Over a half century after the inception of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, it remains a world standard other fighters struggle to match.
By the 1970s, fighter jets had grown heavy, cumbersome, and no longer capable of the high-speed maneuverability that wins dogfights. General Dynamics (now part of Lockheed Martin) proposed an agile, lightweight fighter that would become one of the qu… [8718 chars]
Source: SlashGear | Published: 2025-09-13T00:30:00Z
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