F-16的確是好用, 耐操, 拼第一. 同期的Su-27早就進了墳場變廢鐵, F-16來個中壽期改良還可以再拼二十年. =================================================================== JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Israeli air force officially retired the F-16A/B "Netz" fighter aircraft, concluding the plane's 36 years of operational service with the branch.
90 Netz aircraft were withdrawn from service during a ceremony at Israel's Ouvda Air Force Base. The event was marked by high praise for the plane's combat capabilities, including its performance during several of Israel's most notable armed conflicts.
"Moments ago, the 'Netz' landed from its last flight after 36 years of flight," Ouvda AFP Commander Col. Itamar said. "Today, we say goodbye to an incredible aircraft that seems to have been created by an artist, an aircraft that fits its missions like a glove."
Israeli Air Force pilots used the Netz during a variety of combat missions supporting 1996's Operation "Grapes of Wrath", the Second Lebanon War in 2006, and more recently Operation Protective Edge in 2014. In total, the aircraft has conducted 474,000 sorties and accumulated 335,000 flight hours.
在經歷了335,000飛行小時和474000架次飛行後,以色列空軍最後一批36歲高齡的老F-16A/B "Netz"終於功成身退。在此之前,這些F-16先是在1981年參與了轟炸伊拉克核反應爐的Opera行動、1996年的Grapes of Wrath行動、2002年的Pillar of Defense行動、2006年黎巴嫩軍事行動、 2008年的Cast Lead行動、2014年的Protective Edge行動。