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F-16 Test Beds
Title: F-16 Test Beds
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1481 | Pages: 6.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
F-16 Test Beds
F-16
FIGHTING FALCON
A FLYING TEST BED FOR AERODYNAMIC AND AVIONICS TESTING FOR MORE THAN
27 YEARS
In the early 1970’s, the Air Force was in need of an inexpensive fighter aircraft to supplement its new and expensive air superiority fighter, the F-15 Eagle. Two aircraft were created for this mission. The YF-16 Falcon came from General Dynamics, and the YF-17 Cobra from Northrop. The YF-16 rolled out of its Fort Worth hanger on December 13, 1973 and …showed first 75 words of 1481 total…
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This is not all of the different projects that the F-16 have been used for. There have been a lot of different programs that have become operational like the F-16ADF (Air Defense Fighter), which my unit still flies. With these examples it is easy to see that the F-16 is one of the most heavily modified aircraft in the world.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. www.nasa.gov
2. www.f-16.net
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