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.
F16 is the most common western fighter jet.
It will fly approximately twice the speed of sound.
Compared to other similar jet fighters they are cheap, easy to operate and quite long lasting.
An F-16's max take-off weight is 42,300 pounds
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Messerschmitt AG invented the first fighter jet.
Messerschmitt AG invented the first fighter jet.
A fighter jet can be faster than the speed of sound.
There are many, many thousands of parts in a modern fighter jet.