F-16 Fast Facts - Lockheed Martin - (March 2020)

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March 2020

The world’s most successful,


F-16 Fighting Falcon Fast Facts combat-proven 4th generation fighter.

Program Status
Flight Hours
4,588 0
1 9 , 0 0 0 ,0 0 1 400,000+
Aircraft Delivered Combat Sorties

F-16 Modernization F-16 Global Operators


• 139 Versions • 30 Customers in 29 Countries
(Countries/Blocks/Models)
• 25 Operators and counting
• 1,000+ Upgrades Delivered
• ~3,000 F-16s in Service
• 4 F-16V Upgrade Programs in
• 56 Follow on Buys from
Process (>400 aircraft)
16 Customers

F-16 Block 70/72 World’s Largest Fighter Aircraft Ecosystem


The F-16 Block 70/72 is the newest and most advanced • ~3,900+ Suppliers World Wide
F-16 production configuration, combining numerous
capability and structural upgrades:
• $1.4B U.S. Economic Impact
• New capabilities based on the advanced • Major Components Produced in 8 Countries
F-16V configuration • >400 Suppliers in 41 States
• Structural life more than 50 percent beyond that of
previous production F-16 aircraft • >$100B Cumulative Program Value

Recent Milestones
• An Indonesian Air Force F-16A Block 15 aircraft with structural enhancements and upgraded avionics conducted its first
flight. (February 2020)
• Taiwan and the U.S. signed an LOA regarding the sale of 66 new F-16 Block 70 aircraft to Taiwan. (December 2019)
• F-16 production begins in Greenville, South Carolina. (November 2019)
• Bulgaria’s government signs an agreement to procure eight new F-16 Block 70 aircraft. (July 2019)
• Lockheed Martin inaugurates its new F-16 production line in Greenville, South Carolina. (April 2019)
• U.S. State Department approves the proposed sale of 25 new production F-16 Block 72 aircraft and F-16V upgrades
for Morocco. (March 2019)

F-16 Operators (Past and Current)

USAF Belgium Denmark Netherlands Norway Israel Republic of Korea Portugal Egypt Pakistan
US Navy

Singapore Greece Thailand Indonesia Bahrain Venezuela Taiwan Jordan UAE Turkey

Italy Chile Oman Poland Morocco Iraq Romania Slovakia Bulgaria

All information current as of March 2020. For additional questions and the latest data, please contact John Losinger.

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