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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 2, 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

2 May 2008
USAF pilot Michael J. Brillo Brill is the first to reach 6,000 hours on the F-16.
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2 May 1988
RTAF accepts first F-16 from Peace Naresuan I order.

2 May 1989
An AIM-7 Sparrow missile is launched for the first time from an F-16C following successful F-16A testing.

Quote of the Day

Everything I had ever learned about air fighting taught me that the man who is aggressive, who pushes a fight, is the pilot who is successful in combat and who has the best opportunity for surviving battle and coming home.

-- Major Robert S. Johnson, USAAF

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Lost in the Desert

USAF #79343
F-16A Block 10

Attrition mostly takes place in the early years of an F-16. This particular F-16, a USAF F-16A built in 1979 crashed 3 years after it rolled off the production line. The tail can still be found at the crash site in the Nevada desert.

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Callsign of the day

Callsign "Trophy-head"

The man had large ears. What can I say.

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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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