Ronin

64AGRS F-16 at NELAFB 27JAN25 (a1c m. sanders)

Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and the never-ending consequences of his never-ending mid-air decisions (colorized) // TOP GUN, 1986, dir. TONY SCOTT

@topgun40fest day four: aviation

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General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon

F-16A block 10 Fighting Falcon (79-0336) assigned to the 160th TFS, 187th Fighter Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, Dannelly Field AP, Montgomery, Alabama, April 1993.

79-0353 in the background along with RF-4 BH (Birmingham) 859 117th RW, Alabama ANG.

[Photo by Gary Chambers]

TF-104G

14 June 2006. General Dynamics F-16C Block 42F/G Fighting Falcons (Serial Nos. 89-2098 and 89-2112), 112th Fighter Squadron "Stingers", 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard during "Exercise Northern Edge '06", over Alaska.

During the 1991 Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm), the "85-0101" was piloted by Captain Rick "Kluso" Tollini, of the 58th TFS, 33rd TFW, who intercepted and shot down an Iraqi Air Force MiG-25 "Foxbat" using an AIM-7 "Sparrow" missile, on January 19, 1991.