Turkey wants to buy $2.9 billion worth of block 50 F-16s and related equipment. Besides 30 F-16s, the planned purchase includes 42 F110-GE-129 engines, radar systems, software integration, spare parts and support services....

The Dutch cabinet decided Friday to sign a memorandum of understanding with the US shortly on the production phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). ...

The F-35 Lightning II aircraft brings new capability to the Air Force, but also serves as a centerpiece for international cooperation....

Raytheon's High-Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM) Targeting System (HTS) program reached a contract milestone with the delivery of the first Revision 7 pod to the U.S. Air Force....

The first F100-PW-229 engine manufactured at the Pratt & Whitney WSK PZL-Rzeszów facility debuted during an inaugural aerial exercise of Poland's new F-16 aircraft at the Polish Peace Sky Program ceremony held at Lockheed Martin on Sept. 15....

Last week, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress (DSCA) of the Netherlands' request for logistics support for F-16 aircraft and related systems, as well as associated equipment and services....

The 43rd Fighter Squadron at Tyndall AFB, Florida which is responsible for providing air dominance training for the F-22 Raptor, reached the 5,000-flying-hour mark collectively on 20 September. ...

A US Air Force F-16CJ dropped two 370-gallon fuel tanks as it was taking off from Shaw Air Force Base Thursday....

On Thursday afternoon, around 15.15h local time, Dutch F-16BM #J-068 crashed at Volkel AB. This is the third F-16 accident of the RNLAF in recent months....

The F-35 Lightning II completed its first series of engine runs on Monday afternoon, culminating in a full-afterburner test that unleashed 40,000 pounds of thrust – the most ever from a jet-fighter engine. ...

Neil R. Anderson accumulated over 15,000 flight hours in over 200 types of aircraft, some of them still very much experimental. But the story that probably spawned the most legends about him involved a belly landing in an F-16....

Three years after its introduction, the Israeli Python 5 air-to-air missile finally got its first combat kill. This happened on August 7th, when an Israeli F-16 was sent to shoot down a Hizbollah UAV off the coast....

Air Force investigators are trying to find out what caused a landing gear problem on an F-16 during a training mission Thursday, forcing the pilot to eject near Spangdahlem Air Base....

Today Poland took delivery of its first F-16 Block 52+ aircraft (#4043) during a ceremony at Lockheed Fort Worth. The aircraft is the first of 48 F-16s which will be the most advanced fighters in NATO's inventory....

Around 13.00h today an American F-16C from the 22nd Fighter Squadron, part of 52nd FW crashed near the southwest German town of Oberkail while on approach to Spangdahlem AB, Germany. The pilot ejected safely....

The Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) just completed aerodynamic testing on two variants of the F-35 Lightning II to support flight testing of the plane later this year....

SenarioTek, LLC, a small business in California, has been awarded a contract by the Radio Systems business of Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector to produce the F-22 Signal Routing and Conditioning Elements (SRCEs). ...

Alcan Rolled Products has entered into a multi-year agreement with Transtar Metals to supply heavy gauge aluminum plate in support of Transtar's supply chain management program with Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman and BAE Systems. ...

The remainder of the 23rd Fighter Squadron returned home to Spangdahlem Air Base on Saturday after a 2½-month deployment to the tiny Persian Gulf nation of Qatar....

Friday 8th September saw the arrival of the first batch of 6 Chilean F-16 MLU jets from the Netherlands at the new Cerro Moreno Air Base....

Around midday a Turkish F-16 went down in the northwestern regions of the country. Early reports are indicating an engine failure but at this point it is too early to tell....

The U.S. Senate approved a $469.7 billion military appropriations bill for 2007, cutting $2 billion from 11 major weapons programs, including a $1.2 billion cut for the F-35 program. According to the Senate, the F-35 needs another year of testing and development before they will approve spending for production....

The United States Air Force considers cutting 72 F-35 Lightning II aircraft from its 2008 six-year spending plan (covering FY2008 through FY2013) due to cost overruns, according to Inside The Air Force....

Nordam has been chosen as a contractor to make parts for the U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets. They will make the leading edge flaps and engine access covers for the Viper...

Orbit International, an electronics manufacturer and supplier, announced that its Power Units Segment, Behlman has received two new development orders in support of the F-16 program totaling $340,000. ...

On Monday, September 4th, six former RNLAF F-16 MLU aircraft took off from Twenthe AB in the Netherlands, on their delivery flight to Chile. The aircraft are part of a batch of 18 MLU aircraft sold to Chile by the Netherlands....