2012年4月19日，荷兰弗里斯兰省吕伐登空军基地，3架荷兰空军的 F-16AM 战斗机在“弗里斯兰旗帜'2012”演习中编队飞行，共9个国家的60余架战斗机参加了此次演习，（LEEUWARDEN AIR BASE, Netherlands -- Three F-16s from the Royal Netherlands Air Force fly in formation during Frisian Flag 2012 April 19, 2012. More than 60 fighter jets from nine countries participated in the Frisian Flag 2012 exercise at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands, including F-15C Eagles from the 493rd Fighter Squadron April 16 - 27. The annual exercise is designed to bring aircrew from multiple nations together to work on interoperability, planning and execution.）

1980年10月29日，德克萨斯州沃斯堡，通用动力公司的F-16/79由詹姆斯·A·麦金尼（James A. McKinney）驾驶首飞航空画，1977年，当时的美国总统卡特宣布美国将不再出口与本国装备性能相当的飞机，为此通用动力公司研制了用于出口的F-16/79，与诺斯罗普的F-20"虎鲨"争夺这一市场。F-16/79用F-4时代的J79涡喷发动机换下了标准的F100涡扇发动机，尽管价钱便宜又符合出口标准，但F-16/79还是无人问津。1980年，卡特总统推翻了自己以前作出的决定，允许标准型F-16出口，F-16/79计划由此偃旗息鼓。

2007年4月18日，阿拉斯加山脉，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-1 联合空战演习中，美国空军第18战斗机中队（18FS）的F-16C"战隼"战斗机空中加油完毕开始脱离，该中队预计替换第355战斗机中队（355FS）的职能，承担起近距空中支援，前进空中管制，战场空中遮断等任务，届时中队将更名为第18攻击者中队（18AS），"红旗-阿拉斯加"演习为这种转换提供了有效的预演。（EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- An F-16C, 18th Fighter Squadron "Blue Foxes", Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, pulls away after refueling from KC-10 Extender, call sign "Shaman Five One" during a refueling mission here on 18 April in support of Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. The 18th Fighter Squadron conducts air operations for combat-ready F-16 aircraft, working closely with 355th Fighter Squadron to provide close air support, forward air control (airborne), battlefield air interdiction, and offensive counter air. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions.）

2007年4月18日，阿拉斯加，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-1 联合空战演习中，美国空军第18战斗机中队（18tFS）的F-16C"战隼"战斗机刚刚完成空中加油，该中队预计替换第355战斗机中队（355FS）的职能，承担起近距空中支援，前进空中管制，战场空中遮断等任务，届时中队将更名为第18攻击者中队（18AS），"红旗-阿拉斯加"演习为这种转换提供了有效的预演。（EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- An F-16C, 18th Fighter Squadron "Blue Foxes", Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, pulls away after refueling from KC-10 Extender, call sign "Shaman Five One" during a refueling mission here on 18 April in support of Red Flag-Alaska 07-1.The 18th Fighter Squadron conducts air operations for combat-ready F-16 aircraft, working closely with 355th Fighter Squadron to provide close air support, forward air control (airborne), battlefield air interdiction, and offensive counter air. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions.）

2007年4月18日，阿拉斯加山脉，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-1 联合空战演习中，美国空军第18战斗机中队（18FS）的F-16C"战隼"战斗机空中加油完毕开始脱离，该中队预计替换第355战斗机中队（355th FS）的职能，承担起近距空中支援，前进空中管制，战场空中遮断等任务，届时中队将更名为第18攻击者中队（18th AS），"红旗-阿拉斯加"演习为这种转换提供了有效的预演。（EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- An F-16C, 18th Fighter Squadron "Blue Foxes", Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, pulls away after refueling from KC-10 Extender, call sign "Shaman Five One" during a refueling mission here on 18 April in support of Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. The 18th Fighter Squadron conducts air operations for combat-ready F-16 aircraft, working closely with 355th Fighter Squadron to provide close air support, forward air control (airborne), battlefield air interdiction, and offensive counter air. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions.）

2007年4月18日，阿拉斯加山脉，红旗-阿拉斯加 07-1 联合空战演习中，美国空军第18战斗机中队（18FS）的F-16C"战隼"战斗机准备进行空中加油，该中队预计替换第355战斗机中队（355th FS）的职能，承担起近距空中支援，前进空中管制，战场空中遮断等任务，届时中队将更名为第18攻击者中队（18th AS），"红旗-阿拉斯加"演习为这种转换提供了有效的预演。（EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- An F-16C, 18th Fighter Squadron "Blue Foxes", Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, pulls in to refuel during a mission here on 18 April in support of Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. The 18th Fighter Squadron conducts air operations for combat-ready F-16 aircraft, working closely with 355th Fighter Squadron to provide close air support, forward air control (airborne), battlefield air interdiction, and offensive counter air. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions.）

2010年4月18日，新泽西州大西洋城国际机场，美国空军新泽西州空中国民警卫队第177战斗机联队的F-16C"战隼"战斗机起飞。（A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard takes off from Atlantic City International Airport, N.J., April 18, 2010.）

2008年4月19日，伊拉克萨拉赫丁省巴拉德空军基地，伊拉克自由行动期间，美国空军第388战斗机联队的F-16C正在起飞，为地面部队排除简易爆炸装置（IED）提供近距离空中支援，为此这架F-16C挂载了两枚AGM-65"幼畜"空对地导弹，必要的时候可以从空中进行摧毁。（A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, takes off at Balad Air Base, Salah ad Din Province, Iraq, April 19, 2008, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The F-16 pilots provide close air support to U.S. Army ground units by identifying improvised explosive devices and emplacers in the area and possibly engage them before they endanger the lives of any of the coalition forces.）

1996年4月18日，乔治亚州，美国空军第68战斗机中队的F-16D从穆迪空军基地起飞进行空中加油，加油后，这架F-16D将飞越约旦河，参与到空中远征部队的行列，以协助在沙特阿拉伯及其邻国的美国空军和其他多国部队，以执行对伊拉克南部禁飞区的巡逻任务。（An F-16D Fighting Falcon from the 68th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, after being refueled, flies a mission overJordan in support of the Air Power Expeditionary Force. An ancillary mission of the Force is to assist US Air Force and other multinational forces operating in Saudi Arabia and other nearby countries patrol the no-fly zone over southern Iraq.）

1993年4月17日，意大利维拉弗兰卡空军基地（VillaFranca AFB），荷兰空军F-16AM"战隼"战斗机进行飞行前检查，任务目标为前往波黑执行"禁飞区"任务。此前的3月31日联合国安理会通过了816号决议，授权会员国强制执行安理会关于在波黑建立“禁飞区”的行动计划。为此，荷兰空军共派出18架战斗机参与行动，另外美国派出了24架，法国14架，英国12架。（Ground crew members conduct preflight checks on F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft of the Dutch air force prior to a mission in support of Operation Deny Flight, the enforcement of the United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina.）