72-01567 (#01567), the first YF-16 prototype in the original red/blue/white color scheme. [USAF photo]
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News: YF-16 turns 30 [2004-02-02]
When test pilot Phil Oestricher gently pulled back on the control stick of an experimental YF-16 jet and took off from Edwards Air Force Base 30 years ago, he was launching a remarkable era in aviation and Fort Worth history.
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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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