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175th EFS brings U.S. Airpower to Bagram
U.S. Airmen and F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 175th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) deployed to Bagram Airfield in support of combat operations, July 27.

South Korean Air Force F-35A pilot takes first flight
The first South Korean Air Force F-35A pilot soared into history when he took to the skies July 20, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

Thunderbirds announce 2019 officer selections
The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Holmes, has officially selected the officers who will be joining the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds for the 2019 demonstration season.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Aug 17, 2018
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 105 write-off: 601 preserved: 146 stored: 665 instructional: 105 on order: 0 active: 2953
	Changes '17/'18: Fleet adds: 7 Fleet drop: 28
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Tactical Nuke

USAF #85416
F-16C Block 25

A rare shot illustrating the nuclear role of the F-16: a USAF F-16C from the 10th TFS at Hahn AB in Germany seen carrying a BDU-38 simulator (B-61 nuclear dummy). The aircraft was participating in the weapons training deployment Exercise Sabre Thunder over the Bardenas-Reales Range on June 1st, 1988.

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F-16 Forum

	HADB - High Altitude Dive Bombing	Meteor
	YF-16 to F-16	jbgator
	Article - F-16 versus MiG-29 Fulcrum	hornetfinn
	F-16V vs F-15C (ANG)	mixelflick
	AFTI F-16 Integrated FLIR Pods	planehazza
	Croatia set to buy ex-Israeli F-16's	basher54321
	PIDS Questions	Boman

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F-22 and F-35 Forum

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	J-20 VERSUS F-35	ricnunes
	F-35 blog?	garrya
	Screensaver worthy Lightning shots	f-16adf
	Norway to reduce F-35 order?	lamoey
	F-35 First Flights	neurotech

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Military Aviation Forum

	How much trim control do LEVCONs provide...	vilters
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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Curly"

Act like a dork or a stooge and this is what you get. Nobody appreciates slapstick comedy anymore. Geez.

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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 2018-04-03	Capt. "Sol" Esk 727 \| Esk 727 \| Esk 727 \| SAAB T-17 \| AT-38
	3,000 Hrs 2018-06-08	Lt.Col. Grant "Goo" Gooch 124 FS \| 124 FS \| 182 FS
	2,000 Hrs 2018-04-25	Maj. Hong "Thirsty Soul" Joo Han \| 157 FS
	1,000 Hrs 2018-06-27	Capt. Andreas "Darda" Dardamanelis 116 PM
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