Brig. Gen. Jeff Riemer delivers the last new Air Force F-16 at Shaw AFB March 18. General Riemer, who was the System Program Office director when the contract for F-16s was awarded, flew the Falcon from the Lockheed Martin plant in Forth Worth. While Lockheed will continue to produce F-16s for international coalition partners, this aircraft is the last of 2,231 F-16s produced for the Air Force. The first delivery was in 1978. [U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Josef E. Cole III]
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News: U.S. Air Force receives last F-16 [2005-03-25]
The US Air Force has received the last of 2,231 F-16 (#01-7053) fighters manufactured for the service, the Air Force's Aeronautical Systems Center announced on Thursday.
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