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A light weight multirole fighter created by General Dynamics and now built by Lockheed Martin. The F-16 first flew in 1974 beating the Northrops YF-17 in the LWF competition, the plane today is used by many nations around the world including Israel, Greece and Singapore. The plane has been given a fair share of nicknames such "Viper", "Fighting Falcon" and the "Electric Jet." Featuring state of the art avionics(fly-by-wire.) Also the jet is armed to the teeth, with a 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon and various weaponary on it's 9 hardpoints. The craft is powered by a singlePratt & Whitney F100-PW-200 afterburning turbofan engine producing 28,600lb of thrust and can soar to a speed of Mach 2(1320mph.) The F-16 has fought in campaigns from the first Gulf War to the present day war on terror.

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