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Sebastien Roblin, Why Just About Everyone Fears the F-16 Fighting Falcon; She might be old but she can kill. National Interest, Apr 18, 2019
https://nationalinterest.org/blo ... ghting-falcon-53092
("The F-16 has more than earned its current popular nickname among pilot as 'the Viper,' and will continue to occupy a prominent role in military aviation across the globe for decades to come. [which is paragraph 1 and its presence is the only difference in the new version; this is also why paragraph 2 in the new version -- paragraph 1 in the old version states '2017 dollars'] * * * (This first appeared several years ago.)")

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Sebastien Roblin, Why Russia And China Still Fear The F-16 Fighting Falcon. National Interest, Aug 23, 2017
("he F-16 Fighting Falcon bears an unusual distinctions: it is one of the only top jet fighters in the world to also be cost efficient. Fast and extremely agile, the light fighter does have some shortcomings in range and payload compared to larger [single-seat] twin-engine fighters like the F-15 Eagle, but that was easy to forgive due to costing less than half as much—around $18 million in 1999 ($27 million in 2017 dollars)")

My comment: There is no need to read the rest.