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F-16 crashed outside of Holloman Air Force Base, USA
An F-16 crashed outside of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, on Tuesday around noon. The pilot safely ejected.

Iraqi F-16s to be equipped with the AN/ALQ-211 electronic warfare system
The Iraqi Air Force is to equip all 34 of its F-16C/D Block 52Ms with the AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare suite (AIDEWS).

USAF secretary Kendall plans to ride in AI-operated F-16 for a Sneak Peek on CCA Technology
The US Air Force is rapidly scaling up its plans to automate some of its fleet, and the US Air Force secretary says he's planning to fly in one of the autonomously piloted F-16s this spring.

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - May 3, 2024
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 204 write-off: 620 preserved: 162 stored: 584 instructional: 121 on order: 127 active: 2857
	Changes '23/'24: Fleet adds: 20 Fleet drop: 59
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Today in F-16 history

3 May 1988
Israel orders 60 F-16s (Peace Marbel III).

3 May 1979
First flight of the first Dutch built F-16 (#J-259) with Fokker test pilot Henk Temmen at the controls.
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3 May 1990
NASA Dryden, co-located at Edwards Air Force Base, completes first flight using an F-16XL for laminar flow studies.

Quote of the Day

The only time a fighter has too much gas is when it's on fire.

-- CDR Tom Sobieck, VF-51, 1989

F-16 Hall of Fame

First General Electric powered F-16

USAF #75745
F-16A

Modified as F-16/101 with a General Electric F101 engine and first flight with this engine was on May 29th, 1981. This engine later led to the GE F110 engine installed from block 30 onwards.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Omega"

I knew a Greek guy who was always saying that he was the last line of defence. We asked what the last letter of his alphabet was, and there you go.

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Latest Viper Drivers to reach 1K - 6K flying hours:

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