joined forces with Vought, builder of the F-8 Crusader and A-7 Corsair II, to build the Model 1600. Based on the Block 10 F-16, the Vought Model 1600 added some big changes to make it carrier-capable.

The Vought F-8 Crusader was a successful carrier-based fighter, serving the US and French Navies until 1999. Known as "The Last of the Gunfighters," it was the final carrier-based jet equipped ...