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Status of the Air Force's F-16 Aircraft Program

PSAD-78-36 Published: Apr 24, 1978. Publicly Released: Apr 24, 1978.
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The multinational F-16 single-engine fighter aircraft has been approved for full production; the first-production F-16 is scheduled for delivery in August 1978. The United States and four European countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway) plan to purchase 998 F-16s, and a letter of offer and acceptance has been signed for sale of 160 F-16s to Iran.

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