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The F-16 Fighting Falcon (pictured), the most numerous fixed-wing aircraft currently in military service, made its first flight.
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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
American multi-role fighter aircraft
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft under production by Lockheed Martin. Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft with over 4,600 built since 1976. Although no…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fixed-wing aircraft
Heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings generating aerodynamic lift
A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using aerodynamic lift. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft, and ornithopters. The wings of a fixed-wing aircraft are not necessarily rigid; kites, hang…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)