PHOTO: the 4,500th (four-thousand-five-hundredth) F-16...

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...should be delivered this Tuesday...

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/01 ... ivery.html

Please also do look at all the various "behind the scenes photos" in the link above.

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http://www.key.aero/central/images/news/5024.jpg


http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5319/7043 ... fcd2_o.jpg


http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockheedma ... 897188588/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockheedma ... otostream/

http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=50 ... n=military

April 4: Lockheed Martin commemorated the 4,500th F-16 Fighting Falcon delivery on April 3 with a ceremony for employees, customers, former executives and elected officials at its Fort Worth facility in Texas.

Since the F-16’s first production orders in 1975, it has been produced in partnership with five countries and has been selected as the front-line fighter for 26 nations.
The 4,500th F-16 is an advanced Block 52 aircraft destined for Morocco.

The current F-16 production backlog includes aircraft for Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, Oman and Iraq