Summary and Key Points: The General Dynamics F-16XL was an experimental variant of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, developed in the 1980s for the Air Force’s Enhanced Tactical Fighter (ETF) competition to ...

Fifty years after it first took flight, the General Dynamics F-16 is still flying all over the world, after playing major roles in every conflict from Operation Desert Storm to NATO efforts in Bosnia ...

You may know General Dynamics as one of the United States' leading defense contractors; the true brain behind the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the builder of the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, and ...

The No. 2 General Dynamics YF-16 lightweight fighter prototype, painted in sky blue and white camouflage, was featured on Aviation Week’s cover on April 1, 1974, a little more than a month before its ...

While the F-16 is powerful and agile, the high-performance characteristics can be unforgiving, especially for novice operators. The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is generally described as an ...