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RSAF F-16 crashes at Tengah Air Base
On 8 May 2024, at 12.35h, a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16 experienced an issue during take-off. The pilot safely ejected and the plane crashed thereafter within the confines of Tengah Air Base.

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).

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F-16 Fleet Status

F-16 fleet - May 8, 2024
	Fleet overview: scrapped: 204 write-off: 621 preserved: 162 stored: 582 instructional: 120 on order: 125 active: 2861
	Changes '23/'24: Fleet adds: 20 Fleet drop: 60
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Today in F-16 history

8 May 1982
USAF announces that the F-16 will be flown by the Thunderbirds, the USAF flight demonstration squadron.

8 May 1975
Neil Anderson belly lands the first YF-16 protoype on the grass at Fort Worth, after one of the main gear tires got stuck in the well during a practice demo for the Paris Air Show

Quote of the Day

Combat flying is long hours of total boredom interrupted by seconds of sheer terror.

-- Unknown

F-16 Hall of Fame

Color Scheme Champion

BAF #FA-87
F-16A Block 20 MLU

Adorned with 2 sets of tail markings for the 50th anniversary of the Tiger Meet (left side) and 60th anniversary of 31 sqn (Right side). This marks the 4th time this airframe has been adorned with a special color scheme for the NATO Tiger Meet. This makes this airframe the overall 'color scheme champion' of all F-16s worldwide.

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F-16 Forum

	F-16s for Ukraine	hornetfinn
	Singapore Air Force F-16 crashed on 08 M...	Lieven
	The comprehensive HG5 colorscheme topic	alfagolf
	Can F100-PW-229 run with no oil pressure...	shrimpman
	F-16s at Hill AFB 1980	Lieven
	18AGRS becomes the 18th FIS	Boman
	VISTA X-62 - testing AI on a Tactical je...	edpop
	F-16 vs Su-35	viperzerof-2

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F-22 and F-35 Forum

	F-35 vs China J-20 (or J-16)	jessmo112
	Why isn't _____ a weapon on the F-35?	wrightwing
	F-35 internal fuel, range	wrightwing
	Screensaver worthy F-35 Lightning II sho...	edpop
	F-35C ready carriers.	Corsair1963
	F-35 Lightning II vs Dassault Rafale	notam123
	F-22 Raptor: 20 Years of Air Dominance	weasel1962
	VIDEO: F-16 Flying with F-35 at Luke AFB	doge

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Military Aviation Forum

	Russia-Ukraine War 2022	ruderamronbo
	Israel-Hamas war 2023	ruderamronbo
	Aerospace Picture of the Day	jetblast16
	Most maneuverable fighter possible?	Gums
	Main Battle Tanks: East vs West	hornetfinn
	Chinese analysis part II	jessmo112
	Restored Marine A-4M goes on display	daswp
	Draken rebuilding A-4's in Florida	Corsair1963

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From C-130.net

	LM-100J	villaman
	C-130 Video from Lockheed	edpop
	NO laser weapons for the AC-130J	daswp
	Four MC_130 flying low level in the Mach...	daswp

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "HERO"

He Even Reads Odd. Guy had a speech impediment and would say the wrong words all the time when reading (exception instead of exemption, wired instead of weird, through instead of thorough, etc). Nice guy and a cool sign until he had to explain how he got it.

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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
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