{"id":5443,"date":"2024-01-28T02:45:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T16:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/f-16-viper-nickname-guide\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T02:45:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T16:45:12","slug":"how-did-the-f-16-viper-get-its-nickname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=5443","title":{"rendered":"How Did The F-16 Viper Get Its Nickname?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The General Dynamics (later Lockheed Martin) F-16 is one of the highest-selling military aircraft in the world<\/a>. At the time of its inception, it was faced with criticism that it would not be due to its small and less powerful design. However, the aircraft beat all odds and went on to have the longest production run from 1973 to the present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Viper stayed as the unofficial nickname of the F-16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,625,589,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-f-16","category-general-dynamics","category-military"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t