Catalogue No: | C0703 |
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Category: | Corporate/Business |
Object Type: | Medal/Badge |
Object Name: | F-16XL Medallion |
Part No: | None |
Serial No: | None |
Manufacturer: | General Dynamics |
Division: | Unknown |
Platform(s): | F-16C/D Fighting Falcon |
Year of Manufacture: | 1982 |
Dimensions: |
Width (mm): 44 Height (mm): 4 Depth (mm): 44 Weight (g): 38 |
Location: | Cupboard CB (Awards 1) [Main Store] |
F-16XL
July 1982
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Forging the future for TACAIR
The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16XL was a derivative of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, with a cranked-arrow delta wing. The enlarged wing increased fuel capacity by 82% and the F-16XL could carry twice the ordnance of the F-16 and deliver it 40% further. It was entered in the United States Air Force's (USAF) Enhanced Tactical Fighter (ETF) competition but lost to the F-15 Strike Eagle. Several years after the prototypes were shelved, they were turned over to NASA for aeronautical research.
This medallion was issued to mark the first flight in July 1982.