Air Force, improved versions are being built for export customers.
Although no longer being purchased by the U.S. Over 4,600 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976. Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft.
The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF).