F-16 Coming on Strong

This silent film is the only version held by the RAA, so it has been made available to play.

0:04 Prototype program completed - January 1975
0:11 Full scale development production completed - June 1978
0:18 Operational aircraft deliveries started - August 1978

0:29 F-16 coming on strong
0:48 United States Air Force accepts F-16, Hill AFB, Utah - 6 January 1979
1:10 Belgian Air Force accepts F-16, Gosselies - January 1979
1:58 First flight of Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 - 3 May 1979

2:33 World wide testing proves the F-16
2:39 Panama Canal zone - October 1978
3:15 Alaska - January 1979
3:53 Joint test force deploys to Europe - 6 February 1979
4:13 Bodø Air Station, Norway - February 1979
5:22 Skrydstrup Air Station, Denmark - March 1979
6:47 Hahn Air Base, Germany - April 1979
7:23 RAF Alconbury, Great Britain - May 1979

8:46 Coming on strong

8:57 General Dynamics