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The U.S. Air Force intends to continue flying its 1,200 F-16s well into the 2040s by extending the airframe’s service life from eight to twelve thousand hours.

The F-16 was born out of the conundrum experienced by the Air Force in the Vietnam War.

If the agile little fighter has any shortcomings, it’s that the American F-16’s radar has fallen out of date. But it's still deadly. 

The F-16 was born out of the conundrum experienced by the Air Force in the Vietnam War. Here's What You Need to Remember: If the agile little fighter has any shortcomings, it’s that the American F-16’s radar has fallen out of date, and that the type was never designed to carry a great deal of fuel, limiting its combat radius to just 340 miles on internal stores. The F-16 Fighting Falcon bears an unusual distinctions: it is one of the only top jet fighters in the world to also be cost efficient. Fast and extremely agile, the light fighter does have some shortcomings in range and payload c...

It’s still a deadly plane. Here's What You Need to Remember: If the agile little fighter has any shortcomings, it’s that the American F-16’s radar has fallen out of date, and that the type was never designed to carry a great deal of fuel, limiting its combat radius to just 340 miles on internal stores. The Pentagon should eventually consider reasonable measures to keep that fleet up to date, notably the incorporation of APG-83 AESA radars and the adoption of conformal fuel tanks. The F-16 Fighting Falcon bears an unusual distinctions: it is one of the only top jet fighters in the world...