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Airline intercepted by F-16s from Buckley AFB Aug 29, 2015 - The F-16s from the 140th wing COANG were scrambled out of of Buckley AFB shortly after 18.00h Friday evening to intercept a flight in route from Las Vegas to Frankfurt Germany. The F-16s were scrambled to intercept Condor Flight 83 when the pilot declared an in flight emergency due to an unruly passenger. [Read more...]	F-16s collide on tarmac at Nellis Aug 18, 2015 - Two F-16s (#85-1546 & #85-1549) collided shortly after landing at Nellis Air Force Base on Saturday morning around 11:20h. The jets, assigned to the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas returned from a flight operation to the base outside Las Vegas. [Read more...]

F-16 Viper Demo team honors Capt Will "Pyro" Dubois Aug 17, 2015 - The F-16 Viper demo team traveled to Colorado to tear up the Colorado foothills for the annual Rocky Mountain Airshow held at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport during the weekend of the 14th-16th. While the Viper Demo team has performed in Colorado multiple times in the past, this show was a little bit unique. [Read more...]	US F-16 crashes in Germany - Pilot safe Aug 11, 2015 - A pilot ejected from a U.S. F-16 before it crashed Tuesday morning around 09:00h in a forested area in southern Germany. He parachuted to safety but suffered minor injuries which required medical attention, according to a local police spokesman. [Read more...]
US sends F-16s from Aviano to Turkey for anti-IS efforts Aug 10, 2015 - The U.S. Air Force deployed a small detachment of six F-16s to Incirlik Air Base in Ankara, Turkey. They arrived on Sunday to join the coalition fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. [Read more...]	Keeping the Falcons rolling Aug 05, 2015 - When F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft take off and land here they do so using tires that were inspected, cleaned and repaired by Staff Sgt. William “Willy” Reibsome III. [Read more...]
US delivers eight F-16 Block 52s to Egypt Jul 30, 2015 - The United States embassy in Cairo has announced that on July 30 and 31, the United States is delivering eight F-16 Block 52 aircraft to Cairo West Air Base as part of ongoing American support in Egypt and throughout the region. [Read more...]	NTSB release preliminary report on Cessna/F-16 crash Jul 29, 2015 - On July 7, 2015, at 11:00 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N3601V, and a Lockheed-Martin F-16CM, #96-0085 operated by the U.S. Air Force (USAF), collided in midair near Moncks Corner, South Carolina. [Read more...]
Thunderbirds perform at Annual Frontier Days Festival Jul 23, 2015 - The United States Air force aerial demonstration squadron (The Thunderbirds) performed this past Wednesday over the Laramie County Community College campus in Cheyenne Wyoming for the 2015 Frontier Days Festival. [Read more...]	Another Swamp Fox first, combined training with Polish Air Force Jul 22, 2015 - The South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing sent more than 100 Airmen and a contingent of F-16s to Łask Air Base to train with the Polish Air Force's 32nd Tactical Air Wing and the 52nd Fighter Wing's 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem, Germany in June. [Read more...]

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