An F-16 jet fighter crashed as it landed at a military base in southeast Turkey on Thursday, and the pilot parachuted safely. A missile and other ammunition exploded on impact, causing serious damage to the base in Batman. ...

The US Department of Defense has announced the award of a contract signed by Egypt to Lockheed Martin for 24 F-16C/D fighter aircraft, which will be powered by GE F110 engines....

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced the award of a contract signed by Egypt to Lockheed Martin for 24 F-16C/D aircraft. The award follows a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) signed in June. ...

First crash last year into sea, no one seems to have a clue yet. They still haven't found the wreckage....

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that the M. Technologies team, consisting of M. Technologies, DRS Technologies and EDO Corporation, has been awarded a $20. 7 million four-year production contract to manufacture test and production units of BRU-57 Smart Bomb Racks for the U.S. Air Force. The BRU-57 Smart Bomb Racks provide fighter aircraft with the capacity to double their deployment of smart weapons. Approximately 350 of these racks will be delivered for F-16 Falcon aircraft by early 2003. ...

A crash forced Taiwan to ground its most advanced fighters Wednesday just as it was trying to play up its military readiness in the face of Chinese saber-rattling. The crash of the U.S. -made F-16 in southern Taiwan occurred only shortly after the air force had ended an earlier grounding prompted by three other F-16 crashes since March 1998. The air force said it would suspend training in theF-16s pending an investigation into the crash at the Chiayi city airport. They also stated that the crash would not affect Taiwan's defenses, because the island had other aircraft available. ...

A Taiwan F-16 fighter crashed during a routine training mission in southern Taiwan on Wednesday - the fourth crash of the U.S. -made warplanes in Taiwan in the past 18 months. ...

Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to- Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) flew today, maneuvering high above the New Mexico desert under control of its on-board computer. The successful unpowered test verified the system's anticipated aerodynamic performance. ...

Croatia might be the first among the ex-Yugoslav member states where F-16 Fighting Falcon airplanes will guard the safety of the airspace. ...