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    The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics for the US Air Force. It began as an air superiority day fighter but evolved into an all-weather fighter capable of multiple missions. Key features include a frameless bubble canopy, side-mounted control stick, reclined ejection seat, and fly-by-wire flight controls which make it highly maneuverable. Though no longer purchased by the US Air Force, improved versions continue to be sold to international customers for their air forces.

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    The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics for the US Air Force. It began as an air superiority day fighter but evolved into an all-weather fighter capable of multiple missions. Key features include a frameless bubble canopy, side-mounted control stick, reclined ejection seat, and fly-by-wire flight controls which make it highly maneuverable. Though no longer purchased by the US Air Force, improved versions continue to be sold to international customers for their air forces.

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    The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics for the US Air Force. It began as an air superiority day fighter but evolved into an all-weather fighter capable of multiple missions. Key features include a frameless bubble canopy, side-mounted control stick, reclined ejection seat, and fly-by-wire flight controls which make it highly maneuverable. Though no longer purchased by the US Air Force, improved versions continue to be sold to international customers for their air forces.

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    The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics for the US Air Force. It began as an air superiority day fighter but evolved into an all-weather fighter capable of multiple missions. Key features include a frameless bubble canopy, side-mounted control stick, reclined ejection seat, and fly-by-wire flight controls which make it highly maneuverable. Though no longer purchased by the US Air Force, improved versions continue to be sold to international customers for their air forces.

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    The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a fighter aircraft with a single engine that can perform

    multiple roles. It was initially developed by General Dynamics for the US Air Force (USAF). It started out
    as a day fighter for air superiority and evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. The
    Fighting Falcon's key features include a frameless bubble canopy for good visibility, a side-mounted
    control stick to ease control while maneuvering, an ejection seat reclined 30 degrees from vertical to
    reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot, and the first use of a relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire flight
    control system that helps to make it an agile aircraft. Although the U.S. Air Force no longer purchases
    the aircraft, improved versions are being built for export customers. The F-16 has 11 places to mount
    weapons and other mission equipment, including an internal M61 Vulcan cannon. The F-16's official
    name is "Fighting Falcon," but its pilots and crews often call it "Viper" because of its resemblance to a
    viper snake and to the fictional Colonial Viper starfighter from the television show Battlestar Galactica,
    which aired at the time the F-16 entered service.[8][9] The aircraft is also used by the U.S. Air Force
    Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team and the United States Navy as an adversary/ag The F-16 has
    also been purchased for use in the air forces of 25 additional nations.[10] As of 2015, it had the most
    fixed-wing aircraft currently in use by the military.[11]

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