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  2. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon - Wikipedia

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    The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter , it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft with over 4,600 built since 1976. [ 4 ]

  3. General Dynamics F-16XL - Wikipedia

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    The enlargements increased internal fuel capacity by 4,350 pounds (1,970 kg), or about 65%. [15] [note 6] The F-16XL could carry twice the ordnance of the F-16A and deliver it 50% farther. [26] The enlarged wing and strengthened hardpoints allowed for a highly configurable payload: [27] 16× 1,000 pounds (450 kg) wing hardpoints

  4. Conformal fuel tank - Wikipedia

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    Conformal fuel tanks are mounted above the wings to replace the drag of underwing tanks. Combined, they carry 1,590 kg (3,500 lb) of extra fuel, while adding extra lift and expanding combat radius by 130 nmi (240 km) with a small transonic acceleration penalty. [14] [15] Chengdu J-10; Wind tunnel tested by Chengdu. [16] WWII:

  5. Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet - Wikipedia

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    The Super Hornet is an enlarged redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.The wing and tail configuration trace its origin to a Northrop prototype aircraft, the P-530, c. 1965, which began as a rework of the lightweight Northrop F-5E (with a larger wing, twin tail fins and a distinctive leading edge root extension, or LERX). [4]

  6. An AI-powered fighter jet took the Air Force's leader for a ...

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    The AI-controlled F-16, called Vista, flew Kendall in lightning-fast maneuvers at more than 550 miles an hour that put pressure on his body at five times the force of gravity.

  7. Why this controversial fighter jet may cost $1.7 trillion - AOL

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    The US military designed the F-35 to fill roles for the Air Force, Marines, and Navy. US taxpayers could be on the hook for $1.7 trillion over the lifetime of the ambitious and versatile F-35 fleet.

  8. The first 2 of 14 new F-16 fighter jets from the US land in ...

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    Pellegrini was the prime minister in 2018 when the government signed the $1.8 billion deal to purchase 14 U.S. F-16 Block 70/72 fighter jets in a move meant to replace the obsolete Soviet-made MiG ...

  9. Shenyang J-16 - Wikipedia

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    The Shenyang J-16, also known as Qianlong (simplified Chinese: 潜龙; traditional Chinese: 潛龍; pinyin: Qián Lóng; lit. 'Hyphalosaurus or hidden dragon') is a Chinese all-weather 4.5 generation, [2] [3] tandem-seat, twin-engine, multirole strike fighter [4] [1] built by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).