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Thai F-16 crashes during training exercise
An F-16 from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) crashed on Friday, killing the pilot, the countries Air Force has confirmed.

Colorado ANG F-16s deploy to South Korea
The skies around Buckley Air Force Base will be a lot quieter in the coming months. Airmen and Aircraft from the 140th Wing Colorado Air National Guard took off Tuesday and Thursday for the Republic of Korea with their F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft.

Famous MiG-killer retiring from IDF service
With an all-time high of seven dogfight victories under its wings and one nuclear reactor bombing, Israel Air Force F-16A Netz No. 107 is being retired and will go on display in the IAF Museum at the Hatzerim air base in the Negev.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - Feb 27, 2015
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 94 write-off: 567 preserved: 133 stored: 636 instructional: 102 on order: 76 active: 2972
	Changes '14/'15: Fleet adds: 30 Fleet drop: 67
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Today in F-16 history

27 Feb 1986
RoKAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Bridge I order.

27 Feb 1990
RBAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Crown I order.

27 Feb 1986
First production F-16D block 32 (#84-1370) is delivered to the RoKAF.

Quote of the Day

Flying is not dangerous, crashing is.

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F-16 Hall of Fame

Color Scheme Champion

BAF #FA-87
F-16A Block 20 MLU

Adorned with 2 sets of tail markings for the 50th anniversary of the Tiger Meet (left side) and 60th anniversary of 31 sqn (Right side). This marks the 4th time this airframe has been adorned with a special color scheme for the NATO Tiger Meet. This makes this airframe the overall 'color scheme champion' of all F-16s worldwide.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "VC"

The Philippine Air Force pilot was half-Vietnamese.

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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 2015-01-09	Col Greg "Honez" Jones \| 944 FW
	3,000 Hrs 2014-02-06	Cdt. "Mickey" 350 sqn \| 1 sqn \| 308 FS
	2,000 Hrs 2014-10-01	Lt.Col. Peng-Lun "Weapon" Wang \| 22 TFG
	1,000 Hrs 2014-11-12	Maj. Keith Brown 177 FW
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