12/31/2007. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This was the first YF-16 built, it flew for the first time in 1974, in late 1975 it was converted to a Control Configuration Vehicle (CCV). A CCV has independently operated flight control surfaces that are being controlled by a computer system. Flight controls were modified and two canards were added beneath the air intake. The CCV was flown for the first time by David J. Thigpen on March 16, 1976, the program ended on June 31, 1977.
The aircraft was restored to its original configuration and was struck off charge on October 31, 1981. It is preserved in the Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia."
