A CIVILIAN FLYING A PIPER PA-20 PACER HAD AN NMAC WITH 2 OK AIR NATIONAL GUARD F-16'S.

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AT APPROX XX42 AM LCL; WHILE SQUAWKING 1200 AND CLBING TO 4500 AND THROUGH 3800 MSL; I EXPERIENCED A NEAR MISS. FROM SLIGHTLY ABOVE AND L OF MY COURSE (310 DEGS) A FLT OF 2 F-16 ACFT PASSED AHEAD OF AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE MY ACFT; AT A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 500 FT. LATER; MONITORING DEP (120.7); I HEARD APCH WARN OTHER ACFT OF THE F-16'S CRUISING AT 4000 MSL. THE F-16'S WERE GOING GENERALLY E AT THE TIME OF THE ENCOUNTER. MY CLB SPD WAS 90 KTS. COMMENT: I WAS FLYING IN A RADAR COVERAGE AREA BUT NOT IN VOICE CONTACT WITH DEP CTLRS. HOWEVER; I WAS MONITORING THE CORRECT FREQ (120.7). MY ACFT IS MODE C EQUIPPED AND ENCODER WAS CHKED FOR ACCURACY ON THE PREVIOUS DAY -- REPLY LIGHT WAS ACTIVE BEFORE AND AFTER THE NEAR MISS INCIDENT. IN MY OPINION; THE CAUSE OF THE NEAR-MISS WAS IN PART CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE MIL LEAD PLT TO MONITOR HIS ONBOARD RADAR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A PIPER PACER PA-20. HE BELIEVES THAT THEY SAW HIM; BUT NO EVASIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN. THE RPTR WAS FLYING JUST ON TOP OF AN INVERSION LAYER WHICH MIGHT HAVE MASKED HIS PRESENCE TO THE FGT'S.