Lockheed Martin’s F-16 was known as “the workhorse of Desert Storm” and its combat-proven tradition continued in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, with close to 4,000 sorties flown in continuous, all-weather operations. The production lines of this versatile strike fighter revived since the turn of the century, with new production orders for 344 aircraft and modernization and upgrading contracts for many more, that position this air combat veteran at the leading edge of air warfare.Firm orders will provide production line work until at least 2008, with anticipated new orders and deliveries lasting through 2011.

The Israeli Soufa (Storm) F-16I is based on a modified F-16 Block 52 configuration, with many indigenous systems designed specifically for the IAF.