F-16 Absolutely Unbelievable!

[Wing Nut]

Just out of curiosity, why is this called a Viper instead of a Falcon?  I've never heard of an F-16 called that before.

[ReverseThrust]

Pippin-
No partuicular Reason I know except reading stuff and hearing things- But apparently the Pilots of the F-16 commonly call it the Viper, even though us Aviation Buffs refer to it as the Fighting Falcon. No big diff.

[Blade]

All military aircraft have nicknames, like the Viper (F-16), BUFF (B-52), Bone (B-1B), Vark (F-111) etc etc etc

[Wing Nut]

All military aircraft have nicknames, like the Viper (F-16), BUFF (B-52), Bone (B-1B), Vark (F-111) etc etc etc

Except that the F-16 is the Falcon.  The only Viper I know of is from Battlestar Galactica.

[RIC_BARKER]

[quote]

Except that the F-16 is the Falcon.

[Wing Nut]

Yeah, Sci-Fi is making a mini-series out of it premiering in Dec.  They made Starbuck a woman!