News Archive

Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force senior leaders announced that nearly two dozen newer F-16 fighter jets will soon arrive at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls....

Osan Airmen and aircraft supporting exercise Commando Sling 10 returned home recently, following three weeks of valuable training with the Republic of Singapore Air Force at Paya Lebar AB, Singapore....

Pakistan has been negotiating to get another lot of 14 F-16 block 52 aircraft, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said Saturday....

The 52nd Component Maintenance Squadron's propulsion flight is responsible for facilitating maintenance for the F-16's engine around the clock. Members of the flight supply engine support for the 52nd Fighter Wing, as well as any F-16's going downrange. ...

The Common Configuration Implementation Program, or CCIP (pronounced C-Sip) as it is commonly known, is the largest modification program ever undertaken on the Falcons. A CCIP rollout ceremony Friday, March 26, in the 309th Flight Test Building 233 will be held at 1 p.m. to mark the occasion....

On Tuesday the Romanian Supreme Defence Council approved the acquisition of 24 second-hand F16 Fighting Falcons to modernise its air force...

As their F-16 Fighting Falcon pulled into its parking spot on the airfield, the dedicated crew chiefs from the 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit had something to be proud of: tail number #89-2119 had returned from its 30th code 1 sortie over the skies of Afghanistan, March 23, 2010....

It's been more than a year since the initial arrival of the F-22 Raptors from Elmendorf Air Force Base. Airman from the 90th EFS have deployed to Andersen AFB three times in 18 months as part of U.S Pacific Command's Theatre Security Package. ...

Over the past 4 years we weren't able to find pictures of three missing aircraft. We need the help of everyone on this topic to complete the Norwegian photo database. All of the missing aircraft have been in service for a couple of years (not crashing after only a couple of months into service), so there must exist a picture of every missing airframes. See the topic for more details....

The Marine Corps moved closer March 18 to adding the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B STOVL (Short Take-Off Vertical Landing) variant to its arsenal. The test plane, BF-1, rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in confined areas both ashore and afloat....

On Monday, March 22nd, we will move F-16.net to a new and faster server. As a result, the site might be temporarily unavailable between 1900GMT and 2200GMT. Apologies for the inconvenience!...

The 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, won the Colombian Trophy for military flight safety achievement. The wing had a most impressive year, flying more than 16,000 hours and 8,000 sorties with no Class A, B or C mishaps....

A supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing today for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in confined areas both ashore and afloat....

The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff, vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter demonstrated the capability to hover today during a test flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. ...

Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers that carried out a routine patrol mission over the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans were shadowed by two RoNAF F-16 Fighting Falcons and two RAF Tornados....

L-3 Communications announced today that its Link Simulation & Training division has been awarded a $20.9 million contract option on the F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC) program. This contract option, received from the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, brings the total contract value on the program to $109.1 million. ...

It was a good day of flying at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, as two F-35B jets took to the skies no less than six times on Wednesday, March 10....

Sypris Electronics announced today that it has been awarded an estimated $6 million in follow-on orders by Honeywell to produce electronic assemblies for the F-16 Digital Flight Control Computer (DFLCC)....

As you have probably noticed, we redesigned the F-16.net homepage. The new design not only looks more attractive and fresh, it also features a lot of new content, including the latest pilots and crew chiefs to submit their profile, a random aircraft profile from our F-16 Hall of Fame, a random unit profile and a real-time fleet status report....

Luke Air Force Base's Capt. Kristin Hubbard's almost eight-year Air Force career includes stops in Canada, Korea, Alaska, Guam and Jordan among other places. Her next stop could have her visiting all those spots in one-eighth of that time period....

We're happy to announce our new F-16 Fleet Reports section. The fleet reports provide a graphic overview of the F-16 fleet including active inventory, attrition rates, airframe age and production runs. All reports are generated in real-time from our F-16 Aircraft Database and as such are always up-to-date....

Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $69.7 million for the initial engineering, manufacturing and development of QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Targets to replace the QF-4 fleet. ...

The pilots of the 301st Fighter Squadron changed their patch during a ceremony March 5 which marks the end of almost a decade of Tuskegee heritage at Luke AFB....

The 174th Fighter Wing concluded its F-16 operations on Saturday March 6, 2010 with a formal ceremony that was attended by the new Adjutant General for New York State....

According to the Standard-Examiner. The 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base will deactivate this coming summer. Plans are in progress to reduce Hills fleet of F-16s from 72 to 48 aircraft....

The 27th Fighter Squadron changed commanders during a ceremony here March 5 in the squadron hangar. ...

On January 9th, The Green Mountain Boys of The Vermont Air National Guard deployed to Tucson, Arizona for Operation Snowbird. ...

The 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron became the first squadron to use a new satellite communication capability for F-16s in Operation Iraqi Freedom Feb. 19, 2010....

An F-16 from the 177th Fighter Wing made an emergency landing at Atlantic City International Airport causing it to shutdown for 2 hours....

Members of the Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, traded in their blue and gold F/A-18 Hornets to strap into an USAF red, white and blue Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon on Thursday 4th....

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said Tuesday that the service’s plan to use the Pentagon’s marquee fighter jet, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, will probably be delayed by two years and cost significantly more than initially expected....

The U.S. government has awarded an initial $213 million to Lockheed Martin for long-lead tasks for the production of 20 new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft for Egypt....

New York ANGs Lt. Col. D. Scott Brenton made his final flight in an F-16 Tuesday, March 2 as the 174th FW prepared to say goodbye to the last of the planes they've operated for 20 years....