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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 1, 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

1 May 1993
Lockheed delivers first block 50D F-16C, three months ahead of schedule, enhancing USAF F-16 combat capability.

May 2002
Oman orders 12 F-16s (Peace A'sama A'safiya) becoming the 23rd customer.
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Quote of the Day

More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination...

-- Wilbur Wright

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Nuclear Reactor Kill

IDFAF #107
F-16A Block 5

This Israeli F-16A aircraft was the second of eight aircraft to drop its bombs on the Osirak reactor in Iraq, during the June 1981 attack. It wore 6.5 Syrian kill markings, and an Operation Opera "nuclear reactor" kill mark.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Arborist"

Cut the top two feet off a pine tree with a Bell 204.

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Sierra Hotel

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

	6,000 Hrs 2008-05-02	Lt.Col. Mike "Brillo" Brill \| 466 FS \| 421 FS
	5,000 Hrs 2021-09-21	Lt.Col. David "Grits" Gritsavage \| 134 FS \| 134 FS \| 125 FS
	4,000 Hrs 2023-11-21	Lt.Col. Emre Mert \| 151 Filo \| 132 Filo \| 132 Filo
	3,000 Hrs 2023-07-26	Maj. Bambang "Sphinx" Aulia Yudhistira
	2,000 Hrs 2023-09-27	Capt. Windi "Lion" Darmawan
	1,000 Hrs 2023-08-24	Capt. Wahyu "Skipper" Aditya Budiarta
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