- 1). Look for a relatively small fighter aircraft. The F-16 is less than 50 feet long and has a wingspan of just over 32 feet.
- 2). Remember, most military jet fighters are painted in a low-visibility blue-gray.
- 3). Note the F-16 is a single-engine jet.
- 4). Check the jet engine intake. It's recessed deeply under the nose and gives the F-16 the appearance of having a gaping mouth.
- 5). Note how the cockpit and fuselage seem to sit atop the jet engine.
- 6). Check the length of the nose.
- 7). Note how the nose seems to slope downward, ending in a sharp point.
- 8). Check the cockpit canopy. It's a Plexiglas bubble that allows the pilot high visibility. Note how the Plexiglas seems to have a golden tint.
- 9). Note the wings and the horizontal stabilizers. They have similar shapes - swept-back leading edges and relatively straight trailing edges.
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Look at the position of the vertical stabilizer. It sits slightly forward of the horizontal elements. - 11
Check the bottom of the fuselage between the wings and the horizontal stabilizers. Two fins point downward from the fuselage. - 12
Check the wingtips. Note the rails provided for mounting air-to-air missiles.
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