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F-16C Fighting Falcon vs F-16AM: how to tell them apart

Two versions of the same family. Name the wrong one in Spotrep and you still get family points, but the exact model scores most.

F-16C Fighting Falcon, combat aircraft from USA

F-16C Fighting Falcon

Combat aircraft, USA. In service since 1984

What gives it away

Single tail fin, intake under the fuselage, frameless bubble canopy.

Used by

USA, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands and 20+ others

Photo: The National Guard, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
F-16AM, combat aircraft from USA

F-16AM

Combat aircraft, USA. In service since 1997

What gives it away

Upgraded early-model F-16: single fin, belly intake and bubble canopy, almost identical in outline to the F-16C.

Used by

Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Romania, Jordan, Ukraine

Photo: Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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