WELCOME TO "SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN" : F-16 - THE WORLD'S MOST FAVOURITE FIGHTER.
I felt in love with the F-16 when I was in my final high school back in 1979. I believe the F-16 is the first most beautiful and futuristic fighter aircraft ever designed by mankind. Its still looks so sweet and looks forever at 16 even after 30 years old.
This blog records my collection and work progress of 1/32 F-16 models (for my private gallery), which I started off in 1999.
If you are a 1/32 and F-16's lover and fanatic, I hope you will find this blog inspiring and resourceful.
Feel free to walkabout here and comment. Thanks.

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About The F-16 & The Sweet Little Sixteen Project
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Sunday, 10 April 2011

BLOG & ITS CONTENTS

Each post is categorized under a well planned LABEL system.
The HEADING is represented below.
Just click on the HEADING under the LABELS on your right, to find every postings under this particular HEADING.
Thus if you click on MODEL, then all my model postings will be listed out together.
So easy. Have fun.

NEWS - Mostly on everything.
KIT- 1/32 model by Hasegawa, Tamiya, Academy, Revell, Ace, Kangan
MODEL - Completed model.
DECAL - 1/32, 1/48
REFERENCES - Books, Magazine, Video, Poster, Etc.
MEMORABILIA - Cap, Patches, Pin & Metal, Hardware.
LOOK, BUY & SALE - Thing that I am looking, buying and selling.
PHOTO - Personal photo taken with the F-16s around the world.
MISC - Anything not related to the above

The SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN PROJECT

The project involves  100 - 200 models 1/32 F-16s that have served and in services for:

USAF
A.N.G
The Thunderbirds
F-16 Aggressors
World Operators - (Bahrain, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USAF, Venezuela)
Tiger- Tigre Collection
NASA
IAF (Netz, Barak & Suefa)
Experimental Aircraft.

Looks like a fun project to keep myself very very busy for my retirement here. 
So let the dream begins.
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MORE ABOUT THE F-!6

This blog focuses on my F-16 Collection.
If you need more info on the F-16, please  visit  the following  sites

ABOUT THE F-16

The F-16 is undoubtedly one of the most important fighter aircraft of this century. It started fairly as a technology demonstrator to see to what degree it would be possible  to build a useful fighter that was significantly smaller and cheaper than the F-15 Eagle. The US Air Force termed this the Lightweight Fighter  (LWF) programme and it was not initially intended to lead to a production aircraft. Contracts for two prototypes each of the General Dynamics 401 and Northrop P.530 were awarded in April 1972. Interest in the concept from a number of America's  Nato allies led to a total revision of the LWF program; It was subsequently announced that the US Air Force would buy 650 of the successful Air Combat Fighter design. In December 1974 the General Dynamics was announced the winner.

The first production F-16A was flown on August 7, 1978.

The first operational F-16A was  flown  with the  388th Tactical Fighter Wing,  based at Hill AFB, Utah on January 6, 1979.

Up to dates , over  4,500 F-16s have been delivered to USAF and 25 countries around the globe and deliveries continue.

Official name of the F-16 is "Fighting Falcon" but most pilots prefer to call it the unofficial name, "The Viper".

The F-16s have been around for more than 30 year and, it is still evolving stronger, better and faster with better fire power, powerful engine and electronics..

The latest is F-16E/F-Block 60

F-16 is forever.
Part II : More About The F-16