{"product_id":"ft-master-series-f-16-viper","title":"FT Master Series F-16 Viper","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ft-product-long-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS IS A MASTER SERIES AIRCRAFT! MASTER KITS DO NOT HAVE FULL BUILD VIDEOS AND HAVE A HIGHER SKILL LEVEL THAN OTHER FLITE TEST KITS. BUT MASTER SERIES KITS ARE SOME OF OUR MOST DETAILED AND REWARDING KITS. 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With a flick of a switch, it seamlessly shifts between air-to-air dogfights and precision air-to-ground strikes—true versatility at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eSince production kicked off in 1976, over \u003cstrong\u003e4,600 F-16s\u003c\/strong\u003e have been built, logging more than \u003cstrong\u003e19 million flight hours\u003c\/strong\u003e and over \u003cstrong\u003e400,000 combat sorties\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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