The league also held the 1966 NFL Expansion Draft six weeks later in which the Falcons selected unprotected players from existing franchises.

The Falcons also started wearing black cleats with these uniforms.

The two conference title games led to a hot bidding war between the clubs for players ; the Niners signed cornerback Deion Sanders from the Atlanta Falcons and also signed linebacker Ken Norton, Jr. from the Cowboys ; they defeated the Cowboys 21-14 in the 1994 regular season and then hosted the Cowboys in that year's Conference title game, with the Cowboys now coached by Barry Switzer ; the 49ers raced to a 21-0 lead in the first seven minutes of the first quarter and won 38-28 en route to Super Bowl XXIX.

The coming years also will see the introduction of 96 EF2000 Eurofighter Typhoons, replacing the leased F-16 Fighting Falcons.

The Vikings also finished the regular season with a 12-2 record, winning their first nine games before a loss on Monday Night Football to the Atlanta Falcons.

Dallas was also the defending Super Bowl XII champion, and finished the 1978 regular season with a 12-4 record, and posted playoff victories over the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams.

The Falcons, under former Denver head coach Dan Reeves, were making their first Super Bowl appearance after also posting a 14-2 regular season record.

He also manages to fix the Millennium Falcons hyperdrive, resulting in a last-minute escape from Imperial forces.

Visitors may also see Peregrine Falcons, Dingoes, Wallabies, Eastern Grey Kangaroos and Lace Monitors.

The team also won its second straight Division 6 state title in 2009 with a 24-21 victory over the Monroe St. Mary's Catholic Central Falcons.

While under the aegis of the 366 WG, the 34th's B-1Bs were part of one of the Air Force ’ s composite wings, which also included C / D and E model F-15 Eagles, C / D model F-16 Fighting Falcons, and R model KC-135 Stratotankers.

It includes caucasicus and most specimens of the proposed race punicus, though others may be pelegrinoides, Barbary Falcons ( see also below ), or perhaps the rare hybrids between these two which might occur around Algeria.

Both the sedan and station wagon Taurus were sold in New Zealand and both were quite popular, considering the fact that most New Zealand's Fords were also the imported Australian Falcons.

Ashton Hall is also home to the Orangemen of 6th West, the male cheer squad who display their school spirit by attending men's basketball home games and some away games, leading cheers for the Falcons and occasionally against the referees and the other team.

It is also home to a pair of Peregrine Falcons.

The exploits of the Lafayette Escadrille are also captured in several works of historical fiction including: Falcons of France by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall ( 1929 ), To the Last Man by Jeffrey Shaara, Valiant Volunteers by Terry L. Johnson ( 2005 ), An Ace Minus One by Timothy Morrisroe ( 2006 ), and Kickapoo by Thomas Wilson ( 2006 ).

Interior door hardware and steering columns were shared with the Falcons and the Aussie versions also had their own instrument clusters, optional air conditioning and much larger bumpers.

Peregrine Falcons which are also originally cliff dwellers have also adapted to the big cities, living on the window ledges of skyscrapers and often feeding exclusively on Rock Pigeons.

They also compete directly for lemmings and other prey with several predators, including Rough-legged Hawks, Golden Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, Gyrfalcons, jaegers, Glaucous Gulls, Short-eared Owls, Great Horned Owls, Eurasian Eagle Owls, Common Ravens, wolves, arctic foxes, and ermine.

In 1999, the Broncos repeated this feat and Elway was awarded the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIII, throwing for 336 yards and one touchdown with one interception, while also scoring a rushing touchdown in Denver's 34 – 19 win over the Atlanta Falcons.

Australian made Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores dominate the ranks of taxis in Australia and New Zealand, and are also used as police patrol cars.

This model was also the last to see the Squire range of Ford Falcons which featured wood panels on the side of the wagons, similar to the USA based station wagons.

Most are restricted to humid tropical and subtropical forests ; but the two most widespread species, the Collared and the Barred Forest Falcons, also range into drier and more open habitats.

When the team debuted in 1966, the Falcons wore red helmets with a black falcon crest logo.

The logo was redesigned with red and silver accents to depict a more powerful, aggressive falcon, which now more closely resembles the capital letter F. Although the Falcons still wore black helmets, the new uniforms featured jerseys and pants with red trim down the sides.

The Falcons wore an all-black combination for home games against their archrivals, the New Orleans Saints, winning the first two contests ( 24 – 21 in and 36 – 17 in ), but losing 31 – 13 in.

The Falcons wore the all black combination against the New Orleans Saints for 4 straight seasons starting in 2004, With the last time being in 2007, losing 34 – 14.

In the 1980s, the Falcons wore their white uniforms at home most of the time because of the heat.

The Atlanta Falcons wore 1966 throwback jerseys for 2 home games in 2009 – against the Carolina Panthers on September 20 and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 29.

The Falcons play their home games at the Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta, but construction is likely to begin in 2014 on a new stadium with play beginning in the 2017 season.

In their 45 years of existence, the Falcons have compiled a record of 298 – 402 – 6 with division championships in 1980, 1998, 2004, and 2010.

The Falcons had their first season in, and their first preseason game on August 1,, losing to the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Falcons had their first Monday Night Football game in Atlanta during the 1970 season.

In 1980, after a nine game winning streak, the Falcons posted a franchise then-best record of 12 – 4 and captured their first NFC West division title.

In 1992, the Atlanta Falcons opened a new chapter in their history moving into the newly constructed Georgia Dome.

In 1998, under recently acquired head coach Dan Reeves, quarterback Chris Chandler and running back Jamal Anderson the " Dirty Bird " Falcons had their greatest season to date.

On March 19, 2003, the Falcons presented their new logo.

Although the Falcons won 3 of their last 4 games after the return of Michael Vick, they ended up with a dismal 5 – 11 record that year.

The Falcons went 11 – 5, winning their third division title and earning a first-round bye into the playoffs.

The Falcons defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 – 10 in the final game of the season to improve their record to 9 – 7.

In 2010, with a regular season record of 13 – 3, their best regular season record since the 1998 Super Bowl season, the Falcons secured a third straight winning season, their fourth overall divisional title, and the top overall seed in the NFC playoffs ; however, the Falcons were overpowered by the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Playoffs 48 – 21.

In exchange, the Falcons gave up their first -, second-and fourth-round draft picks in 2011, and their first and fourth draft picks in 2012.

The Falcons finished the season at 10-6, securing the fifth seed after a Week 17 beatdown of Tampa Bay in which the Falcons pulled their starters after leading 42-0 just twenty-three minutes into the game.

Then the Giants took control, as Manning threw for two more TD passes to Mario Manningham and Nicks and the defense completed its shutout of the Falcons to give the New York Giants the win, 24-2, and the Falcons their third straight playoff loss with Matt Ryan and Mike Smith.