News Archive

January 2011


24 January 2011 Alabama ANG Commander uses F-16 for personal trips
Airforce officials are keeping quiet about a commander with the Alabama Air National Guard who could possibly face charges following an investigation that he had received nearly $96,000 in unauthorized compensatory time and had regularly flown an F-16 on personal trips....
21 January 2011 Daedalus Aviation Group completed first FACh Pacer Amstel modification
On January 6th 2011 Daedalus Aviation Group completed their first Chilean F-16 structural "Pacer Amstel" modification after an uneventful, successful Functional Check Flight from Cerro Moreno Air Base in Chile....
14 January 2011 F-16's arrival brings 'battle rhythm' to JSF wing
After 17 months of silence, the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline finally roared back to life January 13, 2011. ...
09 January 2011 Congress must challenge DOD and administration on flawed air power roadmap
The top leadership in the U.S. Department of Defense is out of their depth when considering what air domination capability is good to defend America....
08 January 2011 F-16 lands at Prestwick after fuel leak
An F-16 block 50 from 480th FS made an emergency landing at Glasgow Prestwick Airport after suffering a fuel leak....
07 January 2011 310th FS graduates 14 pilots from B-course training
The mission of the 56th Fighter Wing is to, "Train the world's greatest F-16 fighter pilots and maintainers, while deploying mission ready warfighters." ...
06 January 2011 TuAF to get new Peace Onyx IV F-16s in March
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) will deliver the first new Lockheed Martin F-16's to the Turkish Air Force (TuAF) during March under the Peace Onyx 4 programme....
06 January 2011 Fewer Norwegian F-16 scrambles in 2010
The Royal Norwegian Air Force made half as many scrambles to identify Russian aricraft in 2010 compared to the previous year. ...