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Lockheed Martin to sell 114 exclusive F-21s to India?
It seems that Lockheed Martin will not offer its F-21 fighter, customized to suit India, to any other country if the Indian Air Force (IAF) places an order for 114 jets that it currently looking to acquire.

Armed F-16 crashes into a warehouse in California, pilot ok
An armed F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday into a warehouse just off March Air Reserve Base in Perris, California.

Lockheed Martin delivers last of the F-16IQs to Iraq
The last 9 of 36 F-16IQ block 52 aircraft arrived in Iraq on May 3. Having ordered its F-16IQs in two batches of 18 aircraft during 2011 and 2012, the Iraqi Air Force received its first one in late 2014.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - May 20, 2019
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 149 write-off: 609 preserved: 149 stored: 612 instructional: 102 on order: 0 active: 2949
	Changes '18/'19: Fleet adds: 0 Fleet drop: 35
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Today in F-16 history

20 May 1983
US President Ronald Reagan's administration lifts nearly year-long embargo on sale of advanced F-16 fighter planes to Israel, imposed after Israel invaded Lebanon.

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My second car is an airplane.

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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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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Kojak"

He likes his women shaved.

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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 2018-06-08	Lt.Col. Grant "Goo" Gooch 124 FS \| 124 FS \| 182 FS
	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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