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Eielson AFB F-16 undergoes in-flight emergency
An F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, experienced an in-flight emergency during take-off at approximately 13:47h, on May 28, 2024.
79th ‘Tigers’ take on Checkered Flag 24-2, WSEP
The U.S. Air Force 79th Fighter and Fighter Generation Squadron ‘Tigers’ took part in Checkered Flag 24-2 and the Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) at Tyndall Air Force Base from May 9-22, 2024. These exercises aimed to enhance air combat readiness alongside 5th-generation aircraft and validate weapons systems and tactics in realistic, large-scale training scenarios.
F-35B crashes in New Mexico; pilot suffers serious injuries
An F-35B Lightning II en route from Lockheed’s Fort Worth, facility, to Edwards Air Force Base, California, crashed after a refuelling stop at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico on Tuesday at 14.00h.
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F-16 Fleet Status
F-16 fleet - Jun 15, 2024
Fleet overview:
scrapped: 204
write-off: 621
preserved: 162
stored: 582
instructional: 120
on order: 125
active: 2861
Changes '23/'24:
Fleet adds: 20
Fleet drop: 60
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15 Jun 1996
The 4th FS/388th FW conducts largest three-day surge ever recorded for an 18-aircraft F-16 unit - 320 sorties in 72 hours
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Color Scheme Champion
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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 "Grovesy"

In my previous occupation as a security officer working at music festivals all over the country, UK based I got to know the lads quickly and got on well with the supervisors and the boss off the company I worked for who always went to work the festivals with us used to call me Grovesy (My surname is Groves) that name stuck and eventually became my radio call sign used to shout me over the radio where ever we worked and I now use it as my callsign in flight sims when flying fighter jets.
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Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:
6,000 Hours 6,000 Hrs
2008-05-02
Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill
| 466 FS | 421 FS  
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Lt.Col. David "Grits" Gritsavage
| 134 FS | 134 FS | 125 FS  
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| 151 Filo | 132 Filo | 132 Filo  
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35 FS | 63 FS | 63 FS | 23 FS | 18 AGRS
MSgt. Darrell Roderique (added: 8 Jun 2024)
306 TFS | 35 FS | 39 FLTS
SSgt. Nathaniel Crase (added: 4 Jun 2024)
158 FW | 115 FW | 176 FS
MSgt. Edgar Miller (added: 28 Dec 2006)
69 FS | 69 FS | 80 FS | 522 FS | 157 FS | 157 FS
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