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31 March 2005
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Dutch F-16s to patrol Baltic sky
Four Dutch F-16 fighter jets will replace their Norwegian colleagues to patrol the airspace of three Baltic states from April through June, Lithuania's Defense Ministry said Wednesday....
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31 March 2005
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Pilots give feedback on F-16 upgrade
F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots from Shaw AFB, S.C., were recently at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, to give feedback to members of the F-16 Systems Group on upgrades made to the aircraft. ...
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26 March 2005
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U.S. agrees to sell new F-16s to Pakistan
Fifteen years after blocking sales of F-16s to Pakistan due to its nuclear weapons program, the U.S. government approved the sale of 24 new F-16s to Pakistan. The aircraft are rumored to be Block 52 models....
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25 March 2005
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New York to get new drone squadron at Hancock Field
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base will be home to a squadron of Predator Unmanned Aerial drones, a government official said Thursday. This would be the end of the F-16s assigned to the 174FW/138FS....
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25 March 2005
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U.S. Air Force receives last F-16
The US Air Force has received the last of 2,231 F-16 (#01-7053) fighters manufactured for the service, the Air Force's Aeronautical Systems Center announced on Thursday....
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22 March 2005
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Pratt & Whitney's F135 program surpasses 2,500 SDD test hours
Pratt & Whitney's F135 program has surpassed 2,500 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) test hours, underscoring the engine's maturity and reliability....
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22 March 2005
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AAR selected by US Air Force for component repair
AAR Corp., a provider of overhaul and manufacturing services for the aviation industry, announced it received a contract from the Air Force to overhaul selected augmentor module components for Pratt & Whitney F100 engines. ...
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18 March 2005
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F-16 crashes at Nellis, pilot safely ejects
An Air Force pilot was able to safely eject moments before his F-16DJ crashed just short of the runway at Nellis Air Force Base....
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16 March 2005
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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program at a crossroads
According to the US Government Accountability Office, the Joint Strike Fighter project will hit a budget overrun of around USD 20 billion even before the first plane is put into service but the good new is that the first test versions of the F-35 will be assembled in May this year....
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16 March 2005
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Northrop Grumman delivers first fire-control radar for the F-35
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first fire-control radar for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The AN/APG-81 radar, which incorporates an active electronically scanned array, will be used to conduct radome integration testing at Lockheed Martin's Palmdale facility....
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14 March 2005
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Croatia to buy US F-16 fighter jets by 2010?
Croatia intends to buy used F-16 fighter jets by 2010 for its armed forces, Anton Tus, Croatia's ambassador at NATO, was quoted by the daily Jutarnji list as saying Saturday....
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10 March 2005
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Belgian F-16s like "Bambi on ice" during exercise Battle Griffin
NATO forces faced a Cold War of their own during exercises in Norway. Battle Griffin is a Norwegian invitational exercise with 14,000 participants from 15 nations. The main objective is to practise the Deployed Forces Concept....
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10 March 2005
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Last Belgian F-16 MLU delivered
SABCA, a Belgian Aerospace company, delivered the last Belgian Air Component F-16 to receive the Mid-Life Update (MLU) in ceremonies on 8 March at its Charleroi-Gosselies plant....
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07 March 2005
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Indonesia deploys F-16s to Malaysian border
Indonesia has sent four F-16 fighter jets to a disputed border region with Malaysia to join patrols by seven Indonesian warships. The jets will be based temporarily in the border area....
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05 March 2005
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Turkish F-16D crashes - both pilots killed
On Thursday morning (March 3rd, 2005) at 06.30h a Turkish Air Force F-16D from 4 AJÜ went missing over rugged terrain in the North of Turkey. The two pilots aboard are now confirmed to have been killed in this accident....
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05 March 2005
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JASSM successful in flight test
A Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), the world's first stealthy cruise missile, was successfully launched Thursday from an F-16 aircraft and precisely navigated through its first verification flight test at White Sands Missile Range, NM....
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03 March 2005
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ANG F-16 lands at Albuquerque International Sunport
An F-16 fighter jet landed safely at the Albuquerque Sunport on Wednesday after reportedly getting into some trouble during take off....
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02 March 2005
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Tulsa flight puts pilot's air time over elusive 4,000-hour mark
Col. Brewster 'Boston' Butters has made hundreds of landings at Tulsa's 138th Fighter Wing airstrip, but he had never been greeted like he was Thursday, when he passed the 4,000-hour mark in the F-16....
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01 March 2005
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General Electric wins $57.8M contract to support F-16 fleet
General Electric has been awarded a $57.8 million contract to support the Service Life Extension Plan (SLEP) and Aging Engine Upgrade (AEU) initiatives applicable to the F100-GE-100/129 Engine; F-16 aircraft.
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