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A falcon is a bird of prey. It can also refer to:

Aircraft:

• The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a fighter aircraft.
• The Dassault Falcon is a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation.
• The Rolls-Royce Falcon was a First World War Aero engine used in the Bristol F.2 Fighter
• The FALCON (Force Application and Launch from CONUS) is a hypersonic Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle currently in development by Lockheed Martin.

Rocketry:

• The SpaceX Falcon 1, Falcon 5, and Falcon 9 are space launch vehicles.
• The AIM-4 Falcon was the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force.
• The AGM-76 Falcon was an experimental U.S. high speed nuclear strike air-to-surface missile.

Transportation:

• The Ford Falcon is a type of car.
• Falcon is a British automobile manufacturer.
• British Rail's sole Class 53 locomotive was named Falcon.

Entertainment:

• The Falcon is a comic book superhero.
• The Falcon is a literary character; a detective created by Michael Arlen, during 1940.
• Falcon is a series of combat flight simulator computer games, the latest of which is Falcon 4.0.
• The Falcon is a Chicago punk rock band.
• Lt. Falcon is a Green Beret character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series.
• Falcon Studios is an adult film production company.

Sports:

• The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Georgia, and competes in the National Football League.
• Falcons the nickname of New Zealand's national Australian rules football side
• Falcon is a humourous term in sport.

Other uses:

• Falcón is a Venezuelan state.
• FALCON is a submarine telecommunications cable connection several countries in the Persian Gulf and India.
• The Atari Falcon was a computer based on the Motorola 68030 CPU
• Falcon was the nickname of Christopher Boyce, an American traitor and walk-in spy for the Soviet Union.