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F-16 News                                                                 
Maj. Gen. Burt Field was awarded the Col. Joseph A. Moller Trophy naming him the best wing commander in Air Combat Command for 2008, the day before he relinquished command of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing.
The Accident Investigation Board report for F-16C block 25 #84-1273 has been released. The conclusion of the investigation says the cause was due to G-Induced Loss of Consciousness (G-LOC).
Two F-16CJs assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing flew the 50,000th Operation Noble Eagle sortie on June 30th, 2008.
F-22 News                                                                 
On the heels of the arrival of Holloman's first two F-22A Raptors, the 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern commander popped in to see how things were going.
F-22 Raptor pilots will have the edge in combat thanks to training provided by 4th Fighter Wing Airmen deployed to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., June 13.
The Air National Guard's 192nd Fighter Wing is the first ANG unit to use the F-22 in support of Operation Noble Eagle.
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Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.

-- Rex Kramer (Robert Stack), Airplane! (1980)
Today in History
5 Jul 1991
U.S. Air Force awards contract to begin MLU full-scale development effort.
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F-35 News                                               
The 46th TW recently lent a hand to Lockheed Martin Company to perform a risk reduction and development test of weapon lanyards for the F-35 System Development and Demonstration program at the Simulated Environment for Munitions facility.
The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II made its first flight with BAE test pilot Graham Tomlinson at the controls from Lockheeds Martin's Fort Worth facility.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program in the Netherlands has taken a turn. The next fighter for the Dutch could be a more open competitive process.
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