F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role, extremely maneuverable fighter that is suitable for air-to-air combat as well as air-to-surface attacks. It has a combat radius (the distance the jet can fly to combat and return safely) of 500 miles, which is superior to that of other fighter aircraft. The pilot has unobstructed vision both forward and upward through to the bubble canopy. It is a precision attack aircraft and can function in all types of weather. The F-16 originated when the United States Air Force (USAF) began studies of new high performance, lightweight fighters called the Advanced Day Fighter (ADF) as early as 1965. After several years of debate, Nixon Administration Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard recommended that the government return to competitive prototyping as a method of price containment. Several years later, the Light Weight Fighter (LWF) program, was created under Packard. A request for proposals (RFP) in January 1971 called for a high thrust-to-weight ratio, a gross weight of less than twenty thousand pounds, and high maneuverability.1...
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High tariffs have contributed to the United States $8 billion-plus trade imbalance with India (India, 2004). There have been numerous diplomatic and business lobbying efforts over the past several years to further open India's markets to American goods. And, to a certain degree, those efforts have achieved success. India has reduced tariffs on a number of product categories and has cut its basic ceiling tariff rate from 25% to 20%
On November 8, 2001, the U.S. Senate passed several new conditions before direct 'military-to-military relations can be restored with Indonesia including the punishment of the individuals who murdered three humanitarian aid workers in West Timor, establishing a civilian audit of armed forces expenditures, and granting humanitarian workers access to Aceh, West Timor, West Papua, and the Moluccas." Following are two very recent bills and rulings by the U.S. Congress concerning
Terrorist Organizations and the Media Subsequent to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the world did change. Prior to the attacks, the term 'terrorism' was not as frequently used by the media world over, the way we are used to it now. We have to bear in mind that it is the media that brings the world together, it is the Internet at best that
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With such result, estimates for the 2,400 F-111 (including their exports) were significantly reduced, but nevertheless, General Dynamics still managed to obtain a $300 million profit with this project. Grumman started also to build the F-14 Tomcat, using many of the F-111 innovations, but build solely for its purpose of serving as a carrier-borne fighter. General Dynamics Reorganization - it was in May 1965 that the company reorganized its activities into
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