falcon Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene. Adult falcons ...

is a small to medium-sized bird of prey. Falcon may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''

Millennium Falcon The ''Millennium Falcon'' is a fictional starship in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Designed by Joe Johnston for the movie ''Star Wars'' (1977), it has subsequently appeared in '' The Star Wars Holiday Special'' (1978), ''The Empire Strikes Back ...

'', a fictional spaceship from the ''Star Wars'' films * ''The Falcon'' (film), a 1981 Yugoslavian-German adventure film * ''Falcons'' (film), a 2002 film starring Keith Carradine * ''Banović Strahinja'' (film), English title ''The Falcon'' *

Falcon Entertainment Falcon Entertainment (also known as Falcon Studios), a United States company based in San Francisco, California, is one of the world's largest producers of gay pornography. Founded in 1971 by Chuck Holmes, Archived by web.archive.org. the comp ...

, the parent corporation of a group of gay pornographic film studios **

Falcon Studios Falcon Entertainment (also known as Falcon Studios), a United States company based in San Francisco, California, is one of the world's largest producers of gay pornography. Founded in 1971 by Chuck Holmes, Archived by web.archive.org. the comp ...

, a large company producing gay pornography, based in San Francisco * ''Falcón'' (TV series), a 2012 television series produced by Sky Atlantic and based on the Robert Wilson novels

Fictional characters

Falcon (comics) Falcon (Samuel Thomas "Sam" Wilson) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was introduced by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Gene Colan in ''Captain America (comic book), Captain America'' #11 ...

, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe *

The Falcon (fictional detective) The Falcon is the nickname for two fictional detectives. Drexel Drake (real name Charles H. Huff) created Michael Waring, alias the Falcon, a freelance investigator and troubleshooter, in his 1936 novel, ''The Falcon's Prey''. It was followed by ...

, a detective created by Michael Arlen in 1940 * ''The Falcon'' (radio series), a radio drama featuring the detective created by Drexel Drake in 1936 * Falcon (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * Falcon, a locomotive character, later renamed Sir Handel, in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * Falcon from ''

Stuart Little 2 ''Stuart Little 2'' is a 2002 American live action/computer-animated comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, and Jonathan Lipnicki, and the voices of Michael J. Fox as Stuart Little and Nathan Lane as Snowbell th ...

'' *

Blue Falcon Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB color model, RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB color model, RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between Violet (color), violet and cyan on the optical sp ...

, a superhero in the American animated television series ''Dynomutt, Dog Wonder'' *

Captain Falcon is a fictional character and the protagonist in the racing video game series ''F-Zero'' by Nintendo. Within the series, he is a mysterious racer who is among the best on the circuit, as well as a renowned bounty hunter. A different version of th ...

, a racer in the ''F-Zero'' video game series * Edward Falcon, a character in the ''Power Stone'' series of video games

Music

* An operatic

voice type A voice type is a group of voices with similar vocal ranges, capable of singing in a similar tessitura, and with similar vocal transition points ('' passaggi''). Voice classification is most strongly associated with European classical music, t ...

first exemplified by Cornélie Falcon * Falcon Records (disambiguation) *

The Falcons ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

, an American rhythm and blues band in the 1950s *

The Falcon (band) The Falcon is an America, Chicago-based punk rock supergroup (bands), supergroup. The band features The Lawrence Arms members Brendan Kelly (musician), Brendan Kelly (guitar and vocals) and Neil Hennessy on Drum kit, drums, Alkaline Trio's Dan An ...

, a Chicago punk rock band * ''Falcon'' (album), by British alternative rock band The Courteeners *

Falcon (singer) Amanda Lindsey Cook (born Amanda Falk; May 8, 1984), also known as Falcon (since 2020) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and contemporary Christian music recording artist from Niverville, Manitoba. She received a Juno Award at the 2006 awards ...

(born 1984), stage name of Amanda Lindsey Cook

Video games

* ''Falcon'' (video game series), a series of combat flight simulator computer games *

Novint Falcon Novint Technologies, Inc. was a corporation incorporated in Delaware and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Novint designed and built haptic, or 3D touch, devices and software. Novint developed the Novint Falcon, the world's first c ...

, a USB haptic controller designed to replace the mouse in video games and other applications * Falcon, a motherboard formerly included in all Xbox 360 console models

Businesses

Bryggeri AB Falken Falcon Brewery (Bryggeri AB Falken) was a brewery company in Falkenberg, Sweden. After being bought by Carlsberg it is now one of their production facilities. The brewery was founded in 1896 by John L Skantze who picked Falkenberg because fina ...

, a Swedish brewery which sold beer under the name Falcon *

Falcon, Battersea The Falcon is a Grade II listed public house at 2 St John's Hill, Battersea, London. The current Falcon inn was built in the late 19th century as a purpose-built hotel, with a pub on the ground floor, and is on the Campaign for Real Ale's Nat ...

, a public house (pub) in Battersea, London *

The Falcon, Chester The Falcon is a public house in Chester, Cheshire, England. It stands on the west side of Lower Bridge Street at its junction with Grosvenor Road. The Falcon is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I ...

, a public house in Chester, England *

The Falcon, York The Falcon is a historic pub on Micklegate in the city centre of York, in England. The establishment originated as an inn named ''The Falcon'', in the 18th-century. It was first recorded in 1715, and in 1736, Francis Drake named it one of tw ...

, a public house in York, in England

Computing

Atari Falcon The Atari Falcon030 (usually shortened to Atari Falcon), released in 1992, was the final personal computer product from Atari Corporation. A high-end model of the Atari ST line, the machine is based on a Motorola 68030 CPU and a Motorola 56001 dig ...

, Atari's last released general-use computer *

Falcon (storage engine) Falcon is a discontinued transactional storage engine being developed for the MySQL relational database management system. Development was stopped after Oracle purchased MySQL. It was based on the Netfrastructure database engine. Falcon was d ...

, a MySQL storage engine *

Falcon (video game) ''Falcon'' is a combat flight simulator video game and the first official entry (not counting the 1984's '' F-16 Fighting Falcon'') in the ''Falcon'' series of the F-16 jet fighter's simulators by Spectrum HoloByte. Originally developed by Spher ...

, a flight simulator video game *

Falcon Northwest Falcon Northwest is a private company headquartered in Medford, Oregon. It designs, assembles, and markets high-end custom computers. The company was founded in 1992 and was one of the first to specialize in PCs built specifically for gaming. Hist ...

, a high-end computer manufacturer in the US, specialising in gaming PCs * A nickname for a

PDP-11 The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series. In total, around 600,000 PDP-11s of all models were sold, ...

model, the SBC 11/21 (boardname KXT11) * Falcon, a hardware revision of Microsoft's

Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. It competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation ...

video game console * Falcon (Signature), “Fast Fourier lattice-based compact signatures over NTRU”, a digital signature scheme

Military

AIM-4 Falcon The Hughes AIM-4 Falcon was the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force. Development began in 1946; the weapon was first tested in 1949. The missile entered service with the USAF in 1956. Produced in both heat ...

, first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force *

AIM-26 Falcon The AIM-26 Falcon was a larger, more powerful version of the AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile built by Hughes. It is the only guided American air-to-air missile with a nuclear warhead to be produced; the unguided AIR-2 Genie rocket was also nuclea ...

, a U.S. nuclear capable air-to-air missile *

AIM-47 Falcon The Hughes AIM-47 Falcon, originally GAR-9, was a very long-range high-performance air-to-air missile that shared the basic design of the earlier AIM-4 Falcon. It was developed in 1958 along with the new Hughes AN/ASG-18 radar fire-control system ...

, a U.S. long-range air-to-air missile *

AGM-76 Falcon The AGM-76 Falcon was an air-to-surface anti-radiation missile developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Intended as a conversion using off-the-shelf parts, it did not go into operational service. Overview During 1966, the U ...

, an experimental US high speed nuclear strike air-to-surface missile *

Curtiss Falcon The Curtiss Falcon was a family of military biplane aircraft built by the American aircraft manufacturer Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company during the 1920s. Most saw service as part of the United States Army Air Corps as observation aircraft ...

a post-World War I observation biplane *

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine Multirole combat aircraft, multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it ...

, a fighter aircraft * , the name of 22 ships of the Royal Navy **

RAF Hal Far The RAF Hal Far airfield was the first permanent airfield to be built on Malta. It was opened on 1 April 1929 as HMS ''Falcon'', a Royal Navy stone frigate, and was used by Fleet Air Arm crews. It was transferred to the Maltese Government and r ...

, an airfield on Malta called HMS ''Falcon'' while it was a Royal Navy base * , the name of four ships of the United States Navy *

DARPA Falcon Project The DARPA Falcon Project (Force Application and Launch from Continental United States) is a two-part joint project between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the United States Air Force (USAF) and is part of Prompt Global ...

, a two-part joint project between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the United States Air Force * Falcon Air Force Base, former name of

Schriever Space Force Base Schriever Space Force Base, previously Schriever Air Force Base, Falcon Air Force Base, and Falcon Air Force Station, is a base of the United States Space Force located approximately east of Peterson Space Force Base near Colorado Springs in ...

, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States *

Joint Security Station Falcon Camp Al-Saqr, referred to by some media sources as Camp Falcon, Forward Operating Base Falcon, Joint Security Station (JSS) Falcon, or Combat Outpost Falcon, was a United States military forward operating base in Iraq a short distance outside Baghd ...

, a former United States military forward operating base in Iraq *

Falcon Turret The Falcon Turret is a low-profile main battle tank turret under development by King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau in Jordan, with technical assistance from South Africa. Featuring an autoloader and capable of mounting the current RU ...

, a Jordanian main battle tank turret * ZVI Falcon, a sniper rifle

People

* Falcon (surname) * Falcon Heene, the young boy involved in the balloon boy hoax of 2009 *

Falcon Stuart Falcon Stuart (27 March 1941 – 27 February 2002) was a British photographer, retailer, filmmaker, manager and music producer associated with X-Ray Spex, Adam and the Ants, and Danielle Dax amongst others. Personal life Born in Oxford in 1941 as ...

(1941–2002), British photographer, retailer, filmmaker, manager and music producer

Places

United States

Falcon, Colorado Falcon is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community Commuter town, exurb in El Paso County, Colorado, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 24 in Colorado, US 24 about 14 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, Col ...

, an unincorporated community *

Falcon, Kentucky Falcon is an unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 40 northeast of the city of Salyersville, the county seat of Magoffin County. Its elevation is 974 feet (297 m). It has a post o ...

Falcon, Mississippi Falcon is a town in Quitman County, Mississippi. The population was 116 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treat ...

Falcon, North Carolina Falcon is a town in Cumberland and Sampson counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 258 at the 2010 census. History Falcon Tabernacle was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Geography Falcon is lo ...

Falcon, Tennessee Falcon is an unincorporated community in McNairy County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing ...

Falcon Dam Falcon Dam ( es, Presa Falcón) is an earthen embankment dam on the Rio Grande between Starr County, Texas, Starr County in the U.S. state of Texas and the city of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The dam was built for wat ...

, Texas * Falcon Village, Texas

Elsewhere

Falcon, Western Australia Falcon is a southern suburb of Mandurah, located southwest of Mandurah's central area and with frontage to the Indian Ocean. The suburb was named after Falcon Bay. Falcon was approved as a suburb name on 13 November 1967 and gazetted on 8 March ...

, a suburb of Mandurah, Australia * Falcon Lake (disambiguation), various bodies of water in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico *

Falkenfelsen The Falkenfelsen (Falcon Rock) is a granite rock formation in the Northern Black Forest of Germany's Baden-Württemberg state. One side of the formation is a cliff about high. From the Schwarzwaldhochstrasse (Black Forest Highway), two hiking tra ...

, or Falcon Rock, a granite formation in Germany

Schools

Falcon College , denomination = Interdenominational , established = , headmaster = D. van Wyk , grades_label = Forms , grades = 1—6 , gender = Co-educational , lower_age = 12 , upper_age = 18 , pupils = 384 (2016) , campus_type = Rural , houses = ...

, an all-boys independent boarding school in Esigodini, Zimbabwe * Falcon High School, Falcon, Colorado, United States

School mascots

American Cooperative School of Tunis The American Cooperative School of Tunis or ACST ( ar, المدرسة التعاونية الأمريكية بتونس) is a comprehensive American, international, non-profit, private school located in El Aouina, Tunisia The school enrolls more t ...

Bowling Green Falcons The Bowling Green Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Bowling Green State University (BGSU), in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The Falcons compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Divi ...

of Bowling Green University *

United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and Uni ...

Aplington–Parkersburg High School Aplington–Parkersburg High School is a rural public high school in Parkersburg, Iowa, United States. It is a part of the Aplington–Parkersburg Community School District. History It was formed in 1992, from the merger of the high schools of t ...

Clear Lake High School (Houston, Texas) Clear Lake High School is a public secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Clear Creek Independent School District. The school serves portions of Houston (includi ...

Flowery Branch High School Flowery Branch High School is a four-year public high school located in Flowery Branch, Georgia, United States, operated by Hall County Schools. In 2007, Flowery Branch was voted Georgia's High School of Excellence. It is one of seven high school ...

Sports

Teams

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

, an American National Football League team *

Falcons (rugby team) The Falcons – better known by their Afrikaans name the Valke and now known as the Hino Valke for sponsorship reasons – are a South African rugby union team in Gauteng province that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. Their ho ...

, a South African rugby team *

Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

, a rugby union team based in Newcastle, England *

New Zealand national Australian rules football team The New Zealand national Australian rules football team ( mi, tīmi whutupaoro Ahitereiria o Aotearoa; nicknamed the Hawks ( mi, Ngā Kāhu); previously the Falcons ( mi, Ngā Kārearea), is the national men's team for the sport of Australian r ...

, called the Falcons *

NIST International School NIST International School ( th, โรงเรียนนานาชาตินิสท์, ) is an international school located in Watthana District, Bangkok, Thailand. It was established in 1992 with support and guidance from the Bangk ...

Falcons, the sports teams of NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand *

Polish Falcons The Polish Falcons of America ( pl, Sokoły Polskie Ameryki) is a nonprofit fraternal benefit society, with a strong emphasis on physical fitness. History The "falcon" movement originated after the suppression of the Polish uprising of 1863. It ...

of America, a Polish fraternal and sporting organization *

Sokół Nisko Miejski Klub Sportowy Sokół Nisko, commonly referred to as Sokół Nisko (), is a Polish football club based in Nisko, Podkarpackie Voivodeship. From the 2023–24 season, participating in the Stalowa Wola district class, as a result of relegat ...

, literally "Falcon Nisko" in Polish *

Springfield Falcons The Springfield Falcons were a former ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) and played in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the MassMutual Center. In 2016, the Falcons' franchise was purchased by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Ar ...

, an American Hockey League team * St. Catharines Falcons Jr. B, a Junior "B" hockey team based in St. Catharines, Ontario *

USA Falcons The USA Falcons was one of two national representative rugby union teams from the United States that competed in the North America 4 Series. History Formation The Falcons were founded in 2005 by the NA4 Committee. The NA4 Committee is made up of ...

, a rugby union team that plays in the North America 4 tournament *

West Perth Football Club The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia. West Perth competes in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW) and is the oldest exis ...

, West Perth WAFL team *

Winnipeg Falcons The Winnipeg Falcons were a senior men's amateur ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Winnipeg Falcons won the 1920 Allan Cup. That team went on to represent Canada in the Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 1920 Olympic games he ...

, an amateur ice hockey team which, representing Canada, won the first ever Olympic gold medal in ice hockey

Fields

* Falcon Field (Corinth, Texas), a baseball field * Falcon Field (Meriden, Connecticut), a football field *

Falcon Baseball Field Falcon Baseball Field is a baseball Baseball field, venue located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, USA. It is home to the Air Force Academy, Air Force Air Force Falcons, Falcons college baseball team of t ...

, in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Transport

Aviation

* Buckeye Falcon, an American powered parachute design *

Dassault Falcon The Dassault Falcon is a family of business jets, manufactured by Dassault Aviation. July 2017 saw the 2,500th Falcon delivered – a Falcon 900LX – since the first Falcon 20 was handed over to a customer in 1965. The fleet has accumula ...

, a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation *

Dassault Falcon 900 The Dassault Falcon 900, commonly abbreviated as the F900, is a French-built corporate trijet aircraft made by Dassault Aviation. Development The Falcon 900 is a development of the Falcon 50, itself a development of the earlier Falcon 20. Th ...

, a French-built corporate trijet aircraft made by Dassault Aviation * Falcon Air, a defunct Swedish airline *

Falcon Air Express Falcon Air Express was a charter airline which was based in Miami, Florida, United States. Falcon Air turned in its certificate to the FAA on June 5, 2015, following the loss of a contract with the US Department of Justice and mounting debt. Falc ...

, a defunct airline based in Miami, Florida * Falcon Express Cargo Airlines, an airline based in the United Arab Emirates *

Hansjörg Streifeneder Falcon The Hansjörg Streifeneder Falcon is a German sailplane developed by the glider manufacturer Glasflügel. Specifications See also *List of gliders This is a list of gliders/ sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders wi ...

, a German sailplane *

Miles Falcon The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English ...

, a 1930s British three/four-seat cabin monoplane *

Rolls-Royce Falcon The Rolls-Royce Falcon is an aero engine developed in 1915. It was a smaller version of the Rolls-Royce Eagle, a liquid-cooled V-12 of 867 cu in (14.2 L) capacity. Fitted to many British World War I-era aircraft, production ceased in 1927. ...

, a World War I-era aircraft engine *

Wills Wing Falcon The Wills Wing Falcon is a family of American high-wing, single-place and two-place hang gliders, designed and produced by Wills Wing of Orange, California. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''W ...

, an American hang glider design *

Falcon Field (Arizona) Falcon Field is in an airport located in Maricopa County, Arizona. It was originally built northeast of Mesa, which owns it. However, it is now within city limits. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it ...

, an airport *

Atlanta Regional Airport Atlanta Regional Airport , also known as Falcon Field, is a public use airport in Fayette County, Georgia, United States. It is located 25 nautical miles (29 mi, 46 km) southwest of the central business district of Atlanta, in ...

, also known as Falcon Field, a public use airport in Fayette County, Georgia, United States

Maritime

* ''Falcon'', a ship of the

Third Supply The Jamestown supply missions were a series of fleets (or sometimes individual ships) from 1607 to around 1611 that were dispatched from England by the London Company (also known as the Virginia Company of London) with the specific goal of initially ...

fleet to Virginia colony in 1609 * ''Falcon'', a small sailing vessel used by

Edward Frederick Knight Edward Frederick (E. F.) Knight (23 April 1852 – 3 July 1925) was an English barrister, soldier, journalist, and author of 20 books, many based on his dispatches as a war correspondent.Roth, Mitchel P. and James Stuart Olson. (1997) ''Histor ...

to explore the Baltic * , a steamship built in 1945 as ''Sasbeck'', and named ''Falcon'' 1968–69.

Rail

British Rail Class 53 D0280 ''Falcon'' was a single prototype diesel-electric locomotive, built for British Railways in 1961. It was one of a series of three prototypes: ''Falcon'', DP2 and ''Lion'', eventually leading to the Class 47 and Class 50. A requirement ...

''Falcon'', a class of lightweight electric-diesel locomotives made in 1961 * ''Falcon'', a

South Devon Railway Comet class The Comet class were 12 broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were also used on goods trains when required. They ...

4-4-0ST steam locomotive involved in a crash

Road

Dennis Falcon The Dennis Falcon was a rear-engined single-decker bus, double-decker bus and coach chassis manufactured by Dennis between 1981 and 1993. It was mostly built as a single-decker bus, although some express coaches and a small number of double-dec ...

, a bus model manufactured by Dennis Specialist Vehicles *

Falcon Cycles Falcon Cycles is a British bicycle manufacturer which was based in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, owned by Tandem Group. History In the 1880s, Hotchkiss, Mayo & Meek Ltd was established in Coventry as a manufacturer of bicycles. In 1897, the c ...

, a British bicycle manufacturer * Falcon Shells, a British automobile manufacturer *

Falcon Motorsports Falcon Motorsports is an American manufacturer of high performance automobiles, most notably the Falcon F series Falcon F5 and Falcon F7. The Holly, Michigan, Michigan-based company was founded in 2009 by American automotive designer and eng ...

, an American manufacturer of high performance automobiles * Chrysler Falcon, a concept sports car made by Chrysler *

Ford Falcon (Argentina) The Argentine Ford Falcon is a car built by Ford Argentina from 1962 to 1991. Mechanically, it was based on the parent company's first generation Falcon. The Falcon retained the same body style throughout its production, with several substantial f ...

, a compact car built by the Ford Motor Company of Argentina *

Ford Falcon (Australia) The Ford Falcon is a full-size car, full-sized car that was manufactured by Ford Australia from 1960 to 2016. From the XA series of 1972 onward, each Falcon and range of derivates have been designed, developed, and built in Australia, following ...

, a full-size car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia **

Ford Falcon (XK) The Ford Falcon (XK) is a mid-sized car that was produced by Ford Australia between 1960 and 1962. It was the first of seven generations of the Falcon, produced until 2016. Overview The first Falcon sold in Australia was the XK series, which w ...

** Ford Falcon (XL) ** Ford Falcon (XM) **

Ford Falcon (XP) The Ford Falcon (XP) is a mid-sized car produced by Ford Australia from 1965 to 1966. It was the fourth and last iteration of the first generation of the Falcon, and also included the Ford Fairmont (XP), the luxury-oriented version. Introducti ...

Ford Falcon (XR) The Ford Falcon (XR) is a full-sized car produced by Ford Australia from 1966 to 1968. It was the first of the second generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XR), the luxury-oriented version. Overview The XR series was i ...

** Ford Falcon (XT) **

Ford Falcon (XW) The Ford Falcon (XW) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1969 to 1970. It was the third iteration of the second generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Futura (XW) and the Ford Fairmont (XW)—the luxury-orien ...

Ford Falcon (XY) The Ford Falcon (XY) is a full-size car produced by Ford Australia from 1970 to 1972. It was the fourth and last iteration of the second generation of the Falcon and included the Ford Fairmont (XY)—the luxury-oriented version. Overview The X ...

Ford Falcon (XA) The Ford Falcon (XA) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1972 to 1973. It was the first iteration of the third generation of the Ford Falcon (Australia), Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XA)—the luxury-orient ...

Ford Falcon (XB) The Ford Falcon (XB) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1973 to 1976. It was the second iteration of the third generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XB), the luxury-oriented version. Overview The ...

Ford Falcon (XC) The Ford Falcon (XC) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1976 to 1979. It was the third and last iteration of the third generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XC)—the luxury-oriented version of th ...

Ford Falcon (XD) The Ford Falcon (XD) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1979 to 1982. It was the first iteration of the fourth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XD)—the luxury-oriented version.

** Ford Falcon (XE) **

Ford Falcon (XF) The Ford Falcon (XF) is a full-sized car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1984 to 1988. It was the third and final iteration of the fourth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XF)—the luxury-oriented version. ...

Ford Falcon (XG) The Ford Falcon (XG) is a range of commercial vehicles which was manufactured by Ford Australia from 1993 to 1996. It was derived from the Ford Falcon (XF) full-size car. Introduction The XG Falcon was introduced in March 1993 as a facelift of ...

Ford Falcon (XH) The Ford Falcon (XH) is a commercial range of vehicles that was manufactured by Ford Australia from 1996 to 1999, as an upgrade to the XG series of utility and panel van models which were derived from the XF full-size car and had been marketed a ...

Ford Falcon (EA) The Ford Falcon (EA) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1988 to 1991. It was the first iteration of the fifth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (EA)—the luxury-oriented version. Development ...

Ford Falcon (EB) The Ford Falcon (EB) is a full-sized car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1991 to 1993. It was the second iteration of the fifth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (EB)—the luxury-oriented version. It launche ...

Ford Falcon (ED) The Ford Falcon (ED) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1993 to 1994. It was the third iteration of the fifth generation of the Ford Falcon (Australia), Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (ED)—the luxury-orient ...

Ford Falcon (EF) The Ford Falcon (EF) was a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1994 to 1996. It was the fourth significantly updated iteration of the fifth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (EF)—the luxury-oriented ...

Ford Falcon (EL) The Ford Falcon (EL) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1996 to 1998. It was the fifth and final iteration of the fifth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (EL)—the luxury-oriented version. Th ...

Ford Falcon (AU) The Ford Falcon (AU) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1998 to 2002. It was the sixth generation Ford Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (AU)—the luxury-oriented model range. The AU series replaced the EL Falc ...

Ford Falcon (BA) The Ford Falcon (BA) is a full-sized car produced by Ford Australia from 2002 to 2005. It was the second significantly re-engineered iteration of the sixth generation of the Falcon, and also included the Ford Fairmont (BA)—the luxury-oriented ...

Ford Falcon (BF) The Ford Falcon (BF) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 2005 to 2008. It was the third and final iteration of the sixth generation of the Falcon. The station wagon body design continued until 2010, alongside the new se ...

Ford Falcon (FG) The Ford Falcon (FG) is a full-sized car that was produced by Ford Australia from 2008 to 2014. It was the first iteration of the seventh and last generation of the Falcon. Its range no longer featured the Fairmont luxury badge, replaced inste ...

Ford Falcon (FG X) The Ford Falcon (FG X) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia. Introduced in 2014, it is a restyled second and final iteration of the seventh generation Falcon FG. While external and drive train changes were significant, the inte ...

Ford Falcon (North America) The Ford Falcon is a model line of cars that was produced by Ford from the 1960 to 1970 model years. The first compact car marketed by the American Big Three automobile manufacturers (though antedated by the Rambler American), the Falcon was th ...

, a compact car produced by Ford Motor Company *

Ford Falcon van The Ford E-Series (also known as the Ford Econoline or Ford Club Wagon) is a range of full-size vans manufactured and marketed by the Ford Motor Company. Introduced for model year 1961 as the replacement for the Ford F-Series panel van, the E-Se ...

, a passenger van produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s

Rocketry and space

Falcon 1 Falcon 1 was a small-lift launch vehicle that was operated from 2006 to 2009 by SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer. On 28 September 2008, Falcon 1 became the first privately-developed fully liquid-fueled launch vehicle to go into orbit ...

, a SpaceX launch vehicle *

Falcon 5 SpaceX manufactures launch vehicles to operate its launch provider services and to execute its various exploration goals. SpaceX currently manufactures and operates the Falcon 9 Full Thrust family of medium-lift launch vehicles and the Falcon H ...

, a proposed partially reusable launch vehicle designed by SpaceX *

Falcon 9 Falcon 9 is a partially reusable medium lift launch vehicle that can carry cargo and crew into Earth orbit, produced by American aerospace company SpaceX. The rocket has two stages. The first (booster) stage carries the second stage and payl ...

, a partially reusable launch vehicle produced by SpaceX *

Falcon Heavy Falcon Heavy is a partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle that is produced by SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer. The rocket consists of two strap-on boosters made from Falcon 9 first stages, a center core also made from a Falc ...

, a partially reusable launch vehicle produced by SpaceX * "Falcon", the callsign of the

Apollo 15 Apollo 15 (July 26August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to Moon landing, land on the Moon. It was the first List of Apollo missions#Alphabetical mission types, J mission, with a ...

Lunar Module * Viper Falcon, a U.S. sounding rocket * The Falcon Project, a U.K. and U.S. rocket company by Daniel Jubb

Other uses

* Operation FALCON, several dragnets for fugitives organized by the United States Marshals Service * Typhoon Falcon (disambiguation) *

FALCON (cable system) Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) is a optical fibre, fibre optic mostly-submarine communications cable that connects the United Kingdom, Japan, India, and many places in between. The cable is operated by Global Cloud Xchange, a subsidia ...

, a submarine communications cable connecting several countries in the Persian Gulf and India *

Falcon (Duinrell) Falcon is a steel roller coaster at the amusement park Duinrell, located in Wassenaar, Netherlands. The roller coaster is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter model coaster which was opened to the public on 14 May 2009. At 97 degrees, Falcon has a steeper ...

, a Gerstlauer Eurofighter model roller coaster at Duinrell amusement park