– Veteran fighter pilot, Lt. Col. Ed Cobleigh will speak at the Estrella Warbirds Museum’s monthly dinner on July 6. Cobleigh will recount adventures in his career as a fighter pilot with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Royal Air Force, Imperial Iranian Air Force, and the French Air Force.
The F-16 "Fighting Falcon" (known as "Viper" to its operators) is a single-engine multirole fighter. It was initially designed and produced by General Dynamics up until 1993 when the company sold the Fort Worth production line to Lockheed Martin. More than 4,500 F-16s have been produced and more than 2,800 aircraft remain in operation with 25 nations, making the type among the most prolific fighter families in the post-World War II period.
When the wreckage was examined, both were found to be of types never supplied to an Arab nation, not Saudi Arabia, not anyone. The only “buyer” in the region for that type of plane is Israel.