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USAF secretary Kendall plans to ride in AI-operated F-16 for a Sneak Peek on CCA Technology
The US Air Force is rapidly scaling up its plans to automate some of its fleet, and the US Air Force secretary says he's planning to fly in one of the autonomously piloted F-16s this spring.
Venezuelan F-16 downs an aircraft violating Venezuelan airspace
On Thursday the Venezuelan Air Force reported that one of its F-16 fighters shot down an aircraft declared hostile after it violated national airspace.
Argentina formalizes acquisition of Danish F-16 fighters
Danish Minister of Defense, Troels Lund Poulsen, arrived in Argentina on March 26 to seal the agreement for the purchase of 24 to 28 F-16MLU fighter jets, decommissioned by the Danish Air Force (RDAF), putting an end to the exaggeratedly long search for a supersonic multi-role fighter for the Argentine Air Force (FAA).
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F-16 fleet - Apr 25, 2024
Fleet overview:
scrapped: 204
write-off: 620
preserved: 162
stored: 584
instructional: 121
on order: 127
active: 2857
Changes '23/'24:
Fleet adds: 20
Fleet drop: 59
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25 Apr 2003
First flight test of the more powerfull F110-GE-132 turbofan engine for the F-16 block 60 is completed successfully.
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I had a pilot's breakfast-two aspirin, a cup of coffee and a puke.
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F-16C Block 30
The first European Aggressor F-16, marked with bort code '01' and parked in front of a Hardened Aircraft Shelter adorned with a Russian bear and star. The aircraft belonged to the only USAFE aggressor squadron - the 527th AS - based at RAF Bentwaters in the UK.
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Callsign "Audrey"

I was the Superintendent of the F-15 Alert at Osan AB, SKorea. One of the Rodan pilots, and fellow Macintosh enthusiast, was a Captain Meadows. Hence, Audrey.
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