F-16C/D: US$18.8 million (1998 dollars) [ 1 ] Variants General Dynamics F-16XL F-16 VISTA Mitsubishi F-2 The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole jet fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force . Designed as a lightweight, daytime Visual Flight Rules (VFR) fighter, it