Engineering Porn

For more than forty years, the F16 Fighting Falcon has served as the backbone of the US Air Forces fighter fleet Today, we will explain how the F16 became one of the biggest success stories in the world of military aviation. Conceived in the early 1970s, by a small but vocal group of engineers, and defense analysts known as the Lightweight Fighter Mafia, the F16 was designed as an alternative to fighter aircraft that had grown increasingly heavy and unmaneuverable. Over the decades, the F16 has unofficially been referred to as the Viper. Despite its initial lightweight, dayfighter emphasis, the F16 would immediately develop into a multirole fighterbomber. Despite its initial lightweight, dayfighter emphasis, the F16 would immediately develop into a multirole fighterbomber. As the LWF was underway, NATO allies Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway were on the lookout for a replacement for their Lockheed F104G Starfighter fighterbombers. The similarly sized, singleengine YF16 fit