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To: Fish Speaker

The F-16 (Fighting) Falcon was my baby...
The F-16 Viper is the updated (advanced) version of the F-16 (like the F/A-18 was improved to the F/A-18 Super Hornet


21 posted on 07/14/2025 4:15:31 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri

That’ll teach me to rely on my memories of being in the Air Force 40 years ago ...

I stand corrected and will now read the article.


29 posted on 07/14/2025 4:29:14 AM PDT by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Bikkuri
The F-16 (Fighting) Falcon was my baby..

I'm with you on that one. They were a design of General Dynamics and we built them in Fort Worth for years.

Now. Lockheed Martin gets the false credit for the design when they really just bought the mature production line when GD divested.

78 posted on 07/14/2025 8:51:04 AM PDT by pfflier
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