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The World Of Military Aviation Has Just Witnessed A Historical Milestone With The Delivery Of The Most Advanced F-16 In The World. Almost Half A Century After Its Creation, The Iconic F-16 Has Been Fully Reinvented, Showing That Old Warriors Can Also Learn New Tricks.
Back In The 60s, The United States Air Force Was Nervous About The Performance Of Its Fighters In The Vietnam War.
The F4 Phantom Was The Darling Of The Time, But It Couldn’t Stand Up To The Agile Mig 21. This Whole Mess Gave Rise To The Fighter Mafia, Who Got Their Hands Dirty To Develop A Lighter Fighter That Was Fast And Cheap To Operate.
YF-16: The Beginning Of It All
It Was In This Atmosphere Of “Let’s Turn The Tide” That The LWF (Light Weight Fighter) Program Emerged, And General Dynamics Introduced The YF-16 Prototype.
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On the other side of the planet, a Brazilian doctor operates on a patient in Porto Alegre while being in China, almost 19,000 km away, using a surgical robot that responds in 200 milliseconds in a procedure that seems like science fiction.
The Little Guy Was A Revolution: It Had A Cool Side Stick Instead Of The Traditional Center Stick, Eagle Vision With A Bubble-Style Canopy, And Jaw-Dropping Maneuverability, Thanks To Relaxed Static Stability And 100% Fly By Wire Flight Control.
First-Class Avionics And A Respectable Engine
The Original F-16 Came With An AN/APG-66 Pulse Doppler Radar, Which At The Time Was The Top Of The Line, And An F100-PW-200 Engine, A Turbocharged Version Of The F-15 Eagle’s Engine.
With These Beauties, The F-16 Exceeded All Expectations And Became A First-Class Multirole Fighter.
And Now, Riding The Wave Of Almost 50 Years Of History, The F-16V Block 70/72 Comes In Strong
It Comes With An AN/APG-83 Radar, A Relative Of The F-22 And F-35 Radars, An Impressive Electronic Warfare System, A Cockpit With Colorful And Customizable Displays, And A Bunch Of Technological Gadgets.
And That’s Not All: The New F-16 Can Automatically Avoid Ground Collisions And Has A Data Link That Makes Data Transmission Faster And More Secure.
Lockheed Martin, Who Is Behind This Beauty, Is Already Delivering Up To Four Aircraft Per Month, And This Number May Increase If More Countries Join The Dance.
And There’s More: Those Who Already Have Old-Fashioned F-16s Can Update Their Looks And Technology To The F-16V Block 70/72 Standard.
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