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F-16, F-22 and F-35 News
 457th EFS continues TSP in Romania The 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, continues to operate as a rotational presence out of the 71st Air Base, Campia Turzii, Romania, for a Theater Security Package after changing over their operations section last month.  Misawa Block-50 F-16 hits 10K hours, an AF first One of Misawa Air Base's most famous flightline assets hit a historic milestone June 10. A 29-year-old Block-50 F-16 Fighting Falcon, tail number 808 (#90-0808) and affectionately known as "BOB," reached 10,000 flight hours during a sortie flown across Japan.  U.S. State Department clears $1.7 billion sale of 8 F-16V Block 70s to Bulgaria The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bulgaria of 8 F-16C/D Block 70/72 aircraft with weapons, communications systems and support for an estimated cost of $1.673 billion.
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21 Jul 1978
Assemblers attach first major European-produced F-16 components (wings from Belgium) to a USAF F-16.
21 Jul 1980
The official naming ceremony for the F-16 was held at Hill AFB in Utah. At the ceremony F-16A #79-0290 sported a special logo painted by local (Salt Lake City, Utah) artists Matt and Mark Waki.
21 Jul 2000
Singapore orders 20 F-16s (Peace Carvin IV). (Read more...)
21 Jul 1975
Belgium (116), Denmark (58), Norway (72), and the Netherlands (102) order 348 F-16s.
21 Jul 1989
RNoAF accepts first F-16 of follow-on order. Quote of the Day
Every one already knows the definition of a 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. But very few know the definition of a 'great landing.' It's one after which you can use the airplane another time. F-16 Hall of Fame
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