Wednesday, February 2, 2011

F-16

F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multi-role jet fighter warplane developed by General Dynamics. It was primarily developed for United States Air Force. Initially it was a light weight fighter which can fly at day time only. But later it was upgraded and then become capable of flying in all types of weather and both at day and night time. Till now 4400 F-16's have been manufactured. Now US Air Force has stopped it's purchasing but still it's new versions are being developed and exported to various countries including Pakistan and Israel. In 1993, Lockheed Corporation has purchased the aircraft manufacturing facility and later became part of Lockheed Martin after a merger with Martin Marietta in the year 1995.

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