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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.
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Shoot 'em down; sort 'em out on the ground.
-- Air defense motto
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From F-16A to F-16XL/B
USAF #75747
F-16XL/B
One of the original F-16A Full-Scale Development aircraft. The aircraft crash landed on Rogers dry lake bed at Edwards AFB due to a blown nose gear tire on take off during the annual open house air show. The pilot survived unharmed but very shaken. It was shipped to General Dynamics Fort Worth in a C-5 and rebuilt into the first cranked-arrow F-16XL, flying back to Edwards one year later on December 2nd, 1981. It was later converted into a dual-seat F-16XL/B. First flight in its new configuration was on October 29th, 1982.
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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Vomit"

My battle buddy and room mate at the barracks gave it to me because he said my last name sounded like a sound you would make when you threw up. It was really hard to pick up chicks at the bar when you're buddy is calling you vomit all night
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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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| 134 FS | 134 FS | 125 FS  
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| 151 Filo | 132 Filo | 132 Filo  
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SSgt. Harold Corpuz (added: 22 Dec 2022)
57 FW | 57 FW | 57 FW | 57 FW | 36 FS | 64 AGRS | 706 AS | 51 FW | 31 FW | 31 FW
SSgt. Rick Samilton (added: 17 Mar 2024)
13 FS | | 36 FS | C-130 | 18 sqn | F-35 | 3 sqn | 331 skv | 57 FW | 82 ATRS
SSgt Anthony Myers (added: 26 Apr 2024)
35 FS | 510 FS | 510 FS | 311 FS
Sgt.1st Clss Rick Verver (added: 15 Apr 2024)
315 sqn | 315 sqn
SSgt. Thomas Quinn (added: 14 Apr 2024)
480 FS | 8 FS | 35 FS
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