Due to a shortage of maintenance personnel and a chronical lack of spare parts only 40 out of 105 Dutch F-16s are operational, according to the Dutch news paper 'de Telegraaf'. ...

The 419th Fighter Wing is losing its F-16 aircraft and becoming the first fighter associate wing in the U.S. Air Force along with their active duty partners, the 388th Fighter Wing....

Misawa's deployed F-16 pilots got back into the fight last week in Iraq while supporting some major Army operations, reported Lt. Col. Chuck Toplikar, the 14th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander....

Past and present 388th Fighter Wing leaders met March 26 on the wing ramp to mark the completion of a $6.25 million aircraft shelter and lighting project, a quality of life initiative for wing Airmen....

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed radar flight-test certification for the fourth-generation variant of the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-22 Raptor. ...

Last week, Turkey and the US failed to reach an agreement over the purchase of 30 additional F-16s as Lockheed Martin cannot seem to meet the requirement regarding an accelerated delivery schedule of their F-16. ...

Russian pilots conducted flights in F-16 Fighting Falcons during a Russian Air Force delegation visit to NATO bases in Germany, an Air Force spokesman said Monday....

India has been offered the advanced F-16I Sufa, according to Defence News. The F-16I is a version specifically designed and built for Israel. As part of the deal, 108 of the 126 aircraft would be manufactured in India. ...

Undersecretary for the Defense Industry Murat Bayar announces that Turkey will receive 100 F-35s starting from 2014....

Nearly 16 years of flying F-16 fighters officially ended on March 16 when the 389th Fighter Squadron officially transferred to a new airframe and a new mission during a ceremony in Hangar 201. ...

The US Air Force is to modify its training program for the F-22A Raptor. Pilots who are in their very first stage of flight training will receive interim instruction on the F-16 Fighting Falcon....

Turkey and the US failed to reach agreement on production and delivery of F-16s. It seems that Lockheed Martin cannot meet Turkish Air Force requirements regarding an accelerated delivery schedule of 30 F-16 Block 50 jets....

Air Combat Command's award-winning acceptance team in Marietta, Ga., is setting the precedent on how the Air Force accepts airplanes....

A 2nd F-16 crashed on Monday 12th, this time on the Southern Nevada training range, Nellis Air Force Base officials said Tuesday. The pilot is reported to have safely ejected....

An Air Force Reserve F-16 pilot from 93rd "Makos" FS at Homestead was forced to eject after experiencing a mechanical problem and parachuted safely into the waters off the Florida Keys....

Shaw's Viper East F-16 Demonstration Team started this year's season March 1st with the annual Heritage Flight training conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. ...

The Dutch F-16 are slowly arriving at the Springfield Airbase in Ohio. The official welcoming opening is scheduled for April 24, 2007....

In February, F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 61st Fighter Squadron performed a mission in the skies over the Gila Bend Air Force auxiliary field that had not been performed there before....

The 411th Flight Test Squadron began integration testing of the F-22A Raptor and the GBU-39/B Small-Diameter Bomb here in February. ...

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed aircraft landed on March 1st to perform equipment fit checks and verify the operation of Edwards facilities built specifically for the CATB. ...

Michigan Air National Guardsmen returned home after serving approximately 45 days with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad airbase, 40 miles north of Baghdad. ...

Poor maintenance caused the crash of a ROKAF F-16 off the west coast last month, the South Korean Air Force said Monday....

The Turkish goverment is in dispute with its armed forces in regards to the acquisition of a electronic warfare system, Spews 2 plus, which will be installed on 58 US built Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 50s. ...

Arnold Engineering Development Center workers completed the last developmental wind tunnel test in February for all Joint Strike Fighter variants, helping put the F-35 Lightning II a step closer to manufacturing. ...

A staff sergeant who watched as one airman attempted and another threw a small frog into a running F-16 jet engine received three months in jail and a bad conduct discharge in a Kunsan Air Base courtroom Friday night....

The 18th Fighter Squadron recently procured the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) helmets, an important war-fighting upgrade that will help keep them at the tip of the spear. ...

Air Force F-16 pilots employed a new 20mm cannon round in their M61/A1 'Vulcan' Gatling guns for the first time, first validating the rounds at a firing range on Feb. 22, and then employing them in battle Feb. 26. ...

EDO Corporation has been awarded a $1.5 million contract for delivery of 50 of its new-generation "MALTS" two-station carriers this year for use on Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16s....

More than 400 service and community members had a chance to step into the future of Hill AFB during an F-35 Lightning II briefing and cockpit demonstration by Lockheed Martin on Feb. 21-23. ...

Col. James N. "Bull" Post III took command of the Air Force's 20th Fighter Wing during a ceremony yesterday at Shaw AFB....

The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday told Congress it had approved the possible sale of up to $421 million in missiles built by Raytheon to Taiwan for use on its F-16 fighter jets. ...