F-16 Fighting Falcon - A Paper Airplane Can Be Your collection

Have you ever wonder which fighter planes are mostly used in war against Iraq?

In "Desert Storm' execution as well as the up-to-date Iraq attack, many F-16s were used so much that it is called the 'workhorse of the Us Air Force"

Nuclear Reactor

Prototyped in 1965 as the Yf-16, the F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American multirole jet fighter aircraft originally industrialized by normal Dynamics for the United States Air Force. A lightweight fighter, it evolved into a thriving multirole aircraft, thriving on the export market and serving 24 countries. It is nicknamed the "Viper", after the Battlestar Galactica starfighter.

F-16 models are denoted by sequential block numbers to denote requisite upgrades. The blocks cover both single- and two-seat versions. A collection of software, hardware, systems, weapons carriage, and structural enhancements have been instituted over the years to moderately upgrade the F-16 and retroactively implement the upgrades in previously delivered aircraft.

F-16 have been widely used throughout the past few decades and are still used extensively today.

On 7 June 1981, eight Israeli F-16s, escorted by F-15s, executed execution Opera, their first employment in a requisite air-to-ground operation. This raid severely damaged Osiraq, an Iraqi nuclear reactor under building near Baghdad, to forestall the regime of Saddam Hussein from using the reactor for the creation of nuclear weapons.

In the first week of June 2008, more than 100 Israeli F-16s and F-15s were engaged in maneuvers over the eastern Mediterranean and Greece. The aircraft reportedly flew more than 900 mi (1,450 km), practically the distance from Israel to Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, and the rehearsal included refueling tankers and helicopters capable of rescuing downed pilots. Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov cautioned Israel against using soldiery force against Iran.

Dogfighting armament includes Aim-7 Sparrow, Aim-9 Sidewinder, Iris-T, Aim-120 Amraam anti-air missiles, as well as the staple M61 Vulcan gatling gun. Ground strikes are carried out with payloads together with Agm-65 Mavericks, Paveway-series laser-guided bombs and the B61 nuclear bomb.

The only real F-16s that I have seen are during air shows where pilots do acrobatic maneuvers and my son will scream with flight as the combined decibels of the F-16s reached deafening levels.

With pictures I took from this air displays (I must add it is difficult to capture these photos), I will sit down and toy with some papers to make an F-16 paper airplane. Some look mediocre while others look quite real.

In fact, recently, my neighbour, John and I sat down and experiment to make the F-16 and it turns out to be another of our origami creations. I proudly display this new creation right on top of my computer.

F-16 Fighting Falcon - A Paper Airplane Can Be Your collection