Possible F-16 Production Line Lull Stirs Worries

Credit: USAF MSGT. WILLIAM GREER
Since production of the F-16 started in 1976, more than 4,500 of the single-engine fighters have been sold to more than 20 nations. Now, however, the decades-long production run for the fighter, once said to “sell itself” to customers globally, is facing an unfamiliar predicament: potential shutdown...

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