- Bend Bulletin main site
- Bend Bulletin archives
- Terms of Use
- Privacy Policy
- Contact the Bulletin
- Comments/Questions?
Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Bob Cox / The Bulletin
February 10, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas — It was a chance meeting in a bar with a loudmouthed Air Force fighter pilot that set Harry Hillaker on a path that led to the design of the F-16 fighter jet, arguably the best military airplane of the jet age.
Hillaker, an aeronautical engineer at General Dynamics....