Originally Posted by
typerated
The F-16 was a great buy for Europe I thought - for the first time in the cold war the smaller countries were operating something head and shoulders better than the soviets had. Especially as the UK and Germany didn't get an F-16 or F-18 class aircraft.
Big difference being that the F16 didn't (initially at least) have a BVRAAM capability (That said, neither did the F-4F in that period!)