The F-16 Is Still The Most Popular Fighter In The World

Lockheed Martin will make F-16s for India if it gets assured orders Pictured: A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies a mission in the skies near Iraq on March 22, 2003 during Operation Iraqi freedom. [Representational Image]Wikimedia Commons

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For the umpteenth year in a row, Lockheed Martin's F-16 remains the world's most popular fighter jet.

The manufacturer of everything from F-35 stealth fighters to Blackhawk helicopters to the venerable F-16, Lockheed Martin is the world's biggest pure-play defense contractor. And according to the data specialists preparing Flightglobal's 2019 World Air Forces report, 45 years after the F-16 Fighting Falcon first took flight, some 2,280 of Lockheed's F-16s are still flying around the globe -- 15% of all fighter planes in existence today.

And as we just found out, that number is about to get a little bit bigger.

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WNU Editor: This fighter jet has clearly been a winner for Lockheed Martin.