The first USAF YF-16 prototype (#01567) in the standard prototype camouflage scheme. The YF-16 was designed to meet the ACF spedification: a simple day fighter, without radar, and armed with only short-range missiles. [USAF photo]
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News: F-16's developer, Harry J. Hillaker, dies at 89 [2009-02-10]
It was a chance meeting in a bar with a loudmouthed Air Force fighter pilot that set Harry J. Hillaker on a path that led to the design of the F-16 fighter jet, arguably the best military airplane of the jet age.
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