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At BAFB, we hosted a group of F-16's from a base in Fla. during a hurricane evac. As the President of the base Hispanic Heritage club, the ranking visiting pilot "gifted" me a squadron patch (which I gave to my grandson). The patch had the words "Fighting Falcon" on it. We also had some F15 Strike Eagles sheltering there. Our home bird (67th TRW) was the RF-4C, "Reccie" Phantom.I think the F-16 is on about Block 8 improvements making it quite a departure from the Fighting Falcon. I had two assignments as a civilian with the AF and never heard anything but "Viper" when referring to the F-16.