News Archive

A USAF F-16 dropped precision munitions near Al Nussayyib, Iraq, Sept. 25 killing Abu Nasr al-Tunisi and two other al-Qaida Iraq operatives, according to Air Force officials. ...

The 522nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed to Andersen AB took advantage of having other airframes present on the island to practice some unique joint training scenarios. ...

San Diego based Cubic Corp. have won a $50.3 million contract from Lockheed Martin to design and integrate a new embedded version of its latest air combat training system (ACMI) for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)....

Today, the 308th Fighter Squadron graduates Class 07-EBG, adding thirteen new F-16 pilots to the U.S. Air Force. ...

The next generation of fighter aircraft is slated to arrive at Eglin AFB in less than three years and the base is getting ready. ...

The F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force conducted the first airborne separation of a small diameter bomb from the internal weapons bay of an F-22 on September 5th. ...

The last of more than 300 airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base left for the Middle East on Tuesday as part of a scheduled deployment....

The Lockheed Martin F-22 is "effective, suitable and mission capable" according to the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC)....

BAE Systems has completed acceptance testing for the F-35 Lightning II electronic warfare (EW) suite spiral release 2....

The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully fired the afterburner on the F136 test engine for the first time as part of a testing regimen that will continue through this fall at the USAF testing facility in Tennessee. ...

2007 began, a pack of young pilots gathered for training in the F-16 as part of 62nd Fighter Squadron in class 07-CBC....

Although it seemed for a while that Morocco would conclude on an order for Dassault Rafales, a French twin-engined multi-role fighter aircraft, it now seems more likely that they will order used F-16s....

A recent article by Martin Sieff Defense Focus: F-35 fantasies -- Part 2 shows some important misunderstandings about how close air support (CAS) is performed today. ...

An Airman from the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is one of two in the Air Force to be honored with the 2007 General Lew Allen Jr. Trophy. ...

Earlier this year, Block 52 F-16C Falcons assigned at various Air Force bases started experiencing throttle binding problems while in flight. ...

A 510th FS F-16 crashed this evening on mountains near Belluno (North of Aviano). The pilot ejected safely. ...

For the first time USAF F-16Cs are retired to AMARC, two block 25s from the 119th Fighter Squadron, the New Jersey ANG....

Flight International reported that Lockheed Martin is looking at iniatives to keep the Joint Strike fighter programme on budget and on track at the mid-point of its development....

The fourth and final US Congressional subcommitte has voted to restore funding for the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 alternative engine for the JSF. ...

200 members of the 122nd Fighter Wing left Fort Wayne yesterday to take part in Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...

An old name and a famous paint scheme is returning to the skies above central Alabama. The commanding general of the Air Force is reactivating the 100th FS as part of Montgomery's 187th ANG Wing....

The RoKAF releases the accident report regarding the KF-16D that crash in the Yellow Sea on 20 July 2007. The fatal crash has been attributed to spatial disorientation or commonly known as pilots' vertigo....

Today a Polish F-16D Block 52M+ that took off from Krzesiny airport in the outskirts of Poznań for a routine training flight made an emergency landing at at Warsaw's Okęcie airport....

An F-16 pilot assigned to the 35th FS was recently awarded the Distinguish Flying Cross for his extraordinary achievement while flying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...

The RSAF's Black Knights will make a spectacular return at next years Singapore Air Show when they display with a new look flying a all F-16 Fighting Falcon demo....

Flight International reported that the Polish air force has integrated the mission control software and improved the availability rate of its F-16 fleet, but a lack of spares is hampering further progress....

On Saturday at 16.45h, two USAF F-16s made an emergency landing at Fukuoka AP, Japan due to engine trouble....

Recently a Lockheed Martin official at an Australian defense conference, stated that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is "a tough task". The question is: Does the U.S. Congress understand this?...

Maj. John "Snag" Mihaly, one of the F-117A Nighthawk pilots stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, gave a presentation on the coming F-22A Raptor during the monthly meeting of the Republican Women of Otero County Wednesday....

Bored at your desk and in dire need of an adrenaline rush? Well now you can go for a quick sortie in an F-16 - without leaving your chair - thanks to a hidden feature in the recently launched Google Earth 4.2/Google Sky ....

Norway says it scrambled F-16 fighter jets twice today to keep an eye on a flight of 8 Russian Tupolev-95 "Bear" bombers....

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, was awarded a $60 million production contract for F135 engines to power the F-35 Lightning II. ...

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been awarded a $48 million multi-year contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to produce components of the F-22 Raptor....