Missing US jet is a 'high performance weapon system'
- The F-16 Fighter jet is a multi-role fighter aircraft
- Used in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack
- The U.S. Air Force calls it a 'high performance weapon system' for the United States
- It has an all-weather capability, locating targets in all weather conditions
- F-16s were deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1991, in support of Operation Desert Storm
Source: U.S. Air Force
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