In January of 1985, the US Navy announced that it was going to purchase the F-16 as an adversary aircraft for service with dissimilar air combat training (DACT) in a program designed to enhance Navy Navy air combat operations and to emulate Soviet aircraft capabilities and tactics. The designation applied was F-16N. The hotrod of the F-16 fleet, the US Navy F-16N lighter and more powerful than its USAF companions. Enjoy Spirit 7's company hotrod!