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F-16 operators:   Bahrain 18 F-16C   4 F-16D Belgium 136 F-16A   24 F-16B Chile 6 F-16C   4 F-16D Denmark 60 F-16A   17 F-16B Egypt 34 F-16A   8 F-16B   136 F-16C   42 F-16D General Dynamics 1 NF-16D-30 Greece 100 F-16C   30 F-16D Indonesia 8 F-16A   4 F-16B Israel 103 F-16A   22 F-16B   81 F-16C   54 F-16D   100 F-16I Italy * 30 F-16A ADF   4 F-16B OCU Jordan 12 F-16A   4 F-16B   17 F-16A/B ADF Netherlands 177 F-16A   36 F-16B Norway 60 F-16A   14 F-16B Oman 12 F-16C/D (delivery 2008) Pakistan 28 F-16A   12 F-16B Poland 36 F-16C   12 F-16D (delivery 2006) Portugal 38 F-16A   7 F-16B Singapore 4 F-16A   4 F-16B   22 F-16C   20 F-16D South Korea 125 F-16C   55 F-16D Taiwan 120 F-16A   30 F-16B Thailand 43 F-16A   11 F-16B Turkey 196 F-16C   44 F-16D United Arab Emirates 55 F-16E   25 F-16F (delivery from 2004) United States Air force 672 F-16A   123 F-16B   1240 F-16C   205 F-16D United States Navy 22 F-16N   4 TF-16N Venezuela 18 F-16A   6 F-16B * Italian F16's currently leased from ANG (USAF) as "interim" between F-104's  and Eurofighter Typhoon. F-16 in combat:

Israel: On 28 April 1981 Israeli F-16's scored the first air to air kill by shooting down two Syrian Mi-8 'Hip' helicopters. Israel gave the F-16 it's combat debut on 7 June 1981 with the strike on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor. In 1982 Israeli F-16's achieved ascendancy over Syrian MiG's during battles over Lebanon, shooting down 44 Syrian warplanes. Pakistan: The second nation to use the Falcon in combat was Pakistan, they shot down 5 communist aircraft along it's Afghan border. Venezuela: A F-16 of the Venezuela air force shoots down an AT-27 during the Air Force coupe on 27 November 1992. Desert Storm 17 January - 28 February 1991: The biggest combat action was the Gulf air war, operation Desert Storm, 17 January - 28 February 1991. The USAF F-16A/C were employed in the air to ground role primarily for battlefield area interdiction, and was used against Iraqi troops, vehicles and forward installations. Five F-16's were lost in combat and two in non combat mishaps. Bahrain F-16's flew their first mission on 25 January and began offensive operations on the following days.  Southern Watch: 1 March 1991- 1 May 2003: 27 December 1992 brought the first USAF F-16 air to air combat kill, an Iraqi MiG-25 was destroyed by an AIM-120 AMRAAM of F-16D 90-0788/SW. Operation Southern Watch operated from the Prince Sultan AB in Saudi Arabia, last Combat Air Patrol was at 17 March 2003.  Provide Comfort 1 March 1991 - 1 January 1997 Northern watch: 1 January 1997 - 1 May 2003: On 17 January 1993 an Iraqi MiG-29 was destroyed in the northern no-fly zone by USAF F-16C 86-0262/SP. On 17 March 2003 was the last operational flight of the F-16C in operation Northern Watch, by the 55th FS, USAF from Incirlik AB in Turkey. Deliberate Force: Aug.- Sept. 1994: On 28 February 1994 4 Bosnian-Serb Soko G-4 Super Galebs were destroyed by two F-16C's. One of the F-16's (USAF 89-2137 / RS) shot down 3 !! Super Galebs, 2 with the AIM-9M Sidewinder, and the third with an AIM-120 AMRAAM. The second F-16 (USAF 89-2009 / RS) downed the 4th aircraft with an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile. Allied Force: 24 March - 10 June 1999: On 24 March 1999: a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM (J-063) shot down a Serbian MiG-29 Fulcrum using an AIM-120B AMRAAM missile. This became the first air to air kill in Allied Force. Enduring Freedom 7 October 2001 - : F-16's from Royal Netherlands Air Force, Danish Air Force and Norwegian Air Force together the EPAF (European Participating Air Forces) detachment, operating from the Air Base Manas in Kyrgyz. They flying Combat Air Patrols in Afghanistan against the Taliban  regime, and Al-Qaeda.   Iraqi Freedom 20 March 2003 - : F-16's of the 52nd FW from Spangdahlem AB, Germany deployed to the Middle-East for Combat Air Patrols missions.