Hey out04,
Anything goes as you can see!!
. I am sure that there are a lot of factors w/ the different types of canopies that you see on the Falcon but one sticks out the most. Replacement canopies.
Its all in what the matainence crews have on hand/or whats available at the time.
Below are two pix that show that show the canopy variations. Also below is a web site that is from the Tiger Meet of The Americas. You'll see a few pix that have different arrangements. If you have reference material on the 16, check that as well.
You can also do a search w/ your particular squadron that you want to do and see how they're canopies are set up.
http://www.philippecolin.net/TM04.html
Flaps up, Mike
If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger