed kills with two combat losses and four fratricides. The compact, single-engine, multi-role fighter aircraft has proved its mettle in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attacks. The fourth-generation fighter jet has maneuverability and combat radius (the distance it can fly to enter combat, fight and return) greater than most potential adversaries. It can locate targets in all weather conditions and detect low-flying aircraft in radar ground clutter.