After an exhausting session with Victoria's Secret Police, "Mark"
confessed the following:

Actually, as I seem to remember reading recently, it has one of the better
safety records for a single engine fighter.

Agreed.

Early on it was 'struggling' with engine and electrical power failures (with
resulting flight control problems), but most have been worked out.

Well even in my Block 10 and Block 15 (ancient history) experience I
don't recall more than a couple flight control mishaps. At one point
in time I had a print out of every F-16 Class A mishap report from
1978 to 1986. ISTR a jet going into Aviano that had an AoA probe
malfunction, (decided the jet was now exceeding the AoA Limiter), a
couple Tower Shaft Failures (or maybe PTO Shafts) at Nellis and
Hill...the last flight control mishap I recall was at Moody in 1988.
Squadron mate had his jet try to fly sideways just after lifting
off...he jettisoned the jet.

Can still chalk alot of mishaps to pilot and/or maintenance error

Heh heh, indeed...rarely does the ground simply rise up to smite thee.

Robey