Have Glass

One of the 14 F-16s from the 510th FS currently deployed to RAF Lakenheath. This Fighting Falcon is wearing the Have Glass V scheme which reduces the aircraft’s radar cross section. Imagery by USAF/SSgt Gaspar Cortez / SSgt Dhruv Gopinath News

Aviano F-16s training from Lakenheath

The 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk is currently hosting 14 F-16 Fighting Falcons of the 510th Fighter Squadron (FS) ‘Buzzards’. The 13 F-16CMs and a sole F-16D arrived in the UK on Thursday, March 3 though didn’t start flying sorties until Tuesday, March 8.

f-16 aircraft Feature

Have Glass: Making the F-16 less observable

You can’t turn an F-16 into a stealth fighter, it will always show up on enemy radar, but by reducing its radar signature, you can make it a lot less visible. We explain how the USAF has set about doing just that