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The General Dynamics F-16 is an excellent example of a successful aircraft. Created as a partner aircraft to the F-15 Eagle, it is one of the best dogfighters in the world, and a single squadron can carry enough bombs to sink a naval fleet if they needed to.
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- Manufacturer: General Dynamics
- Primary role: Fighter
- Secondary roles: Ground attack, troop aupport, anti-tank
- Power plant: 1 Pratt & Whitney f100-PW-200 afterburning turbofan producing 23,800 pounds of static thrust
- Max. speed: 1,400mph @ 40,000 feet
- Service ceiling: 50,000 feet
- Range: 575 miles
- Empty weight: 14,567 pounds
- Max. takeoff weight: 35,400 pounds
- Wingspan: 31 feet
- Length: 47 feet 7 inches
- Height: 16 feet 5 inches
- Wing area: 300 square feet
- Armament: 1 20mm M-61 Vulcan cannon, 10,500 pound bomb load