21/02/2026
F/A-16B and F/A-16C with Lizard Green Camouflage, commonly known as "European One Camouflage Scheme."
The twin-seat F-16 with serial numbers 75-752 (formerly 50-752) carries a lot of history. It's one of the 8 FSD (Full Scale Development, pre-production F-16) aircraft and B-model #2 (out of two airframes for FSD), used in various experiments and projects such as Wild Weasel, F-16/79 for FX Program, Recce Falcon, and F/A-16 "CAS Falcon".
In the 1980s, the USAF planned to use the F-16 in the ground attack role to substitute for the A-10, dubbed A-16. But the A-16 and "Old" Block 60 never materialized. Doesn't want to let go of the idea of "CAS Falcon", USAF continued the experiment. In late 1988, the 174th Tactical Fighter Wing of the New York Air National Guard began transitioning from A-10A Thunderbolt II to the Block 10 F-16A. Later the aircraft was fitted with Pave Penny laser spot tracker and the General Electric GPU-5/A Pave Claw gun pod, a pod that mounts a single four-barrel GAU-13/A autocannon with 353 rounds of 30x173 mm.
