Lockheed-Martin F-16E/F Block 60 "Desert Viper"

[Ned Harris]

Lockheed-Martin F-16F S/N 00-3012 over Davis-Monthan AFB 10/18/06. Aircraft is based at Tucson International Airport where the AZANG 162nd Fighter Wing is training the UAE pilots.

[Matt Ottosen]

Ned, sweet looking Viper, nice shot!  I can't wait to come back down to Tucson and catch some of these Block 60s!!

[Ned Harris]

Matt: I figured they would return today from Red Flag so I spent a few hours over at TIA but had no luck. I'll try again later in the week.

[Ned Harris]

F-16E Desert Viper (S/N 00-3030) on final at Tucson International Airport. 3/15/07

[Ned Harris]

The UAE Block 60 F-16s are home from Red Flag. I caught this one this morning on a flyby over DM. This is F-16F Desert Viper S/N 00-3013. There are 13 of the F-16E/F Block 60 UAE aircraft in the U.S. and I now have images of 9 of them.

[Ned Harris]

UAE Block 60 F-16F S/N 00-3005 landing at TIA on 9-24-09.

[jslugman]

You know, those guys look a lot neater close up. I've seen 'em quite a bit from the DM spotting sites. 

[jslugman]

Finally got my Desert Vipers. 

[Joe Copalman]

Congrats James, outstanding shots.

Are they doing away with the AZ/Flag tail markings?  Seems like more and more are straight UAE-marked birds.

[jslugman]

Wouldn't know, never seen them before. 

Ned might know.

[Ned Harris]

There has always been a mix of tail codes on the UAE Block 60 F-16s. Some have an AZ tail code and even an Arizona flag while others have only the UAE markings.

[Ned Harris]

Here is my Desert Viper offering from yesterday. I now have images of 12 of the 13 UAE Block 60s based at TIA.

[Ned Harris]

Two UAE F-16E Desert Vipers landing at TIA on 11-3-09.

[Matt Ottosen]

It was great to finally see these guys flying!

[phantomphan1974]

Nice one Matt!