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Kunsan pilot ejects from F-16
An F-16 pilot suffered minor injuries after ejecting from his aircraft during a routine landing, prompting officials at Kunsan Air Base to close the runway for nearly 24 hours, according to the Air Force.

U.S. F-16 drops dummy bomb off firing range in northeastern Japan
A U.S. F-16 fighter jet accidentally released a 230 kilogram (500lb) inert bomb during onto private property near a firing and bombing range near Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan.

Dutch throw foam party for their first operational F-35A
Crash trucks at the Royal Netherlands Air Force's Leeuwarden Air Base were supposed to provide a water cannon salute to herald the arrival of the country's first operational F-35A JSF to be based in the country, but accidentally coated it in firefighting foam instead.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Dec 7, 2019
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 151 write-off: 611 preserved: 149 stored: 605 instructional: 106 on order: 0 active: 2933
	Changes '18/'19: Fleet adds: 0 Fleet drop: 43
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Today in F-16 history

7 Dec 1989
2,500th worldwide F-16 is delivered.

Quote of the Day

The winner [of an air battle] may have been determined by the amount of time, energy, thought and training an individual has previously accomplished in an effort to increase his ability as a fighter pilot.

-- Commander Randy Duke Cunningham, USN

F-16 Hall of Fame

Fourty Consecutive Code 1 Combat Missions

USAF #89119
F-16C Block 40

Noteworthy for flying 40 consecutive combat sorties code 1. The aircraft reached 30 consecutive flights on March 23rd, 2010 (pictured). After its 40th flight code 1 the aircraft returned with two problems on March 30th.

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F-16 Forum

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F-22 and F-35 Forum

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "FORD"

Found On Road Dead. After a mission, had a few drinks at the Sqn at Shady J. Then goes and passes out on the grass outside the Sqn.

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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 2019-01-16	Col. Bradley "Divot" Jackson \| 179 FS \| 179 FS
	3,000 Hrs 2019-08-05	Maj. Emre Mert \| 151 Filo \| 132 Filo
	2,000 Hrs 2018-10-24	Maj. Nicolas "Harly" Maes 349 sqn \| OCU
	1,000 Hrs 2018-11-29	Lt.Col. Ronald "Pastar" Tong 145 sqn
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