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For the first time in the history of the use of the Fighting Falcon, an F-16 fighter destroyed six Russian cruise missiles in one combat mission, two of them with an aircraft gun, during a large-scale missile and drone attack in December 2024.

For the first time in the history of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, a Ukrainian-operated jet shot down six Russian cruise missiles during a single mission in December, the Air Force claimed on Jan. 7.