An artist concept of the General Dynamics F-16 Agile Falcon, which will increase wing area by 25% and restore the turn radius capability of the lighter F-16A to that of the late model F-16C
Newsdesk – Military Aviation
Israel Cancels Lavi:
Israel eventually decided to cancel its controversial Lavi indigenous fighter programme during early September.
Lavi was heading towards a heavy projected project cost overrun that was beginning to place a heavy strain on the limited resources of the Israeli national budget. For more than a year, IAI and the Defence Ministry had been fighting rear-guard attacks in and out of the Knesset to keep the project alive.
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