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23 July 2004
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P&W awarded contract for Egypts PW220E engines
Pratt & Whitney is being awarded a $9,7 million contract to support equipment and spare parts for one year of Level 1 depot in Egypt for F100-PW220E engines. This work will be completed by November 2005....
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22 July 2004
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EADS adapts missile warning system to protect Danish F-16
EADS Defence Electronics is adapting its MILDS® missile warning system to a new configuration MILDS F, accommodating the demanding requirements of fighter aircraft such as the F16 Fighting Falcon....
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22 July 2004
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L-3 Communications to build Polish F-16 aircrew training system
L-3 Communications announced that its Link Simulation and Training (Link) division has been awarded a $41 million contract to provide an F-16 Aircrew Training System to the Polish Air Force. ...
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20 July 2004
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F/A-22 Raptor program operations accelerating toward high-rate production
The F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program is producing aircraft at an ever increasing rate and is on track for 2004. ...
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19 July 2004
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F-16 test team conducts first guided launch of AIM-9X
A test team from the Global Power Fighters Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB (California) moved a step closer to demonstrating the full combat capability of the newest variant of the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the F-16 Fighting Falcon....
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19 July 2004
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RNoAF F-16 accumulates 5,000 flight hours
The Royal Norwegian Air Force's F-16AM #80-3665 completed its week as the first EPAF F-16 with 5,000 flight hours. The tail did get a special paint job for its sortie. Well done everybody at Bodoe MAS!... |
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19 July 2004
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8th Maintenance Group finds a faster fix
Eighth Fighter Wing officials at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, decided earlier this year that they needed a faster way of getting jets from the maintenance hangar to combat-ready status....
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14 July 2004
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Indian Air Force prepares to take on F-16s
Indian Mirage 2000 and Sukhoi 30 pilots will finally get an opportunity to put their combat skills to test against the F-16 jet fighter. No, the IAF does not plan to cross the border and take on the F-16s of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF)....
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14 July 2004
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Belgian Air Component rents evaluation system from BAE Systems
On July 9th, the Belgian Ministry of Defence announced the co-operation with BAE Systems. The Belgian Air Component is going to rent some evaluation systems for air combat manoeuvres of their F-16s above the North Sea....
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14 July 2004
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Peace Carvin IV first delivery
The first five of the Singapore Peace Carvin IV aircraft were delivered from the factory in Ft Worth on th 8th of July. The remaining deliveries are scheduled by the end of the calender year....
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14 July 2004
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AMRAAM: Details of New C-7 and D Variants.
The air-to-air combat ability of the F-16 will be even more dangerous in the very near future. Janes.com has some great reading on the new AIM-120 AMRAAM variants in the works. One the AIM-120C-7 and an even more interesting version to be fielded in a few years: the AIM-120-D. ...
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12 July 2004
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Lockheed Martin starts F-35 forward-fuselage assembly
Workers at Lockheed Martin's mile-long factory in Fort Worth have begun assembling the forward fuselage for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter....
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12 July 2004
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120th FW F-16C left runway at Balad AB
An F-16C Fighting Falcon skidded from the runway and came to rest on its targeting pod system, ordnance and external fuel tank at Balad Air Base, Iraq on July 11th....
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11 July 2004
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USFJ Commander takes a spin in Japan's new F-2 fighter
The top U.S. military commander in Japan rode Tuesday where no American has sat before — in the back seat of Japan's newest fighter aircraft, the F-2....
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11 July 2004
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Maj T. Klingensmith awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Major Thomas P. Klingensmith distinguished himself by heroism while participating in aerial flight as F-16 Pilot, 466th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 410th Air Expeditionary Wing near north of lake Tar Tar in central Iraq on 2 April 2003. ...
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09 July 2004
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Naval Air Station Lemoore hosts Fresno F-16 fighters
On July 6th, two F-16s landed at Naval Air Station Lemoore with more following later. The F-16s belong to the Fresno's 144th Fighter Wing of the California Air National Guard....
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07 July 2004
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U.S. F-16 pilot reprimanded and fined for 'Friendly fire'
A U.S. F-16 pilot who mistakenly bombed a group of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan in, killing four, was found guilty Tuesday of dereliction of duty and was fined $5,672 for an act that a military commander characterized as shameful....
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06 July 2004
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Long time F-16 pilot passes away
We are sad to announce the passing of a long time F-16 pilot, Lt. Col Mark "Dutchy" DeCesari. Mark started off flying the Viper at Hahn AB, GE, was a FWS grad and a decorated Desert Storm vet, and was a squadron operations officer with the Tucson ANG when he died unexpectedly of a heart attack on June 21, 2004. ... |
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05 July 2004
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Egyptian officers visit Cannon AFB
Four Egyptian F-16 pilots and two maintenance officers visited Cannon AFB last week to observe how the U.S. Air Force runs its business. ...
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05 July 2004
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Wisconsin ANG 115th FW gets cable-arrest system
The same type of cable braking system used to stop carrier-based aircraft from plunging off flight decks into the sea is being installed at the Dane County Regional Airport, Wisconsin....
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02 July 2004
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Replacement T'bird modified in record time
After an Air Force Thunderbird demonstration team aircraft crashed during an air show at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho on Sept. 14, 2003, the team turned to the F-16 Production Section of the Maintenance Directorate to modify another F-16 for use. ... |
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01 July 2004
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Belgian F-16s return home
After three months of operations above the Baltic States, the Belgian F-16s are returning home in the forthcoming days. They will be replaced by a Danish detachment for the next three months....
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01 July 2004
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Portuguese F-16s to participate in maritime exercise
From July 11-16 ten allied countries will participate in a multinational exercise off the coast of Morocco to show the combined force capabilities and quick response times of the participating naval, air, undersea and surface warfare groups . ...
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