| I voted for the F-16, not only is it, IMO, the most versatile aircraft in the United States' arsenal, it is also much easier to produce than the F/A-18 Hornet. I think in a one on one the Hornet will win 6 out of 10 times, but the Falcon is much easier to produce, being smaller than the Hornet and al though I will be blasted by many members on here numbers count. What was one big reason the F-16 was put into production? The top brass realized that all their large, high tech fighter/interceptors were in danger of being swamped by the shear numbers of the technologically inferior Soviet Mig's. So the F-16 came into being, a small, fast, cheap, versatile aircraft that still packed one hell of a punch. Sure the Hornet can land on a carrier, but it's capabilities will be limited because it needs to be able to sustain the impacts of several hundred carrier landings and take offs.
So, I chose the F-16 because of price, versatility and ease of production. Not only that but the F-16 has been adopted for use by the Israeli's and they seem to know quite a bit about what's gold and what's crap.
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