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Originally posted by Spud
Joe said..
"F-16 is a nice airplane but they do not call it the "lawn dart" for nothing. Early models had massive electrical problems and while thats been cured, it still has issues. Glad to have it on our side but the F-15 will still take it down in a head to head fight IMHO."
LOL never heard the Viper refered to as the "lawn dart", but my brother who has been flying the F-16 for 19 years does have a nice assortment of F-15 kills from the numerous training exercises he's participated in with them.
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The F-16s nickname among EVERYONE outside the F-16 community is "Lawndart".
It has been for decades, and is not an obscure term. Do a google search, lol.
F-16 troops and drivers call the jet the "Viper", after the colonial vipers from the ORIGINAL battlestar galactica!