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Circor International company, has been awarded a contract by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply its newly designed Nose Wheel Steering Actuator (NWSA) for all models of the F-16. ...

A pilot's failure to recognize his altitude during night, low altitude high-angle strafing training caused the crash of an F-16 at the Utah Test and Training Range June 22, according to an Air Combat Command AIB report released Sept. 28....

A team of Swamp Foxes sharpened their aerial combat skills in the skies over Alaska during Red Flag 09-03. ...

Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Moroccan Air Force. ...

The DSCA notified US Congress of two possible Singapore Air Force pilot training programs. Singapore wishes to continue training in the Continental United States (CONUS)....

Orbit International Corp. A Defence manufacturer announced that its Power Group, Behlman Electronics, Inc. has received an initial production order for COTS power supplies in support of the F-16 program ...

Over the skies of the Barry M. Goldwater Range, one Luke F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot recently reached a milestone that few pilots can claim. ...

The 20th Fighter Wing's F-16 Fighting Falcons are going through modifications now to improve a communications capability called beyond-line-of-sight. ...

The 115th Fighter Wing launched 14 F-16 fighter jets early Tuesday morning as a part of the Wing's scheduled Air Expeditionary Force rotation that began last week when approximately 200 Airmen deployed to theater. ...

The men and women of the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings arrived in Afghanistan and made history as the first U.S. F-16s to operate out of this country. ...

Activities at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth facilities have steadily increased over the past year as more than a dozen F-35 jets have taken shape on the production line. But there are some signs that things are shifting into a new gear at the Texas manufacturer. F-16.net recently met with Lockheed Martin for a brief. Here is the update....

EMS Technologies, Inc. announced today that its Defense & Space (D&S) Division has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to start development of an electronically-steered, switched-beam antenna for the F-22 Multi-function Advanced Data Link (MADL) system upgrade. ...

Col. Robert Givens assumed command Tuesday of Kunsan Air Base's 8th Fighter Wing, which includes 15 squadrons and 2,600 airmen....

The Obama administration has proposed the possible pull out of all 40 F-16s from Misawa AB to the government of Japan. The discussion are supposed to have taken place back in April and have only now been released....

In the presence of a select group of invites and 5 days before the start of the 2009 NATO Tiger Meet, F-16AM #FA-87, callsign "BLACKBIRD" was unveiled in a aircraft shelter near the "Tigerslair' - the dispersal of 31 Squadron....

An F-16A from the IDFAF crashed in the Southern Hills near Hebron on Sunday. The pilot who was killed was the son of the late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia accident in 2003....

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Morocco for F-16 C/D Block 50/52 aircraft support equipment and weapons....

A crew chief stands ready by his F-16 Fighting Falcon on the flightline. Off in the distance, he sees the pilot with helmet and gear in hand. As the pilot approaches, the crew chief salutes, but is puzzled by the pilot's rank....

An Israeli Air Force F-16I fighter jet on Wednesday made an emergency landing at the Ramon Base in the Negev after experiencing an unusual malfunction. ...