USAF F-16 Fighting Falcons (Flybys)

In a rare air show appearance, your hometown heroes from the 180th Fighter Wing of the Toledo Air National Guard, will perform flybys in their F-16 Fighting Falcons at the show!

About the F-16C

The F-16C Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft. It is highly maneuverable and has proven itself in more than 30 years of operations including air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack.

The first model, F-16A, first flew in December 1976, and was delivered for service in January 1979. Due to the aircrafts’ high mission success rate and needs for improvements in multirole flexibility to perform precision strike, night attack, and beyond-visual-range interception missions the USAF later ordered the F-16 C and D. During Operation Allied Forces the F-16s flew on a variety of missions including suppression of enemy air defense, offensive counter air, defensive counter air, close air support and forward air controller missions.

General Characteristics (F-16C)

Primary Function: Suppression and/or destruction of enemy air defenses, air and ground interdiction
Contractor: Lockheed Martin Corporation
Power Plant: One Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-200/220/229 or General Electric F110-GE-100/129
Thrust: 29,000 pounds
Wingspan: 32 feet, 8 inches (9.8 meters)
Length: 49 feet, 5 inches (14.8 meters)
Height: 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Weight: 19,700 pounds without fuel (8,936 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 39,000 pounds (17,690 kilograms)
Speed: 1,500 mph (Mach 2 at altitude)
Range: More than 2,002 miles ferry range (1,740 nautical miles)
Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
Crew: F-16C, one