Cold War Era — 2 museum-grade prints that set the mood. The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon entered USAF service in the late 1970s as a lightweight day fighter that evolved into the world's most numerous fixed-wing combat aircraft, with pilots universally nicknaming it the Viper for its agile handling and Battlestar Galactica echo. The Block 30 introduced incremental avionics and engine options while retaining the type's signature frameless bubble canopy, side-stick flight controls, and cropped-delta wing. India selected the Dassault Mirage 2000 in the early 1980s to modernise its air-superiority fleet, and the Indian Air Force became the type's first export operator when initial aircraft arrived on 29 June 1985. IAF crews know the single-seat Mirage 2000H and two-seat Mirage 2000TH by the Sanskrit name Vajra — divine thunderbolt — and No.