RE: Some Pre-Flight Questions..
Good luck Pete!
My first jet flight was a pusher F16 at the sod farm in Kingston. I miss RI. Enjoy the runway at North Central.
I think you have a lot of good advice here and while I have limited F16 advice (I fly a Kingcat, F18F and F22), what I read here was true for the original F16 I flew as well. One other thing I noticed was the sensitivity of the nose to want to pitch down a little in turns, so watch that if it occurs and ease into the turn and level the wings if necessary as stated above. May have been a CG issue too.
Have fun and say hello to Andy Argenio if you run into him,
Dave