IMPROVING F-16 SAFETY TREND

The U.S. Air Force's F-16 fleet ended 1997 with an accident rate of 2.7 losses per 100,000 flight hours despite such strenuous assignments as Bosnia. USAF, which has purchased about 2,200 F-16s and now operates 1,350 including reserve forces, accumulated more than 300,000 F-16 flight hours last year...

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