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ST Aero develops upgrade capability for F-16
Apr 03, 1998 - Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) is developing an upgradecapability for the F-16 fighter aircraft. ST Aero's F-16 activities are limited to depot-level maintenance insupport of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), but it is envisaged that the service's oldest F-16A/B aircraft will be in line for upgrades, while other F-16 users in the region (including Thailand) will also develop upgrade requirements. [Read more...]
F-16s for South-Africa?
Apr 02, 1998 - Rumor has it that a benignly cheap price is being asked for second-hand F-16s, which will help beef up the African Crisis Response Force, should it ever come to anything. [Read more...]
Bahrain grants AEF mission extension
Mar 31, 1998 - The Bahrain government has agreed to allow a US Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) to extend its deployment in the emirate for another 60 days in view of the uncertainty over Iraq's intentions regarding UN arms inspections. [Read more...]
Taiwan's F-16s Grounded
Mar 31, 1998 - The Republic of China Air Force has grounded its F-16 fighters after a two-seat trainer crashed on 20 March, leaving the two crew members missing at sea. Forty-four of the 150 aircraft ordered in 1992 have been delivered to date. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin First to Receive Aerospace Standard 9000 Recognition
Mar 30, 1998 - Lockheed Martin's fighter plant in Fort Worth, Texas, recently became the first major aircraft manufacturer and aerospace company to be recommended for Aerospace Standard (AS) 9000 recognition. [Read more...]
Taiwanese F-16 pilots still missing
Mar 29, 1998 - On March 20th, a ROCAF F-16 disappeared and presumably crashed over the Taiwan strait. There are still no signs of the missing jet and its two pilots. [Read more...]
U.S. to offer F-16s to South Africa
Mar 28, 1998 - Rumors say that the United States will offer South African National Defense Force (SANDF) F-16 fighter jets. These would probably be second-hand U.S. Air Force F-16 B and C variants, which are being phased out as they are replaced by the latest D-series planes. [Read more...]
U.S. Air Force destroys missiles jettisoned in Turkey
Mar 26, 1998 - Three missiles jettisoned in an emergency by a U.S. fighter jet returning from Kurdish-held northern Iraq were destroyed in a controlled explosion in southern Turkey on Friday. [Read more...]
Pilot's body found after U.S. F-16 crashes
Mar 25, 1998 - The body of a pilot had been found in the sea, a day after his F-16 crashed off South Korea. A U.S. military statement said search and rescue personnel found the body of the pilot, whom it did not identify, early on Thursday, some 60 miles west of the South Korean city of Osan. [Read more...]
Pilot ejects safely as F-16 crashes at Hill Air Force Base
Mar 24, 1998 - An F-16 pilot ejected safely before his plane crashed onto a runway during an attempted landing at Hill Air Force Base. The pilot, Lt. Col. John Burgess, was treated at the base hospital for minor injuries. [Read more...]
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