To: Squantos
Squantos, The Viper moniker comes from the pilots and maintainers. We, in the F-16 community, know the name is Falcon. However, it came to pass that the jet looked like a Viper from the dual antennas that protrude just aft of the radome and forward of the intake. The name stuck. Most pilots and maintainers call it the Viper within our community. Outside of our community, we do refer to it as a Falcon. As, nobody would understand what we were talking about.
11 posted on
10/30/2015 7:04:56 PM PDT by
Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar; smokingfrog
12 posted on
10/30/2015 7:16:49 PM PDT by
Squantos
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