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To: Blood of Tyrants
The F-16 XL with the Cranked Arrow wing? I bet we see it again.

The Chinese and who knows who else likely has all the engineering, either from buying it from Clinton/Gore or having it given to them by obama, if they haven't just taken it by any open door they might have found.

Given the fleet of F-16s around the world today and the retrofit/upgrade market potential well into the future, not to mention a few home grown look a likes, I bet the XL will fly again, one way or another.

102 posted on 07/04/2013 3:09:29 PM PDT by GBA (Our obamanation: Animal Farm meets 1984 in A Brave New World. Crony capitalism, chaos and control.)
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To: GBA

The only chance an American F-16XL or any F-16 derivative will fly is if the JSF gets cancelled. Lockheed is unlikely to do anything that will remotely eat into the F-35’s market.


105 posted on 07/04/2013 3:29:25 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: GBA

Yes, the cranked arrow, It still is an excellent design.


112 posted on 07/04/2013 7:47:30 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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