- Crew: 1
- Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Primary function: Multirole Fighter
- Unit cost: F-16A/B , $14.6 million (fiscal 98 constant dollars); F-16C/D,$18.8 million (fiscal 98 constant dollars)
- Inventory: total force, F-16C/D, 1017
- Height: 16 feet (4.8 meters)
- Length: 49 feet, 5 inches (14.8 meters)
- Wingspan: 32 feet, 8 inches (9.8 meters)
- Power plant: F-16C/D: one Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-200/220/229 or General Electric F110-GE-100/129
- Thrust: F-16C/D, 27,000 pounds
- Fuel capacity: 7,000 pounds internal (3,175 kilograms); typical capacity, 12,000 pounds with two external tanks (5443 kilograms)
- Maximum takeoff weight: 37,500 pounds (16,875 kilograms)
- Maximum Range: more than 2,002 miles ferry range (1,740 nautical miles)
- Maximum Ceiling: above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
- Maximum Speed: 1,500 mph (Mach 2 at altitude)
- Payload: two 2,000-pound bombs, two AIM-9, two AIM-120 and two 2400-pound external fuel tanks
- Armament: one M-61A1 20mm multibarrel cannon with 500 rounds; external stations can carry up to six air-to-air missiles, conventional air-to-air and air-to-surface munitions and electronic countermeasure pods