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The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft with over 4,600 built since 1976. [4]
20 sty 2024 · Here is what happened over the next 50 years. Today, Jan. 20, 2024, marks half a century since the first flight of one of the world’s most popular and most recognizable fighter jets, the...
16 lut 2024 · An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron takes off from Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, Sept. 27, 2023. (Karla Parra/U.S. Air Force)
20 sty 2024 · The F-16 jet fighter took its first ever flight in 1974, but it is still as important an aircraft now as it was then. Were it not for one test pilot's quick thinking 50 years ago, the entire...
Today’s F-16 –the Block 70/72 –is the most advanced 4th generation fighter ever built and brings a new level of capability to air forces around the world. Advanced Radar.
30 sie 2024 · KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion — one of which crashed this week while countering a Russian barrage — have been the front-line combat planes of choice for the NATO alliance for 50 years.
The F-16 Fighting Falcon on January 20, 2024 marked 50 years since its first flight in 1974, making it the second oldest fighter class still in production today other than the F-15 Eagle.
