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Gust of wind flips USAF Thunderbirds F-16D In Dayton, Ohio
A USAF Thunderbirds F-16 has been involved with a mishap while on location in Dayton, Ohio. The aircraft involved was supposedly one of the team's Block 52 F-16Ds which are used for media flights, camera ships, and as spares/stand-ins for the team's six-ship demonstration.

Pilot ejects from burning F-16C at Houston Airport
A Oklahoma Air National Guard F-16 caught fire and crashed during takeoff from Ellington Airport in Houston. The pilot safely ejected and was taken to the hospital.

Lockheed Martin signs pact with Tata to build F-16 block 70s in India
Lockheed Martin and India's Tata Group formalized an agreement to relocate the manufacturing of the most advanced F-16s to India. The effort is aimed at securing a multi-billion dollar deal from Delhi.

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F-16 fleet - Jun 27, 2017
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 104 write-off: 594 preserved: 138 stored: 669 instructional: 101 on order: 31 active: 2937
	Changes '16/'17: Fleet adds: 18 Fleet drop: 39
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Today in F-16 history

27 Jun 1986
First production F-16C block 30 (#85-1400) is delivered to the USAF.

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Aeronautics was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle...

-- Igor Sikorsky

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Lost in the Desert

USAF #79343
F-16A Block 10

Attrition mostly takes place in the early years of an F-16. This particular F-16, a USAF F-16A built in 1979 crashed 3 years after it rolled off the production line. The tail can still be found at the crash site in the Nevada desert.

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F-16 Driver in Japan - real name was James Kirk

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Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:

	6,000 Hrs 2008-05-02	Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill \| 466 FS \| 421 FS
	5,000 Hrs 2014-01-04	Lt.Col. Robert "T. Rex" Carpenter , Jr \| 162 FW \| 148 FS \| 1 sqn
	4,000 Hrs 2016-12-22	Lt.Col. David "Grits" Gritsavage \| 134 FS \| 134 FS
	3,000 Hrs 2017-06-05	Lt.Col. Anjar "Beagle" Legowo 3 SkU \| 3 SkU \| 3 SkU
	2,000 Hrs 2016-06-28	Lt.Col. Chunju "Boots" Lin \| F-5
	1,000 Hrs 2017-01-19	Maj. Nidhal Al Kamyani 20 sqn \| BAe Hawk
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