F-16 programme powers past 50th anniversary of first flight

YF-16 official first flight

Source: Lockheed Martin

A remarkable anniversary in the history of Lockheed Martin’s F-16 programme will be marked on 20 January, exactly 50 years after a prototype of the lightweight fighter got airborne for the first time.

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