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Jerome T. Foughner checks out the F-16 model with external stores mounted in the 16-Foot Transonic Dynamics Tunnel for flutter tests.

is a Japanese fighter aircraft manufactured by Mitsubishi. It is based on the American F-16.In October 1987, Japan selected the F-16 as the basis of its new fighter, to replace the Mitsubishi F-1. The F-2 programme has been controversial, because the unit cost is roughly 4 times that of a Block...