# AFSC STAFF FILM REPORT 257

Department of Defense PIN 40179 AFSC STAFF FILM REPORT 257 F-16 STORY - FEATURES BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES ABRAHAMSON, F-16 PROGRAM DIRECTOR, PRESENTING THE F-16 FIGHTER. HE DESCRIBES THE UNIQUE COMPETITIVE ORIGINS OF THE PROGRAM AND THE MULTI-NATION ASPECTS OF THE CONSORTIUM FORMED TO PRODUCE IT. USING A MODEL AND ENGINEERING FILM, HE DETAILS THE AIR-TO-AIR AND AIR-TO- GROUND ROLES OF THIS LOW-COST, LIGHT WEIGHT ADDITION TO NATO AND THE US AIR FORCE. HE DISCUSSES THE UNUSUAL FEATURES, OUTSTANDING CAPABILITIES, AND ECONOMIC AND MILITARY VALUE OF THIS ADVANCED TECHNLOGY WEAPONS SYSTEM.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1977
- By: Department of Defense
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.40179)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.