The No. 2 General Dynamics YF-16 lightweight fighter prototype, painted in sky blue and white camouflage, was featured on Aviation Week’s cover on April 1, 1974, a little more than a month before its ...

The U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team unveiled a 50th-anniversary paint scheme at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., that honors the original aircraft. The red, white and blue paint scheme was ...

The Air Force passed on the YF-17 prototype, preferring the more agile F-16. But Navy planners liked it—ultimately transforming it into the venerable F/A-18. The upcoming F/A-XX contract award will ...

-The scheme honors the 1974 prototype with slight modifications, such as “20th Fighter Wing” replacing “General Dynamics.” -The team will celebrate the anniversary at 25 shows across four countries in ...

A father of the design and development of the F-16 explains the unique philosophy and processes used to bring the most popular fighter of the post-Vietnam era from an idea to a finished product.