Well, the F-16 is used by over two dozen nations. So it's use wouldn't indicate anything. Some of the nations that use the F-16 are also capable of the things

Well, the F-16 is used by over two dozen nations. So it's use wouldn't indicate anything. Some of the nations that use the F-16 are also capable of the things you say prove US air force involvement. Even then, that's a bit of an extreme analogy. How about we pull down the analogies to be more in line with what more likely happened? Like, someone used a truck to rob a bank and people think a manufacturer of trucks is somehow responsible?